ArmInfo.  RA Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan discussed with the heads of scientific institutes issues related to governance, funding, the appointment of directors, and the certification of research staff. The implementation of the Science Development Strategy for 2026-2030 was also discussed. This was reported by the press service of the MoESCS.

ArmInfo. As part of the celebrations marking the 35th anniversary of Armenia's independence, a conference entitled "Life is a Science: Hrachya Acharyan," dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the eminent Armenian scholar, linguist, and academician Hrachya Acharyan, was held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. This was reported by the RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport.

ArmInfo. The State Property Management Committee of Armenia will be renamed the State Assets Management Committee, and the Water Committee will be renamed the Land and Water Committee. At the plenary session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on October 27, amendments proposed by the Cabinet to the law "On the Structure and Activities of the Government" and a package of related laws will be discussed in the first reading.

ArmInfo. The fifth meeting of the Armenia-EU Joint Working Group, co-chaired by Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and the European Commission's Director-General for Enlargement and Enlargement Negotiations, Gert Jan Koopman, took place in Yerevan as part of the high-level political dialogue.

ArmInfo. As part of the celebrations marking the 35th anniversary of Armenia’s independence, anniversary events dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Armenologist, linguist and Academician Hrachya Acharyan and the 100th anniversary of the founding of Republic Square will be held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on October 28-29.

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. Temperatures in Armenia will remain unchanged over the next five days, according to the Center for Hydrometeorology and Monitoring of the RA Ministry of Environment.

ArmInfo. The story "Saved Melody" by Artsakh writer and journalist Ashot Beglaryan, based on real events from the 2016 Four-Day War in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has been included in the Russian language textbook for 11th-grade students in Armenia's high schools.

ArmInfo. As part of her working visit to Australia, the Human Rights Defender of Armenia (HRD) Anahit Manasyan participated in the 18th International Conference of Ombudsman Institutions of the Armed Forces (18ICOAF), held in Sydney on October 20-21.

ArmInfo. Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin visited the Lori region of the country on October 20-21, paying special attention to Russian compatriots living in the region.

ArmInfo.  As a result of comprehensive operational and investigative measures carried out by Criminal Police officers, more than ten cases of murder preparation were solved in 2025, and eight cases in the first nine months of 2026. This was reported by the press service of the Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia.

ArmInfo. On the sidelines of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP19) in Yerevan, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Robert Abisogomonyan met with Matthew Hollingworth, Deputy Executive Director for Operational Programs at the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

ArmInfo. A protest against the exploitation of the Amulsar gold mine took place near the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex, where the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) is taking place. Police prevented demonstrators from entering the complex, forming a circle around the stairs.

ArmInfo. The international community has already formulated the concept of "living in harmony with nature" and, in 2022, adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, setting goals and clear benchmarks until 2030. Armenia, however, is halfway to achieving these benchmarks. This was stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the opening plenary session of the "Leaders for Nature" summit, held as part of COP17 (the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity) at the Meridian Expo Center.

ArmInfo. Armenia and Kyrgyzstan have all the prerequisites to give new substance to relations between the two countries and translate the existing potential for cooperation into practical results. This was stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan following talks with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov during a joint press statement.

ArmInfo. In a report submitted to the Armenian side, the UN-sponsored Committee characterizes torture of Armenian prisoners of war held in Baku not so much as a systematic phenomenon, but rather as an endemic process. Siranush Sahakyan, a lawyer representing Armenian prisoners of war at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), announced this at a press conference in Yerevan on October 16.

ArmInfo. The Armenian government feels a special responsibility to nature, because during difficult times for Armenians, during difficult times for the Republic of Armenia, it was nature that saved the Armenian people. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this on October 16 in Yerevan during his welcoming speech at the opening plenary session of the "Leaders for Nature" summit, held as part of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17).

ArmInfo. The National Democratic Pole (NDP) Council condemned the launch of the Amulsar mine in the Vayots Dzor region of the country, calling this move fraught with grave consequences for Armenia's environmental, economic, and national security.

ArmInfo. Deputy Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Hayk Konjoryan signed a memorandum of cooperation in parliamentary development for 2026-2031 at a meeting with UN Under-Secretary-General and First Deputy Administrator of the UN Development Program (UNDP) Haoliang Xu.

ArmInfo. Armenia, led by Nikol Pashinyan, is trying to present itself to the world with a "green" agenda, while the opening of the Amulsar mine near the resort town of Jermuk just days earlier is literally the beginning of an environmental disaster. This was written by Lilit Galstyan, a member of the Armenian parliament from the opposition "Armenia" faction, on her Facebook page.