ArmInfo. The EU Civilian Monitoring Mission has increased the number of night patrols along the borders of Armenia. This is stated in the mission's statement on X.  "Starting from March, the mission has increased the number of night patrols along the Armenian- Azerbaijani border to enhance nighttime security and safety and relieve possible tensions. Our monitors remain committed around the clock, ensuring a continuous presence day and night," the mission's statement says.

ArmInfo. Moscow is monitoring the situation on the Armenian- Azerbaijani border area, as stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, during a weekly briefing on April 9.

ArmInfo. The US Congressional Caucus on Armenian Affairs, consisting of 25 lawmakers,  has sent a powerful bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Michael Walz, urging to secure the release of Armenian prisoners illegally held in Azerbaijan. Additionally, the  congressmen call for strengthening US policy safeguarding Armenia's  sovereignty and security  as part of expanded engagement  in the  South Caucasus.  The letter, led by Congressional Armenian Caucus  leaders Frank Pallone, David Valadao, Brad Sherman and Gus Bilirakis,  comes in the wake of recent  Armenia-Azerbaijan announcements about  the completion of negotiations on a draft peace agreement and the  Azerbaijani side's demands to amend the Armenian Constitution and  dismantle the OSCE Minsk Group, the Armenian National Committee of  America (ANCA) reported.

ArmInfo. The Network of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) for the Protection of the Rights of  Armenians in Artsakh has urged  the Armenian Ministry of Foreign  Affairs to immediately reconsider its position and publicly confirm  that the issue of protecting the rights, security and return of the  Armenian population of Artsakh remain a priority of the Armenian  foreign policy, regardless of Azerbaijan's unilateral illegal  actions. This is noted  in a statement received by ArmInfo from the  Network of Civil Society Organizations for the Protection of the  Rights of Armenians in response to the statement by the Armenian MFA  that after the  decree on the dissolution of Nagorno-Karabakh, the  issue has been removed from the agenda.

ArmInfo.The situation regarding Armenian prisoners of war held in Azerbaijan is a priority for Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael  O'Flaherty, who is closely monitoring both the conditions in which  they are being held in Baku and the trials they are facing,  Armenpress reports. 

ArmInfo. The Office of the Ombudsman of Armenia has  requested clarifications from  the relevant state bodies  regarding the incident of beating life-sentenced prisoners at the Nubarashen penitentiary institution.

ArmInfo. From May 1 to July 1, 2025, the level of Lake Sevan is predicted to increase by 24-25 cm, which, however, will be 13 cm less than the same indicator of the  previous year. Levon Azinyan, Director of the Hydrometeorology and  Monitoring Center of the RA Ministry of Environment, announced this  at a press conference in April.

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan looks at Armenians with the logic of intimidation, humiliation and with the desire to go even further. This was stated by David Vardanyan, the  son of Ruben Vardanyan, who is illegally detained in Baku, in an  interview with the French publication LE SPECTACLE DU MONDE.

ArmInfo. Armenian Deputy Interior Minister Armen Ghazaryan discussed prospects for cooperation in combating drugs at a meeting with the EU delegation led by Ilse Jacobsen, coordinator of the EU Drug Monitoring Program.

ArmInfo. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Armenian Minister of Environment Hakob Simidyan ceremoniously launched the work of a modern meteorological station installed on the shore of Lake Sevan.

ArmInfo. Europe and Germany are interested in stability in the South Caucasus. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier stated this on March 31 in Yerevan at a joint  press conference with his Armenian counterpart Vahagn Khachaturyan.  "We in Germany and Europe are very interested in stability in the  South Caucasus region," Steinmeier said.

ArmInfo.The Office of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia reported on violations recorded on March 30, the day of the snap elections to local self-government bodies in  the communities of Gyumri and Parakar.

ArmInfo. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has arrived in Armenia on an official visit.

ArmInfo. The results of the Human Rights Defender's monitoring indicate that there are a number of problems in the Republic of Armenia in the field of personal data  protection, for the solution of which there are no effective  mechanisms. This is stated in the press release of the press service  of the Ombudsman of Armenia.

ArmInfo. A peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan sounds very good, but in reality, so far, we have managed to complete the draft of the agreement. This was stated by RA Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in an interview with Correio Braziliense, one of the major daily newspapers published in Brazilia.

ArmInfo. Shots are being fired from the Azerbaijani side, but they are often not targeting the positions of the Armenian armed forces, as stated by RA Defense Minister Suren Papikyan during the government hour in the National Assembly on March 26, while responding to a question from NA MP Hasmik Hakobyan.  The MP, in particular, asked if the publications and videos on social networks about the shelling of Armenian territory correspond to reality.

ArmInfo.Armenian experts are inclined to believe that the Donald Trump administration is making efforts to prevent new aggression by the Azerbaijani-Turkish tandem  against Armenia.

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. Residents of the Vardashen hostel, whose building is currently classified as being in a state of emergency (IV category of emergency), held protests near  the Yerevan Municipality and the Government of Armenia. The living  conditions in hostel are simply unbearable and pose a direct threat  to the residents' health.  Protesters said that Yerevan Mayor Tigran  Avinyan visited the hostel nearly 2 years ago, saw the living  conditions firsthand, and promised to resolve this issue within a  year and a half, by providing the  residents with a new place to  live.

ArmInfo. By the end of the year, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will present a technical assistance package to the Armenian government for implementing a wastewater drainage and treatment system across the entirety of Lake Sevan's territory, as stated by the Bank's Senior Climate Change Expert, Vardan Karapetyan, speaking on the sidelines of the ADB seminar titled "Protecting Lake Sevan: Sustainable Solutions and Investment Strategies" on March 21.