ArmInfo.  Parg, Armenia's representative at Eurovision, has reached the final with the song Survive. This year's competition is being held in Basel  (Switzerland). The Armenian performer performed under number five  during the second semi-final and received a standing ovation from the  audience. 

ArmInfo.The famous American entrepreneur of Armenian origin, founder of the social network  Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, has acquired 10% of shares in Chelsea women, the Women's super league champion. This was reported by The Times.

ArmInfo. The  Monastery of Tatev and Vorotan Gorge have been nominated for inclusion in the UNESCO  World Heritage List. This was announced during a scientific and practical conference focused on the integrated management of UNESCO World Heritage sites,  held at the National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia (NUACA).

ArmInfo. US President's National Security Advisor Michael Waltz in a conversation with the National Security Advisor of Azerbaijan made it clear that US President Donald Trump would like to see the release of Armenian prisoners as part of the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan. According to a message received by ArmInfo, Jared Genser, International Legal Advisor on Legal Issues of the former Minister of State of Artsakh, Ruben Vardanyan, stated this in an interview with the famous American host and lawyer Hugh Hewitt.

ArmInfo. In a letter addressed to the Foreign Minister of Australia, Senator The Hon. Penny Wong last month, the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) has  called upon the Australian Government to take a more vocal stance  against the illegal show trials held in Azerbaijan against former  leaders of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and to call for  their immediate release.

ArmInfo. Armenia was ranked  87th out of 147 countries of the world included in the UN's World  Happiness Report rating, dropping from the 82nd the previous year.  The country falls  between North Macedonia and Hong Kong in the  ranking.

ArmInfo. The Democracy, Law, Discipline party leader, Vardan Ghukasyan, has been released.

ArmInfo. Any Armenia-Azerbaijan treaty must include prisoner release, Noubar  Afeyan said in an interview with the CNN. 

ArmInfo. Big hockey is returning to Armenia. This was stated in an interview with the  Armenian Hockey League by the head coach of the national team Vadim  Guskov, commenting on the team's capabilities before the World  Championship in the fourth division, which will be held in Yerevan  from April 13 to 19. 

ArmInfo. As regards the Armenian  prisoners in Baku, Yerevan is concerned over the situation, Armenia's  Premier Nikol Pashinyan stated in an interview with Turkish media  outlets. 

ArmInfo.Azerbaijan is closing the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in  the country.

ArmInfo. The founder of the Democracy, Law, Discipline party, Vardan Ghukasyan, was arrested by ICE officers and placed into custody in Las Vegas, Nevada, Alethea  Smock, Director of Communications for the Northwest Region of U.S.  Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said in response to an inquiry  by Armenpress.

ArmInfo. Confidentiality is crucial  for the organization to be able to regularly visit Armenian  prisoners in Baku, as stated by Zara Amatuni, Head of Communications  Programs at the Yerevan Office of the International Committee of the  Red Cross (ICRC), in an interview with journalists at a protest in  support of  former State Minister of Artsakh and philanthropist Ruben  Vardanyan, who is currently on a hunger strike, as well as other  Armenian prisoners  who are being held in Azerbaijani prisons and   subjected to torture.

ArmInfo. Below is an open letter about 40 Armenian NGOs have addressed to ICRC President Spoljaric Egger: 

ArmInfo. Against the backdrop of the trial of Armenian prisoners of war in Baku, the psychological and physical violence exerted on them, Azerbaijan has put the issue  of expelling the mission of the International Committee of the Red  Cross on the agenda. This was written on his Facebook page by Tigran  Abrahamyan, a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of  Armenia from the opposition faction With Honor. 

ArmInfo. The rescue service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports that as of the morning of March 1, there are closed and difficult-to-pass roads in Armenia.  In  particular, the roads leading from the high-mountain weather station  "Amberd" to Lake Kari and the Amberd fortress are closed.

ArmInfo.The Office of the Representative of Armenia on International Legal Affairs is following  the ongoing "trials" in Azerbaijan. In accordance with the established procedures, the necessary additional evidence and claims will be submitted to both the European Court and the International Court. This statement was issued by the office in connection with the illegal trials currently taking place in Baku.

ArmInfo. Almost three dozen non-governmental organizations have addressed an open letter to the  President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mirjana Spoljaric-Egger, calling for immediate intervention in the situation related to the former State Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Ruben Vardanyan and other Armenian prisoners illegally convicted for political reasons. Below is the full text of the open letter without  changes

ArmInfo. First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs Konstantin  Zatulin called the trial of Armenians in Baku, including the current  and former military-political leadership of Artsakh, a massacre.

ArmInfo. In February, representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Armenians held in Azerbaijan again, whose names have been confirmed by the authorities of the country.