ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.By the decision of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, Archbishop Abraham Mkrtchyan has been relieved of his post as Primate of the Vayots Dzor Diocese based on his  written and verbal resignation  request, as reported by the Chancellery of the Mother See of Etchmiadzin.

ArmInfo.Robert Abisoghomonyan, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia, received members of the UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls, who are in on a monitoring visit in Yerevan.   presented women's rights policies and priorities in Armenia, and touched on initiatives and steps aimed at ensuring gender equality and eliminating discrimination against women and girls.

ArmInfo. The annual "Gini Lits" (Pour Wine!) event, jointly organized by the "Iron Ladle" Committee of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) and the ARF Youth Wing, was held in Yerevan to honor the 105th anniversary of operation Nemesis.

ArmInfo. Peace in the South Caucasus region cannot depend on the goodwill of one person; peace should have guarantors, as stated by Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia and leader of the "Armenia" bloc, on the "Big Politics" podcast. He was commenting on the "war or peace" thesis promoted by the ruling political force, the "Civil Contract".

ArmInfo. Nine cars suffered flat tires on a small stretch of road in Yerevan due to the carelessness of the Armenian capital's authorities, as reported on Facebook  by Mesrop Manukyan, a member of the Yerevan City Hall Council of Elders from the "Mother Armenia" faction. He also posted video evidence to support his claims.

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has expressed gratitude to Armenia for its assistance in evacuating Indian citizens from Iran.

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.Avetis Avagyan, a member of Levon Ter- Petrosyan's Armenian National Congress (ANC) party, reports that the residence of Armenia's first president has been without power for the second day.

ArmInfo. David Khudadyan, Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure,  received Bulgarian Ambassador to Armenia Nikola Nikolov.

ArmInfo.Converse Bank CJSC announces that Mr. Andranik Grigoryan will step down from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Bank effective March 31, at his own request.

ArmInfo.Long-term investment in business and the role of bond issuances in attracting sustainable financing were among the key topics discussed at the IV Conference Capital Markets Armenia international conference.

ArmInfo.The Pan-Armenian Council for the Preservation of the Armenian Church demands the immediate release of Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan and an end to the shameful campaign against the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC). This was stated in a statement received by ArmInfo by Pan-Armenian Council Chairman Harutyun Agha-Sarkissian, amid the ongoing arrest of Archbishop  Bagrat.

ArmInfo."Sinners", produced by Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, and Ryan Coogler, won four Academy Awards, the Armenian Film Society reports. 

ArmInfo.Following meetings with the forcibly displaced Artsakh population, it became clear that 55% of them envision their future only in Artsakh, and only 1% have decided to settle in Armenia. This was reported on her Facebook page by National Assembly Member of the Republic of Artsakh Metaxe  Hakobyan following her fourth meeting with Artsakh residents this year.

ArmInfo. The text of the new Constitution of Armenia is ready, but there is no news yet about its publication date. This was announced by Srbuhi Galyan, head of the Ministry of Justice, at the first meeting of the Public Council under the RA Minister of Justice on March 16.

ArmInfo.On 13 March, during a phone call with his family, Ruben Vardanyan attempted to deliver a public address to Azerbaijan's Ombudsperson, Sabina Aliyeva. The call was forcibly terminated.

ArmInfo.The Declaration of Independence in the preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia cannot be changed under any circumstances. This was stated by political scientist Stepan Hasan-Jalalyan, responding to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's statement that the new constitution  should not contain any reference to the Declaration of Independence.

ArmInfo.Another downpour in the Armenian capital has paralyzed traffic on several streets and exposed the incompetence of Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan.