ArmInfo. The concept for the preservation and adaptation to new conditions of the former building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, located on Republic Square in Yerevan, has been approved.  The total investment volume is expected to exceed $150 million, according to the press service of Zvartnots International Airport.

ArmInfo. Iconic Hollywood director and world cinema legend James Cameron will come to Armenia. This was reported by the Yerevan Municipality press service in collaboration with Mezzo Production.

ArmInfo. International law specialist and lawyer Siranush Sahakyan responded to the statement by Azerbaijan's Human Rights Commissioner, Sabina Aliyeva.

ArmInfo.  Azerbaijan must provide the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with regular access to persons detained in connection with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This was stated by Giorgi Gogia, associate director of the Europe and Central Asia division at Human Rights Watch, addressing the issue of violations of the rights of Armenian prisoners held in Baku, in response to Ruben Vardanyan’s letter to Azerbaijan’s ombudsperson Sabina Aliyeva.

Arminfo.  Philanthropist and former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan called on Azerbaijan’s Human Rights Commissioner Sabina Aliyeva to meet with Armenian prisoners of war and respond to their appeals.

ArmInfo.  Today, the Civil Aviation Committee has a structure that meets international requirements, a developed professional capacity, as well as a management, quality assurance and oversight system based on international standards and requirements. This is stated in a statement by Mihran Khachatryan on the occasion of completing his work as chairman of the Civil Aviation Committee.

Arminfo.  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia could use the instrument of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the anti-Armenian statements made by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Azerbaijani studies expert Tatevik Hayrapetyan wrote this on her Facebook page.

ArmInfo. Chairman of Armenia’s Investigative Committee (IC) Artur Poghosyan and Minister of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Wang Xiaohong signed a memorandum of understanding at a meeting in the Chinese city of Lianyungang.

ArmInfo. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), as a neutral intermediary and humanitarian organization, was one of the first to come to the aid of residents of Armenia's border villages after the end of the active phase of hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. To prevent the outflow of the population and help them meet basic needs for a dignified life, the ICRC implemented a number of social and humanitarian programs: from helping to overcome the winter, to reclaiming degraded lands and assisting in the acquisition of fodder for livestock, to building medical facilities for emergency first aid. Against the backdrop of the established peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the ICRC is scaling back its programs this year, and in connection with this, the organization organized a press tour for journalists to clearly demonstrate the enormous work it has carried out in the border zone. An ArmInfo journalist also participated in the media tour.

ArmInfo. There are areas in the administrative territory of the Kapan community that have come under Azerbaijani control, and the demarcation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border could have begun from this area. This was stated by Deputy Head of the community, Gor Tadevosyan, in a conversation with journalists in Kapan, who visited the community to learn about the social and humanitarian programs implemented by the International Committee of the Red Cross in its border communities.

ArmInfo. Tattoos depicting crosses are being burned from the skin of Armenian prisoners held in Baku. Siranush Sahakyan, a human rights activist representing Armenian prisoners at the ECHR, stated this at a press conference in Yerevan on September 4.

ArmInfo. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on September 3 that Armenia's desire to join the European Union (EU) will soon fade.

ArmInfo. The Kremlin commented on Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's statement that he cannot call Russia a strategic partner.

ArmInfo. Iceland, through a referendum, rejected resuming accession negotiations with the  European Union (EU). Indeed, what's the point of continuing a  decades- long process of joining a union whose future now looks  uncertain and unpromising? This was written on his Facebook page by  Artak Zakaryan, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), in  light of Armenia's current choice between the EU and the Eurasian  Economic Union (EAEU).

ArmInfo. Searches are being conducted at the Orange Fitness fitness club and the Play City entertainment center, both owned by the family of Armenia's second  president, Robert Kocharyan. Kima Avdalyan, press secretary for the  Investigative Committee (IC) of Armenia, announced this on her  Facebook page.

ArmInfo. Families of missing persons, with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), have established a pan-Armenian association  uniting families with relatives who went missing since the 1990s and following subsequent escalations, as reported by the press service of the ICRC Yerevan office.

ArmInfo. Artur Dallakyan, director of the Multi Transport company (owned by Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukyan - ed.), has been placed under house arrest.

ArmInfo. How will the transition from the current biometric ID system to the new model be organized?

ArmInfo. Armenia has the potential to remain a member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) while simultaneously participating in the European Economic Area (EEA), according to Vahan Babayan, leader of the "Reformists" party, in a recent Facebook post.

ArmInfo.Arman Davtyan,  the director of the Yerevan Ararat Brandy, Wine, and Vodka Factory  has been detained. The press service of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Armenia informed ArmInfo of this development.