Arminfo.  A court hearing in the case of the Republic’s second president, Robert Kocharyan, is being held at Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Court on September 18.

ArmInfo.  The Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia confirms the detention of Henrikh Abrahamyan, the brother of former RA Prime Minister and former parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan.

ArmInfo.  Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan departed on a working visit to the Federal Republic of Germany on September 18.

Arminfo.  The decision by the Armenian authorities to extend by three months the detention of former National Assembly member Martun Grigoryan, who was unlawfully detained, shows that the current regime does not intend to retreat from its repressive system, and that the chain of violations will continue. Former NA member Tigran Abrahamyan wrote this on his Facebook page.

Arminfo.  At a hearing on September 17, the Yerevan Anti-Corruption Court extended the house arrest of Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the “Strong Armenia” bloc, for another two months.

ArmInfo.  If a situation arises in which Armenia’s national sovereignty or territorial integrity is under threat, Iran will express a resolute and very serious position. Iran’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Khalil Shirgholami stated this at a conference on TRIPP on September 17.

ArmInfo.  Germany and the European Union (EU) should not force Armenia into an artificial choice between Europe and Russia. Bundestag member Matthias Moosdorf stated this.

ArmInfo.  The August beneficiary of "The Power of One Dram" initiative was "Orran" Charitable Non-Governmental Organization.

ArmInfo. On September 17, Deputy Ministers of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport of the Republic of Armenia Anna Babajanyan and Kristina Tataryan met with Inga Afanaseva, World Bank Education Program Officer.

ArmInfo. On September 17, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Fabio Vaz Pitaluga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brazil to Armenia, who is concluding his diplomatic mission in our country.

ArmInfo. On September 16, in Montreal, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of the Republic of Armenia Robert Abisogomonyan, as part of the delegation of the Armenian Presidency at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-17), participated in working meetings organized in the run-up to the Conference with the Executive Secretary of the Convention and other representatives of the Secretariat. The delegation of the Republic of Armenia included representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Armenia, as well as the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Armenia Hambardzum Matevosyan. The press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of the Republic of Armenia reported this on September 17.

ArmInfo. On September 17, First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Edward Asryan met with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Andrew Loomis. This was reported by the press service of the RA Ministry of Defense.

ArmInfo. If today the "victory" over Artsakh is considered the pride of the entire Turkic world, then tomorrow this world may strive for greater "pride and victories." Artak Zakaryan, a member of the board of the Republican Party, writes about this in his article.

ArmInfo. Armenian public figures from Javakhk have published an open letter in response to Nikol Pashinyan's statements that the stronger the Diaspora, the weaker Armenia.

ArmInfo. More than a dozen members of the US Congress demanded that Azerbaijan release the Armenian hostages illegally held in Baku and allow the indigenous people of Artsakh to safely return to their homeland. Members of Congress joined clergy and international legal experts at the event "Accountability 202: Artsakh. Justice. Freedom." "Right of Return," organized by the Armenian National Committee of America.

ArmInfo. The European office of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun party sent an open letter to the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Magdalena Grono, expressing "deep disappointment" regarding her participation in a trip to Nagorno-Karabakh organized by the Azerbaijani government.

ArmInfo. Armenia's Anti-Corruption Court has extended the pre-trial detention of former National Assembly member Martun Grigoryan for another three months. This was reported by the politician's associate, Liza Gasparyan, head of the "Our City" opposition faction in the Gyumri City Hall.

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan has every right to tell its own national history, but it has no right to claim that Armenian history never existed. This was stated by Dr. Paul Murray, CEO of the human rights initiative Save Armenia and a Christian leader working on global religious freedom, as reported by the online newspaper The Christian Post.

ArmInfo. An earthquake has occurred in Armenia.

ArmInfo.  At the opening ceremony of the new administrative building of the Yeghegnadzor Rescue Service fire and rescue unit, Armenian Minister of Internal Affairs Arpine Sargsyan attached great importance to ensuring modern and safe working conditions for firefighters, which will contribute to the provision of dignified service and the delivery of prompt and high-quality assistance to the population.