ArmInfo. As part of the "TRICOLOR" Yerevan Night Run, which will be held in Yerevan on July 4 and 5, traffic will be temporarily suspended in a number of areas of the city. This initiative is dedicated to the Day of State Symbols of  the Republic of Armenia and the Constitution Day.

ArmInfo.  Art historians today have an important mission, since any return to Artsakh must begin with a cultural return. This opinion was expressed by former Artsakh Minister of Culture Narine Aghabalyan during the conference on the topic Problems of Art Critics: Causes and Solutions on July 4.

ArmInfo.  The head of the opposition faction "Armenia" of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan responded to the ongoing discussions in the National Assembly on the petition submitted by the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia Anna Vardapetyan for criminal prosecution against  him.

ArmInfo.  At the extraordinary session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on July 4, the petition of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Armenia on the consent of the country's parliament to the criminal prosecution of the leader of the opposition faction "Armenia" Seyran  Ohanyan and the secretary of the same faction Artsvik Minasyan is  being discussed.

ArmInfo. The head of the Tashir State Corporation Samvel Karapetyan filed a lawsuit against the deputies of the ruling Civil Contract faction Arsen Torosyan and Hayk Konjoryan for offensive statements and slander. Information about  this is posted on the judicial information portal Datalex.am.

ArmInfo.  Former Prime Minister of Armenia and former CEO of ArmRosgazprom CJSC Karen Karapetyan spoke in defense of the arrested president of Tashir Group of Companies Samvel Karapetyan.

ArmInfo.The attitude of the authorities: intimidation, illegal nationalization, etc., kills business and leads to the fact that business will not invest in  Armenia at all. This is the opinion of the President of the Union of Armenians of Russia Ara Abrahamyan.

ArmInfo. The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights  (a division of the Zoryan Institute) expresses deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent proposal introduced in the Turkish Parliament to rename the border crossing between Turkey and Armenia after Talat Pasha, the principal architect of the Armenian Genocide.

ArmInfo. The defense team of Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan, the Primate of the Shirak Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, has filed an appeal against the decision to arrest him, as reported by the archbishop's team of lawyers. 

ArmInfo.  On July 2, political consultations between the Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Belgium were held in Yerevan.  As reported by the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia, the consultations were chaired by Deputy  Foreign Minister of Armenia Vahan Kostanyan and Director General for  Bilateral Relations of the Foreign Ministry of Belgium Birgit  Stevens.

ArmInfo. There has been  a rise in interest among Artsakh residents in obtaining citizenship of the Republic of Armenia, as stated by  Minister of Internal Affairs (MIA) Arpine Sargsyan during a government session on July 3.

ArmInfo.  Over the next 2 weeks, the Council on Constitutional Reforms, operating under the Ministry of Justice, will hold discussions regarding the text of the new Constitution of Armenia. This was announced to journalists by  Armenian Minister of Justice Srbuhi Galyan during a briefing on July  3.

ArmInfo. From now on, support for internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh will be more targeted, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan assured at a government meeting on July 3.

ArmInfo. Law enforcement officers of Armenia have seized more than 7 kg of marijuana smuggled into the republic. This was reported by the press service of the RA Ministry of Internal Affairs.

ArmInfo. On June 16, Ardshinbank summed up the raffle organized for Mastercard Business cardholders. An online gift raffle was organized and streamed on the bank’s official YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/live/N73Ho9ApFIs).The randomly selected lucky ones won 3 pieces of Apple MacBook Air 13 M4, and the main prize was a 5-day trip to the United Arab Emirates for two.

ArmInfo. On July 3, at its regular meeting, the Government of Armenia approved the draft decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia On approval of the letter of agreement on amendments and additions to the framework agreement and the attached grant rules signed between the Republic of Armenia and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on July 7, 2015.

ArmInfo.  Businessman Ruben Vardanyan, who is in Azerbaijani prison, is of no use to anyone; there is no one in the world who would deal with this issue now.

ArmInfo.  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan demands holding early elections of the Catholicos of All Armenians. "Early elections must definitely take place. But early elections of the Catholicos of All Armenians," Pashinyan wrote today  on social media.

ArmInfo. The IYI ("Good Party") Party of Turkey submitted a proposal to the Grand National Assembly to rename the Alijan border crossing on the border with Armenia to the "Talaat Pasha Border Crossing". This was reported by Turkish media, publishing a photo of the submitted proposal.

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are scheduled to meet in Dubai later this month as the two countries continue negotiations towards a peace agreement, Middle East Eye has learned.