ArmInfo.   During a meeting with  the Co-Chairs of the Armenian Assembly of America, Anthony Barsamian and Carolyn Mugar, Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan emphasized the importance of the programs implemented by the Assembly for the  development of the country.

ArmInfo. Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova believes there is an American influence behind the Russophobic action organized this morning in the  center of Yerevan on the eve of the visit of  Russian Foreign  Ministry head, Sergey Lavrov, to Armenia.

ArmInfo.  CIS states will use electronic copies of documents in interstate searches. The NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security issued a positive  conclusion on the protocol to the agreement  on interstate search of  persons of the member states  of the Commonwealth of Independent  States, submitted by the RA government at its meeting on May 20.  

ArmInfo. Iranian Defense and Armed Forces Support Minister, Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzade is currently on an official visit to Armenia.

ArmInfo.  Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will visit Moscow, where he will hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, as announced by Russian  Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova during a briefing on  May 20.

ArmInfo. The Swiss Parliament has established a platform for peace - a global forum for displaced indigenous Armenians of Artsakh to negotiate with Azerbaijan and  other international stakeholders for the safe and collective return  of Armenians  to their homeland, as reported by the Central Bureau of  "Hay Dat" of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun".

ArmInfo.  The international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has created a gallery of the profiles of the news professionals who have been arbitrarily  imprisoned in Azerbaijan for seeking to inform the public.

ArmInfo. By endorsing the candidacy of  Bright Armenia party leader Edmon Marukyan for the post of prime minister as part of the initiative to vote  no confidence in current  head of government Nikol Pashinyan, the opposition would give the  people of Armenia a chance to have the most fair elections in the  history of the Republic of Armenia in 2026. MP Hovik Aghazaryan made  this assessment today during a conversation with journalists.

ArmInfo.  The City Hall will exempt citizens from paying fines for non-payment of garbage  collection, which have accumulated due to the inability to fulfill  their payment obligations through any system. The corresponding bill  was adopted on May 20 during a meeting of the Council of Elders of  the Yerevan City Hall.

ArmInfo. The Armenian Fund for Relief (FAR) will provide 16 grants to Armenian scientists to conduct scientific research in the fields of physics, biotechnology, biology,  nanotechnology, materials science, zoology, biochemistry, social  sciences and history. This is stated in a statement received by  ArmInfo from the FAR press service.

ArmInfo.  Criminal liability for reservists or conscripts evading military training will be toughened in Armenia. The RA National Assembly Committee on State and Legal  Affairs issued a positive opinion on the amendments to the RA  Criminal Code submitted by the RA Government at its meeting on May  20.

ArmInfo.  Criminal liability for reservists or conscripts evading military training will be toughened in Armenia. The RA National Assembly Committee on State and Legal  Affairs issued a positive opinion on the amendments to the RA  Criminal Code submitted by the RA Government at its meeting on May  20.

ArmInfo. The Armenian authorities were unable to establish contacts with the administration of the new US President Donald Trump during the 100 days of his presidency, and decided to resort to an alternative method of establishing  cooperation with the new administration. This is stated in the  analysis prepared by the Armenian Center for American Studies, owned  by Americanist Suren Sargsyan.

ArmInfo.  The Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Armenia proposes to transfer to it the authority to issue a permit for foreigners to access information constituting a  state secret without the consent of the authorized body. The  initiative is posted on the single portal of legal acts.

ArmInfo.  The Council of Europe Anti-Corruption Body (GRECO) in its annual report pointed out the lack of transparency in the procurement processes carried out by  high- ranking government officials in Armenia. Non-partisan member of  the National Assembly of Armenia Taguhi Tovmasyan wrote about this on  her Facebook page.

ArmInfo.  The Armenian government proposes to toughen the punishment for theft of auto parts, including from cars. The draft of the relevant amendments to  the Criminal Code was discussed and approved at a meeting of the RA  National Assembly Committee on State and Legal Issues on May 20.

ArmInfo. Western-oriented political forces advocating for Armenia's accession to the European Union staged a Russophobic action against the backdrop of the  upcoming visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Yerevan.  From early morning, they unfurled Russophobic posters in front of the  Russian Embassy in Yerevan and on the capital's Kiev Bridge.

ArmInfo. On May 12-14, 2025, the Armenian delegation led by Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee, Head of the Main Department for Investigation of  Particularly Important Cases Vazgen Avetisyan took part in a  three-day international training course organized in Doha by the United Nations Office  on Drugs and Crime Regional Centre for Combating Cybercrime (UNRCCC).

ArmInfo. According to the report of the Territorial Seismic Protection Service  of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, an  earthquake with a magnitude of 2.9 occurred on May 20 at 10:11 local  time, 8 km southeast of the village of Bavra on the Armenian-Georgian  border.

ArmInfo. On 18-19 May 2025, the Tehran Dialogue Forum – 2025 organized by the Center for Political and International Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran was held in Tehran