ArmInfo.Armenia is going through an interesting period in its history, when the authorities are making attempts to strengthen the borders and strengthen the capabilities of the state, but a certain part of the citizens and political forces of the country are preventing this, MP of the dominant Civil Contract faction Khachatur Sukiasyan stated this on May 22.
ArmInfo. The proposal to impose taxes on the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) amid protests from the opposition movement "Tavush for the Name of the Motherland," led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, is an attempt to put political pressure on the church with the unjustified use of economic mechanisms, the former chairman of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia, David Ananyan, said.
ArmInfo.Artsakh Human Rights Defender Gegham Stepanyan responded to the attacks by the head of the Tavush regional police department, Colonel Arthur Mkrtchyan, against the Artsakh journalist.
ArmInfo. On May 17, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan held a meeting with Council of
Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O'Flaherty in Strasbourg.
ArmInfo. The opening of the European Film Festival in Yerevan is scheduled for the end of May.
According to the message of the Armenian EU mission, the festival will be held as part of events dedicated to Europe Day.
ArmInfo. An open-air ballet festival will take place in the Tiumanyan park in Yerevan, on June 2 to 5.
ArmInfo.The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) called on key Senate Committees to pressure the Biden Administration to cut all military aid and sanction Azerbaijan's genocidal leaders while allocating $200 million in U.S. assistance to survivors of the Artsakh Genocide.
ArmInfo. Armenia's Premier Nikol Pashinyan will attend the funeral rites for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials killed in a helicopter crash.
ArmInfo.Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan the draft demographic strategy of Armenia was
discussed, the press service of the government reports.
ArmInfo. On the sidelines of the international conference of ministers of culture held in Ashgabat,
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia Zhanna Andreasyan held a meeting with Minister of Education of Turkmenistan Bayramgul Orazdurdyeva .
ArmInfo. Alain-Richard Donwahi, the President of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) arrived in Armenia.
ArmInfo. A group of public organizations and residents of the city of Jermuk opposed the possible development of the Amulsar gold mine.