ArmInfo. From February 1, 2024, Armenian citizens will be allowed to arrive in Dubai and other UAE emirates without visas.  

ArmInfo.The "Tatoyan" foundation posted the following message on its Facebook account: 

ArmInfo.The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide an additional $1 million in assistance to people forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh. This became known from the speech of Acting Deputy Director of the USAID Mission in Armenia Matthew Laird at a meeting with refugees from Artsakh.

ArmInfo.Artsakh Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan, former Artsakh State Minister Artak Beglaryan, ANCA  representative Teresa Yerimyan discussed the need to impose sanctions against Azerbaijan and expand assistance to forcibly displaced Artsakh residents, ANCA reports on its Twitter (X) account.

ArmInfo. Chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Ben Cardin, called on the  Azerbaijani authorities to stop persecuting their critics and oppositionists.

ArmInfo.Armenia took 50th place in the Social Progress Index 2024, which compares the level of availability of  various social benefits in 170 countries.

ArmInfo.Armenia ranks 62nd on the CPI published by Transparency International. 

ArmInfo.Putting an end to the struggle between the past and the present is a historical need, Vahe Hovhannisyan, a member of the Alternative Projects group, wrote in his article. 

ArmInfo.Armenian National Assembly Member Arthur Khachatryan advanced Artsakh's rights, Armenian security, and Azerbaijani accountability in a series of meetings with senior U.S. Senators and Representatives, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

ArmInfo.Georgia is deservedly popular with holidaymakers looking to pair wine tasting and walking, but neighbouring Armenia also deserves attention, The Guardian writes referring to food and travel writer Caroline Eden, whose latest book, Cold Kitchen, will be published in May. Churches, music, museums, art and trekking (follow a section of the excellent Transcaucasian Trail or find other routes via the Hike Armenia app)  are all on offer, she says. So, too, are incredible food and wine.

ArmInfo. The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reacted with sarcasm to a memorable gift presented by Hulus Akar, a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on National Defense, and former Minister of National Defense of Turkey, to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Akar handed Aliyev a battle ax - a bladed weapon used by Turkic warriors in the old days.

ArmInfo. On Novy Arbat in the center of Moscow, the main owner of the Exoil Group holding,  Karen Vanetsyan, who was put on the wanted list in Armenia in the case of money laundering using official powers (Clause 3, Part 3, Article 296 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia), was detained. This was reported by Russian media with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

ArmInfo. The Munich prosecutor's office has now officially filed corruption and bribery charges against two former MPs from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), Axel Fischer and Eduard Lintner, in connection with being bribed by Azerbaijan, it is about millions of euros. Spiegel reports.

ArmInfo.Ardshinbank CJSC has chosen OLYMPIC Banking System to support its securities and forex operations.

ArmInfo. The warnings given to Azerbaijan by the European Union (EU), and the developments at the  Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) are the result of Azerbaijan's irresponsible and aggressive behavior. Tigran Balayan, the Armenian Ambassador to Belgium and Head of the RA  Mission to the EU, said this in an interview with the RFE/RL Armenian Service.

ArmInfo. The alternative socio-political movement "Together" expresses unconditional support for the activities of the "Europeans for Artsakh" movement.

ArmInfo. During the weekly briefing, the head of the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, criticized the "content and tone" of the final press conference of Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, expressing regret about this.

ArmInfo. Ex-head of Armenia's State Revenue Committee David Ananyan has commented on the PACE decision against ratifying the Azerbaijani delegation's credentials. According to him, it is "whipping in public" that has nothing in common with the processes surrounding Armenia or Artsakh. 

ArmInfo.By initiating Constitutional reforms, the Armenian leadership   gives up the fundamental foundations of the Armenian post-Soviet national-state project and the political identity of the "third republic". This is  how Russian political scientist Sergei Markedonov commented on the intention of the current authorities of Armenia to completely change the Constitution of the country.

ArmInfo.The constitutional revolution is approaching Armenia, as the head of the current  administration and his team have already openly stated. This is stated in a statement by the Hayakve Initiative (Armenian vote).