ArmInfo.On May 13, 2024, IDBank placed registered coupon bonds under the abbreviation AMANLBB2PER9 through a public offering on the following terms:

ArmInfo. The Investigative Committee of Armenia detained two participants in the protest carried out by  the Tavush for the Motherland initiative and its supporters in Yerevan, who were carrying folding knives.

ArmInfo.A number of media outlets have refused to give coverage of Armenian Premier Nikol  Pashinyan's interview scheduled for 12:00 Yerevan time. 

ArmInfo. Today, at 12:00, the procession, led by the Primate of the Tavush Diocese, Archbishop  Bagrat Galstanyan, will move from Sevan towards Yerevan. This was announced late the night before by a member of the Armenian Parliament from the "Armenia" faction, a participant in the "Tavush  for the Motherland" movement, Garnik Danielyan from Sevan, where the march participants stopped for the night.

ArmInfo.Foreign officials must stop manipulating the so-called "Armenia's position".  Former Minister of  Justice, Doctor of Law Gevorg Danielyan wrote on his Facebook page, also addressing the "institutional" opposition.

ArmInfo. Moscow still does not question the sovereign right of the Armenian partners to independently determine their foreign policy course, including in the context of further work in the CSTO. This was stated on May 3 during a weekly briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, in response to a question about the likelihood of Armenia leaving the CSTO.

ArmInfo.The Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia initiated two criminal proceedings  on the fact of Azerbaijan's aggression against the Republic of Armenia during the 44-day war of 2020. Another case was opened by the Investigative Committee of the Republic in connection with the forced  deportation of Artsakh residents. Head of the supervisory authority Anna Vardapetyan stated on May 3, speaking in parliament.

ArmInfo. The overwhelming majority of respondents in Armenia consider the celebrations  dedicated to May 9, the victory in the Great Patriotic War (WWII), to be important, according to the results of the survey conducted by the MPG consulting company.

ArmInfo. Despite a pluralistic environment, the media remain polarised. The country is facing an unprecedented level of disinformation and hate speech, especially over the Nagorno-Karabakh territorial dispute and the ongoing threat of war with Azerbaijan, according to the 2024 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders today.

ArmInfo.Ardshinbank CJSC has launched a business loan refinancing program with the possibility of receiving an additional amount for current expenses.  This business loan is designed for RA resident small and medium businesses, who want to lighten their credit load.

ArmInfo.The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) joined In Defense of Christians (IDC) and  Save Armenia in calling on the State Department to follow U.S.  Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommendations to place Azerbaijan on its Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) list, along with North Korea and Pakistan.  

ArmInfo. The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia intends to reclassify the charges against the three  defendants in the case on March 1, 2008 from "overthrow of the constitutional order" to "offense in office." Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan stated  at a meeting of the relevant commission in parliament, presenting details about the progress of the case.

ArmInfo.Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and his wife Anna Hakobyan  yesterday attended the final stage of the amateur table tennis tournament "Prime Minister's Cup of the Republic of Armenia" at the Ara Manukyan children's and youth sports school in the city of Charentsavan, Kotayk region of the republic, the press service of the RA government reports. 

ArmInfo. Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced bipartisan  legislation that seeks to enforce sanctions against Azerbaijani officials responsible for war crimes and human rights abuses, including the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, the arbitrary detention of  Armenian POWs and civilian captives, the torture and abuse of  detainees, and extrajudicial killings, reported the Armenian National  Committee of America (ANCA).

ArmInfo. The eldest son of the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Artsakh, world-famous  philanthropist and businessman Ruben Vardanyan, illegally detained in Azerbaijan, gave an interview to France 24 TV channel regarding the situation with his father.

ArmInfo.The Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia is organizing a procession on May 1 - International Labor and Workers Day.

ArmInfo. Former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, imprisoned in Azerbaijan, was allowed to  talk to his family after 21 days in isolation.

ArmInfo.On April 25, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on Azerbaijan, notably the  repression of civil society and the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu and Ilhamiz Guliyev.

ArmInfo.The only way to change the situation in Armenia and around it is to hold early parliamentary elections. Political analyst Suren Surenyants told ArmInfo, commenting on the demands of the President of Azerbaijan on  Armenia.

ArmInfo. The Kirants-Voskepar road has remained closed for the sixth day in a row. The Tavush residents spend their sixth night on the street trying to convey to the Armenian authorities the unacceptability of unilateral concessions to the sovereign territories of the Republic of Armenia, which make the lives of people living in the border areas impossible.