ArmInfo. The Yerevan Municipality's greening program cost the city 212 million drams and 10,000 withered saplings, as stated by Kristina Vardanyan, a member  of the Yerevan Council of Elders and associate professor at the  Department of Hygiene and Ecology at YSMU, on her Facebook page. 

ArmInfo. A new case of food poisoning at a public catering facility has been identified in Armenia's Lori Province. On July 27, 2026, the Lori Regional Center of the Food Safety Supervision Authority received a verbal report of food poisoning. A large wedding was taking place at the Lori Peak restaurant in the village of Chochkan.

ArmInfo.  Member of the National Assembly Lusine Badalyan, representing the ruling Civil Contract faction, has been nominated to head the parliamentary standing committee on healthcare.  Badalyan herself announced this to journalists on July 29.

ArmInfo. The Prosecutor General's Office is demanding the confiscation of 22 real estate properties from the second president of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharyan and persons associated with him, 19 of which have an average market value of AMD 11,154,790,000, as noted in a statement issued by the supervisory body.

ArmInfo. During the first half of 2026, a total of AMD 6,666,631,000  was returned to the recovered funds and single taxpayer accounts through criminal proceedings, according to the RA Prosecutor General's Office.

ArmInfo.  The number of serious crimes decreased in the Shirak Region in the first half of  2026, while the number of particularly serious crimes increased, as  reported by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Internal  Affairs.  Citing the head of the Shirak Provincial Department of the  Criminal Police, the agency presented the dynamics of specific types  of crimes for the reporting period.

ArmInfo. On Sunday, August 2, on the occasion of the professional holiday of railway workers, the South Caucasus Railway company is introducing ticket  discounts on commuter train tickets for citizens: 100% for children  under 12 years old, and 50% for passengers over 12 years old.

ArmInfo.  The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem expresses deep disappointment over the  removal of the proposed resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide  from the list of issues to be discussed in the Israeli parliament  (Knesset). This was stated in a statement released by the  Patriarchate. 

ArmInfo.Narek Karapetyan, a member of the Strong Armenia bloc's political council, will give up his parliamentary salary in favor of charitable contributions. He announced this in a conversation with journalists on July 24.

ArmInfo.  The number of crimes involving the use of firearms in the Ararat region decreased by 60% in the first half of 2026. The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia reported this to ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo. Thirty military deaths were recorded in the Armenian Armed Forces during the first seven months of 2026, according to research by the Vanadzor office of the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly (HCA).

ArmInfo.  Anna Grigoryan has been elected head of the parliamentary faction of the "Armenia" bloc of second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan. This was announced in a statement on the political party's Facebook page.

ArmInfo. A new EUR 1mln program to strengthen preparedness for natural, man-made, and humanitarian emergencies is being launched in Armenia. The EU Delegation's press  service reported this.

ArmInfo. On July 21, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia hosted a mandate-presentation ceremony for deputies of the country's  9th-convocation parliament, which was formed following the regular  parliamentary elections held on June 7.

ArmInfo.The TUMO Center for Creative Technologies has celebrated its 15th anniversary. 

ArmInfo.  The groundbreaking ceremony for a monument to Armenian national hero Monte Melkonian  (Avo) took place at the Ararat Armenian Cemetery in Fresno.

ArmInfo. The UN expert group on the "Sacred Struggle" movement has recognized at least 109 people as  victims of repressive actions by the state apparatus.  Lawyer Tatevik Soghoyan wrote this on her Facebook page.

ArmInfo. During a meeting with a delegation led by Stefano Tomato, Managing Director of the Civilian  Operations Headquarters of the European External Action 

ArmInfo.The "Mother Armenia" faction of the Yerevan Council of Elders has won another legal victory in the Court of Appeals against the 2024 parking fee  increases on Yerevan's designated "red lines."  

ArmInfo. The Armenian government adopted a draft law ratifying the Framework Agreement on  Strategic Partnership for the Implementation of TRIPP (Trump Route  for International Peace and Prosperity). This decision was approved  at a government meeting on July 16.