ArmInfo.The Gutan Festival will once again bring together the best Armenian song and dance groups.  This year will be dedicated to the 60th birthday of  Honored Artist of Armenia and prominent figure in choreographic art  Gagik Ginosyan.

ArmInfo.The core issue with the speech of the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament of the 9th convocation, Ruben Rubinyan, to the new National Assembly lies in his one-sided interpretation of the causes of the political crisis.  Analyst Tigran Dumikyan expressed this opinion on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo. American author and essayist Nassim Nicholas Taleb, best known for his international bestseller The Black Swan, has declined an invitation to lecture in  Azerbaijan. Taleb stated that he refuses to travel to the country  while renowned philanthropist, intellectual, and former Artsakh State  Minister Ruben Vardanyan remains imprisoned.

ArmInfo.  In the future, historians will characterize the policies of Armenia's current  leadership as a period marked by the loss of Artsakh, the weakening  of Armenian statehood, and the abandonment of national aspirations.  In this context, appealing to the "will of the people" will offer no  justification, writes Eduard Sharmazanov, a board member of the  Republican Party of Armenia, on his official social media page.

ArmInfo. The cycle has ended, but the struggle continues.  Seyran Ohanyan, former RA Defense Minister and former leader of the opposition "Armenia" faction of the 8th National Assembly, wrote this on his Facebook page. 

ArmInfo. The Association for the Support of Artsakh (ASA) welcomes with deep gratitude the vote of the Assembly of Corsica on July 31 on a resolution demanding the immediate release of 19 Armenian political prisoners from Artsakh held in Azerbaijan and affirming the right of Artsakh Armenians to  return in safety, dignity, and unhindered in accordance with the  provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice,  as noted in  a statement issued by the ASA. 

ArmInfo.  Veronika Zonabend, wife of former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, issued a repeated appeal to the Azerbaijani Ombudsperson and the RA Prime Minister, calling for assistance in organizing an international  women's humanitarian mission to visit Armenian prisoners of war held  in Azerbaijani prisons.

ArmInfo. Member of the European Parliament Marina Mezure has sent a written request to the European Commission demanding that it ensure the right of forcibly displaced Armenians to safe and unimpeded return to Artsakh, based on  the binding ruling of the International Court of Justice of the  United Nations of November 17, 2023, as stated in a post on the  Artsakh Union's Facebook page.

ArmInfo.Numerous historical photographs from Artsakh and Armenia were displayed at a street exhibition organized by Azerbaijani circles on a central square in Prague, presented as evidence of the cultural presence of  Azerbaijanis in their so-called "historic homeland."

ArmInfo.  The Armenian authorities are continuing their political repressions and the imprisonment of prominent and influential opponents, as stated in a  Facebook post by Artak Beglaryan, former State Minister of Artsakh.

ArmInfo. The Armenian government has agreed to meet with a group of drivers whose licenses have been revoked.

ArmInfo. Baku's attempts to portray itself as a developed and powerful state mask the country's inability to provide its own settlements with basic living  conditions. This opinion was expressed by Iranologist Vardan  Voskanyan on his Telegram channel. In particular, he pointed to the  problem faced by residents of the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan.

ArmInfo. The Artsakh Tourism and Culture Development Agency has urged Marriott International to remove all travel offers to Shushi and Stepanakert from the Marriott Bonvoy Activities platform.

ArmInfo. Russia is insisting on a referendum on Armenia's membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) or the European Union (EU) in order to ascertain the foreign policy choice made by the country. Political analyst and  observer Beniamin Matevosyan expressed this opinion on his Telegram  channel, noting that the necessity of such a move is not entirely  clear to everyone.

ArmInfo.  Armen Ashotyan, deputy chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia, who is currently   under arrest, has proposed a six-point "roadmap" to the opposition on  his Facebook page.

ArmInfo. Mother Armenia Party leader Andranik Tevanyan called the extension of his arrest for another two months illegal.

ArmInfo. Thirty military deaths were recorded in the Armenian Armed Forces during the first seven months of 2026, according to research by the Vanadzor office of the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly (HCA).

ArmInfo.  The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 44 to 7 on Wednesday, July 22, to call on Azerbaijan to immediately and unconditionally release all Armenian hostages, adopting an amendment to H.R. 9087, the House Foreign Service Act. The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)-  backed amendment, led by Congressional Armenian Caucus Vice Chair  Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) with the support of Committee Chairman Brian  Mast (R-FL), builds on its favorable consideration by the Committee  on June 10.

ArmInfo.  A complaint has been filed with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding the case of former Nagorno-Karabakh state minister and philanthropist Ruben  Vardanyan, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Azerbaijan.  This was stated in a statement by Siranush Sahakyan, attorney and  president of the Center for International and Comparative Law, who  represents Armenian prisoners at the ECHR. Her statement was  published on Vardanyan's official social media pages. Saakyan stated  that the complaint regarding the case of Ruben Vardanyan, a citizen  of the Republic of Armenia currently held in the Umbaki Penitentiary  Complex in Azerbaijan, was filed with the ECHR on July 19, 2026.

ArmInfo.EAFJD President Kaspar Karampetian, alongside Armen Ishkhanyan—son of former Artsakh NA Speaker Davit Ishkhanyan who is currently held hostage in Baku—and Siranush Sahakyan, ECHR legal representative for the captives, ED of the ALC, and Director of ICLaw, held a productive meeting with Michel De Maegd, member of the Belgian Federal Parliament.  who has used his  tenure to advance many resolutions within the chamber supporting the  release of Armenian Hostages, condemning Azerbaijani aggression and  improving bilateral ties between Armenia and Belgium.