ArmInfo. In January-July 2026, 17,096 children were born in Armenia, a 2.4% decrease compared to the same period last year. The birth rate per 1,000 inhabitants during the reporting period was 9.5 per thousand, compared to 9.8 per thousand a year earlier.

ArmInfo. Artsakh Parliament Speaker David Ishkhanyan, who has been in Azerbaijani captivity since September 2023, sent another message from a Baku prison this year, addressing the activities of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Ombudsmen and calling on the Armenian authorities to show some dignity.

ArmInfo. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Armenia has presented a package of draft laws that propose changes to the procedure for obtaining and restoring citizenship, as well as increasing the corresponding state fees.

ArmInfo. The Initiative of Armenia’s Reservist Servicemen criticized the nature of the unexpected inspections of military units initiated by Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan, calling them formal.

ArmInfo. Armenia and Poland are considering holding a joint carpet exhibition. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports (MECS), citing the results of a meeting between MESCS Head Zhanna Andreasyan and the Director General of the Royal Castle of Poland, Małgorzata Omilanowska.

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov will meet with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan in the near future. Bayramov himself reported this. At the same time, he did not specify the date of the upcoming meeting.

ArmInfo. Armenia’s Minister of Environment Hambartsum Matevosyan discussed key issues on the agenda of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) with Minister of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China Huang Runqiu in Kunming.

ArmInfo. The newly appointed Ambassador of France to Armenia, Florian Escudé, visited the Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

ArmInfo. U.S. Representative Mike Carey raised the issue of Armenian hostages held in Baku during a hearing of the House Committee on Ways and Means on “Strategic Partnership to Ensure the Security of Critical Resources and Supply Chains.”

ArmInfo. On September 9, RA National Assembly Speaker Ruben Rubinyan received Fabio Vaz Pitaluga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Republic of Armenia, who is concluding his diplomatic mission in Armenia.

ArmInfo.   A round table on the topic of was held in Yerevan. One of the invited guests was Kasym Nurbekuly Majen, founder of the Qazaq Open Source Initiative (QOSI), a non-profit organization promoting open-source and cloud-native approaches, and director of the Open Source Solutions Department of JSC (NIT), a subordinate organization of the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

ArmInfo. Political consultations were held between the Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Iraq. The consultations were chaired by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Armenia Ani Avetisyan and Deputy Foreign Minister of Iraq Mohammed Bahr Al-Ulum.

Arminfo. The Azerbaijani side is threatening the wife of philanthropist and former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, Veronika Zonabend, with arrest if she visits Baku on a women’s humanitarian mission. Azerbaijani studies expert Tatevik Hayrapetyan reported this on her Facebook page.

ArmInfo. The statement by European Commission spokesperson Paula Pinho on September 7, that it is premature to talk about Armenia gaining visa-free travel with the European Union by 2029, is perhaps the most sobering of the recent official assessments of Armenia's European prospects. This was stated by former head of the State Revenue Committee and representative of the Wings of Unity party, David Ananyan.

ArmInfo. What are the differences between the Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities? Former member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Abrahamyan asked this question.

ArmInfo. On September 9, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan departed for France for a two-day working visit. This was reported by the RA government press service.

ArmInfo. Due to the penetration of cold air currents from the northwest, the air temperature in Armenia has dropped significantly over the past two days, with the average daily temperature being 4-6 degrees below the climate norm. This was reported by the Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center of the RA Ministry of Environment.

ArmInfo. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan does not want to choose between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union; he is trying to "sell" the right to this choice to the parties. Former Deputy Defense Minister Artak Zakaryan writes about this in his article.

ArmInfo. The Yerevan City Council has decided to liquidate Yerevantrans CJSC.

ArmInfo. Veronika Zonabend, wife of former Artsakh State Minister and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan, addressed an open letter to Secretary of the Armenian Security Council Alen Simonyan, asking to be included in a possible trip to Baku.