ArmInfo. On October 30, RA Interior Minister Arpine Sargsyan received a delegation led by Johannes Luchner, Deputy Director-General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission.

ArmInfo. On October 31, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended the official opening ceremony of the HayPass office at the Yerevan Mall, which will issue new biometric documents.

ArmInfo. Despite statements from his legal team regarding the health of former State Revenue Committee (SRC) head Gagik Khachatryan and the steps being taken, he remains in custody. This was stated in a statement received by ArmInfo by the former SRC head's legal team.

ArmInfo. On October 30, RA Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received a delegation led by Johannes Luchner, Deputy Director-General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission. According to the government press service, the meeting was also attended by Interior Minister Arpine Sargsyan and Ambassador Vasilis Maragos, Head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia.

ArmInfo. Discussions on the candidacy of a member of the Commission for the Protection of Competition and Consumer Interests began at the plenary session of the National Assembly of Armenia on October 30.

ArmInfo. The court has decided to extend the detention of former Finance Minister and former head of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia Gagik Khachatryan for another two months. His lawyer, Yerem Sargsyan, told reporters this.

ArmInfo. Starting November 1, Armenia will officially begin accepting applications and issuing new biometric passports and ID cards. The RA government approved the document issuance procedure at its meeting on October 29.

ArmInfo. Artur Varzhapetyan, co-founder of the Russian company Luding, was summoned to the police station as part of a background check after arriving in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. Visa liberalization with the EU today depends more on Armenia than on the European side, according to Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, penalties for domestic violence will be toughened, and protection mechanisms for victims will be strengthened. At the plenary session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on October 28, amendments to the law "On the Prevention of Domestic and Domestic Violence and the Protection of Persons Subjected to Domestic and Domestic Violence" and a package of related documents will be discussed in the first reading. The initiative was sponsored by MPs from the ruling Civil Contract faction, Zaruhi Batoyan, Sona Ghazaryan, and Tsovinar Vardanyan.

ArmInfo. Armenian Interior Minister Arpine Sargsyan held a series of bilateral meetings as part of the European Coalition on Drugs (ECAD) international summit in Italy.

ArmInfo. The current Armenian government is not seeking to solve the October 27, 1999 case, but is trying to link specific individuals to it. Levon Kocharyan, a member of the Armenia faction, stated this on October 27 at the Yerablur military pantheon.

ArmInfo. We must not allow scoundrels to commit treason and crimes under the guise of Sparapet and other great figures of the Armenian people. Former member of the National Assembly of Armenia and member of the Republican Party, Hayk Mamijanyan, stated this at the Yerablur military pantheon on October 27.

ArmInfo. If the tragedy of October 27, 1999 had not occurred, Armenia would have had greater opportunities to become a competitive country in the region, including militarily. Head of the “Strong Armenia” faction Narek Karapetyan stated this in a conversation with journalists after lawmakers from the political force laid flowers at the memorial to the victims of the October 27, 1999 terrorist attack.

ArmInfo. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, together with RA National Assembly Speaker Ruben Rubinyan, paid tribute to the memory of those killed as a result of the terrorist act committed on October 27, 1999.

ArmInfo. Today, the session of the Armenian Parliament began with a minute of silence in memory of those killed in the terrorist attack committed on October 27, 1999, in the National Assembly.

ArmInfo. Tougher penalties for parking in the second lane of the road are not aimed at increasing state budget revenues, but at preventing violations. The Armenian Minister of Internal Affairs (MIA) stated this in a conversation with journalists in parliament on October 26, in response to a question about how the increased penalties should help reduce road accidents.

ArmInfo. It's impossible to draw parallels and claim that current events in European countries could impact visa liberalization for Armenia. Armenian Interior Minister Arpine Sargsyan stated this in a conversation with journalists in parliament on October 26.

ArmInfo. Law enforcement agencies in Armenia received 54 reports of possible violations during the local government elections, all of which have been investigated. Armenian Interior Minister Arpine Sargsyan announced this in a conversation with journalists in parliament on October 26.

ArmInfo. Amendments to the law "On the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence and the Protection of Persons Subjected to Domestic and Family Violence" and a package of related documents are being considered in Armenia. The discussion of the draft in the National Assembly was postponed in October 2026 for up to two months for revision. The authors of the submitted document were MPs from the ruling Civil Contract party, Zaruhi Batoyan, Tsovinar Vardanyan, and Sona Ghazaryan.