ArmInfo.  June 27 is declared as Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Day. In our country, the MSME sector contributes substantively to both the overall growth of the economy and the development of its separate sectors. The RA banks are the primary source of SME financing: in 2024 alone, the volume of loans provided to SMEs amounted to around AMD 1.6 trillion.

ArmInfo.The Union of Armenians of Russia has issued a statement in support of the Armenian Apostolic  Church.  "Members of the Council of the SAR, representing the three-million Armenian community of Russia, consider the persecution of the Armenian Apostolic Church by the Armenian authorities shameful," the statement says.

ArmInfo. Editor-in-chief of the RT (Russia Today) TV channel Margarita Simonyan commented on what is happening today around the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, calling on Armenians to take action.

ArmInfo. "I am not a threat to this country, the main threat is in the government. Those who carry out  the orders of this psycho, threaten violence, and I will go with them", - the head of the Shirak Diocese, Archbishop Mikael  Ajapakhyan, told journalists.

ArmInfo. Masked special forces of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia entered the territory of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The security forces took away the journalists present in the courtyard.

ArmInfo.  The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia is currently at the residence of the Catholicos in the Mother See of Etchmiadzin. This was reported to journalists by lawyer Mihran Poghosyan.

ArmInfo. What is happening is a sign of the death throes of an authoritarian regime, when the government no longer trusts its own foundations and begins to fear not only mass protests, but also individual steps, and even facial  expressions, thoughts. This assessment was made by the former  chairman of the State Revenue Committee David Ananyan.

ArmInfo. The current government in Armenia has crossed all boundaries of law and morality, it has struck at all the pillars of statehood: the Declaration of  Independence, the Constitution, the army, the church, the Diaspora,  it has surrendered Artsakh, and is now trying to stifle the centers  of national resistance with an insidious style of action. The head of  the opposition parliamentary faction "Armenia", former Minister of  Defense of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan wrote about this on  his Facebook account.

ArmInfo. The Investigative Committee of Armenia reports that the recording on the Internet, attributed to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in which he gives orders to law enforcement officers "to put Archbishop Bagrat  Galstanyan behind bars at all costs within a week," is fake and was  created using artificial intelligence. It should be noted that the  associates of the arrested Archbishop Bagrat insist on verifying the  authenticity of the audio recordings published by the Investigative  Committee, which allegedly contain conversations about plans for  explosions, murders and other terrorist acts.

ArmInfo.  The current authorities have turned small Armenia into the center of geopolitical struggle. This is stated in the latest article by the president of  the Tashir Group of Companies Samvel Karapetyan, who was arrested by  the decision of the court of primary instance for a period of 2  months. The text of the article is presented by the Tashir Group of  Companies.

ArmInfo.The Member of the RA NA delegation to PACE Vladimir Vardanyan gave a speech at PACE Summer  Session. The MP, particularly, noted in his speech:

ArmInfo.The arrest and detention for two months of the Archbishop of the Armenian Apostolic  Church is a real disgrace! Mourad Papazian, a member of the ARF Bureau, Co-president of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF), wrote in a Facebook post. 

ArmInfo.This visit and these negotiations are a good opportunity to become more understandable and  predictable partners for each other, as stated by the head of the Armenian MFA, Ararat Mirzoyan, during a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Wang Yi.

ArmInfo.Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, the leader of the Sacred Struggle movement, has addressed  the people. His message was conveyed by a team of lawyers.

ArmInfo.On June 26, the Government of Armenia established the volumes and schedule for industrial catch  of fish and crayfish in Lake Sevan in 2025, along with the necessary conditions and regulations for organizing such fishing activities.  As noted in the explanatory note to the document, according to research conducted by the Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, the total whitefish stock in Lake Sevan in November  2024 was  1,293.7 tons, with a commercial stock of 944.4 tons.

ArmInfo.  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan considers it reasonable to reward employees of law enforcement agencies (the National Security Service, the Prosecutor's  Office, the Investigative Committee, the police), to nominate them  for state awards, who helped prevent a coup d'etat. The Prime  Minister stated this on June 26 at a government meeting. , - he noted, pointing out that this morning he discussed this  issue with the President of the Republic of Armenia. , - the head of the Cabinet said.

ArmInfo. The fragmentation of the Armenian world is entering a qualitatively new stage, the campaign against the Church is directly proportional to this process.  Political scientist, member of the Alternative Projects Group Vae  Hovhannisyan writes about this in his article.

ArmInfo.  Corruption is not only a problem of individual countries, but also a transnational  phenomenon, in the fight against which international cooperation is  of great importance. This was stated by the Chairman of the RA  Anti-Corruption Committee Artur Nahapetyan during a meeting with the  Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of  Armenia Vassilis Maragos.

ArmInfo. A regular meeting of the Council for Coordination of Urban Development Programs was held under the chairmanship of RA Deputy Prime Minister Tigran  Khachatryan.

ArmInfo. The Supreme Spiritual Council issued a statement in connection with the detention of Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan and supporters of the "Sacred Struggle"  movement, calling this process politicized.