ArmInfo.  An Armenian court has extended the pretrial detention of Captain Yeghishe Hakobyan, a defendant in the case involving the fatal fire at a military barracks in Azat village, for an additional three months. The ruling was handed down during today's session by Judge Vardan Harutyunyan, the  Court of General Jurisdiction of First Instance of the Gegharkunik  Region.  "Having heard the arguments from both sides, the court has  decided to extend the detention of the accused, Yeghishe Hakobyan,  for another three months," the judge announced during the hearing.

ArmInfo.Team Telecom Armenia will provide communications and internet infrastructure for the Firebird artificial intelligence megaproject through a  next-generation fiber optic backbone network.

ArmInfo. The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia has initiated a criminal case against the late former director of the National Security Service (NSS) of the  Republic, Gorik Hakobyan, and four other agency employees regarding  the events of March 1, 2008.

ArmInfo. Armenia's membership in the CSTO has allowed the country to procure weapons at below-market rates, as stated by Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia and the prime ministerial candidate from the  Armenia bloc, in an interview with Armenia TV.

ArmInfo. On May 27, 2026, Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan overturned the decisions of September 20, 1999, to terminate criminal prosecution against Arsen Khachatryan and Armen Khachatryan, the bodyguards of Artsrun Margaryan, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and National Security  of the Republic of Armenia. The decisions were overturned based on newly emerging circumstances and the findings of the Investigative  Committee.

ArmInfo.Strong Armenia party board member Alik Aleksanyan, who is accused by investigators of providing material incentives for citizens to participate in rallies and large-scale money laundering, has been remanded in custody for two months. His lawyer, Armen Feroyan, told reporters this.

ArmInfo. The car of Armen Aleksanyan, an opposition blogger implicated in the "Sacred Struggle" case, was set on fire overnight in Armenia. Aleksanyan himself reported the incident on his Facebook page, sharing footage of the  aftermath.  Commenting on the situation, the blogger stated that the  arson occurred after he exited his vehicle while en route to the  village of Musaler.

ArmInfo.  The "Fair Vote" observation mission has recorded numerous cases of abuse of administrative resources by Armenia's ruling Civil Contract party  during the campaign ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled  for June 7.

ArmInfo.A group of citizens held a protest outside the European Union office in Yerevan, urging not to turn a blind eye to political repression in the country by the Armenian authorities in the lead-up to the June parliamentary  elections.

ArmInfo. The RA Government is changing the educational standards in Armenia's general education schools.

ArmInfo. Aram Kazaryan, Director of the Rescue Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, and Bernard Jeannin, President of the French non-governmental organization "ASPEBE," signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of emergency prevention, disaster response, and disaster risk management.

ArmInfo.The "Five Human Rights Defenders" initiative has condemned the use of a recently circulated video—featuring five masked individuals issuing threats against Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan—to target displaced Artsakh Armenians.

ArmInfo.Iveta Tonoyan, the spokesperson for the Prosperous Armenia Party, issued a statement regarding RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's latest claims.

ArmInfo. US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing on the morning of May 14, lasting over two hours. During the meeting, both sides expressed optimism about normalizing relations, despite differences over Taiwan, trade, and the war in Iran. These were the first face-to-face talks between Trump and Xi since their meeting in South Korea in October 2025.

ArmInfo. The conference "The Spitak Earthquake: A Tragedy that United Nations" has opened at the Moscow House in Yerevan, featuring representatives from the rescue services of Russia and Armenia.

ArmInfo.A presentation was held in Yerevan regarding a research study on the implementation of the EU Visa Liberalization Action Plan (VLAP) in Moldova and Georgia. The study, conducted by the Policy and Management Consultancy (PMCG), details how these countries reformed their systems to comply with EU standards. It highlights that the experiences of Moldova and Georgia serve as key benchmarks for Armenia's own visa liberalization process.

ArmInfo. Elinar Vardanyan, a parliament member from the "Armenia" bloc, has responded to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's statements on Artsakh and attacks on Prosperous Armenia leader Gagik Tsarukyan and his family during the campaign for the upcoming parliamentary elections on June 7. 

ArmInfo. According to a statement released by the Prosecutor's Office in response to an inquiry from Public Television, in January 2025, the Prosecutor  General's Office of Armenia  officially requested the extradition of  Nver Tsarukyan, the son of "Prosperous Armenia" party leader Gagik  Tsarukyan, from Belarus to face criminal charges.

ArmInfo.  On May 5, RA Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan met with representatives of the international organization VenueEra Holding,  headed by CEO Jan Jents. The MESCS press service reported this.

ArmInfo. No one has forgotten December 1988—a time when the clocks stopped and an entire city was petrified; a time when the whole world stood up to come to your aid, Armenia.