ArmInfo. Since early this morning, a flash mob has been taking place throughout Yerevan in support of Samvel Karapetyan, a Russian businessman of Armenian descent and head of the Tashir Group of Companies.

ArmInfo.Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Robert Abisogomonyan met with Elizabeth Spehar, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacebuilding and Peacekeeping, in New York. He briefed his interlocutor on the latest developments in the region, emphasizing the need to further strengthen and  institutionalize the peace established in the South Caucasus.

ArmInfo.The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention expresses grave concern over recent remarks by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in which he compared Armenian political detainees and prisoners of war to Nazi leaders convicted at the Nuremberg trials.

ArmInfo.On 12 March 2026, an interdepartmental round table with the participation of representatives of the International Labour Organization (ILO) was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The event was dedicated to the development of cooperation in the fields of labour, social protection and sustainable development.

ArmInfo.One of the streets in Armenia's capital will be named after legendary coach and football player Nikita Simonyan. The decision was made at a meeting of the Yerevan Council of Elders.

ArmInfo.Armenia doesn't need Georgia for its EU integration process, but it very much does for the development of logistics. This is how Georgian political scientist Gela Vasadze commented on Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's appeal to the European Parliament to support Georgia in its European  choice.

ArmInfo.In Bern, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan met with Vice-President of the Swiss Confederation and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Ignazio Cassis. The meeting took place at the official reception house of the Federal Council in the historic center of Bern, where  they had a working lunch.

ArmInfo.In a definitive ruling on March 12, 2026, the Constitutional Court of Armenia declared that the legislative amendments allowing for the  nationalization of "Electric Networks of Armenia" (ENA) are fully consistent with the Constitution.  In the summer of 2025, opposition factions in the National Assembly of Armenia filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court challenging the  government's push to nationalize Electric Grids of Armenia.

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan has destroyed a 12th-century crossstone in the village of Khnapat in the Askeran region of occupied Artsakh under the pretext of conducting "construction work." 

ArmInfo.Women’s Month is another opportunity to speak about the role of women in society and business, attitudes toward them, leadership, and equal opportunities for every member of society. Idram and IDBank, in collaboration with the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), will highlight the importance of these principles, their adoption, and their promotion through an upcoming series of articles.

ArmInfo.The further escalation of the confrontation in the Middle East will lead to a large influx of refugees into the South Caucasus, as stated by Vladimir Avatkov, head of the Middle and Post-Soviet East Department at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and turkologist, during a Moscow-Yerevan video conference on "Turkey and the Middle East Crisis."

ArmInfo. The crisis that has arisen around the Strait of Hormuz amid the US and Israeli attacks on  Iran could further escalate confrontation in the region. Vladimir Avatkov, head of the Middle and Post-Soviet East Department at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Turkologist, expressed this  viewpoint during a Moscow-Yerevan video conference on "Turkey and the Middle East Crisis."

ArmInfo. The representatives of the Supreme Spiritual Council (SSC) have been summoned for questioning as witnesses by the Investigative Committee (IC) of Armenia.  Lawyer Ruben Melikyan announced this during a live  broadcast on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo. Armenian authorities have banned Russia from providing humanitarian aid to  refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova  confirmed this information  during her weekly briefing on March 12.

ArmInfo.At its meeting on March 12, the Council of Elders approved the project for the installation of a monument to the leader of the French Resistance movement, Missak Manouchian, in Yerevan. As Mayor Tigran Avinyan  noted during the meeting, the bust will be installed in the capital's eponymous square.

ArmInfo. The Anti-Corruption Court has accepted the Prosecutor General's Office's claim to  confiscate illegally obtained property from Karen Avdalyan, Director of AQUILA TECHNICS LLC, and an associated individual for review.

ArmInfo. At its March 12 session, the Armenian government approved the draft laws "On Amendments to the Law on the Administrative-Territorial Division of the Republic of Armenia" and "On Amendments to the Law on Local  Self-Government." After the amendments, the total number of communities in the Republic of Armenia will be 64, instead of the current 70.

ArmInfo.The US needs a war with Iran to redraw borders in the Middle East to redirect trade  flows. Vladimir Avatkov, head of the Middle and Post-Soviet East Department at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Turkologist, during a Moscow-Yerevan video conference on "Turkey and  the Middle East Crisis."

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ArmInfo. It is clear that the US administration, at least for now, does not consider TRIPP (Trump's Route for International Peace and Prosperity) a priority, as stated by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  during a press-briefing on March 12. "You see what's happening and what they're busy with," the head of government said.