ArmInfo.Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the "Strong Armenia" party and candidate for Prime Minister, stated that the current Armenian administration remains committed to a policy of "unilateral concessions" to Azerbaijan. 

ArmInfo.Today, Artur Poghosyan, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Armenia, received Janez Lenarcic, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR (Office for  Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) Election Observation  Mission to Armenia.

ArmInfo.Tatevik Hayrapetyan, an expert on Azerbaijani studies, has reported  harassment and personal threats from an unknown individual. In a  public statement on her Facebook page, she formally appeals to the  National Security Service, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the  Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo.A local resident was detained by police on Tuesday during a campaign rally for the ruling Civil Contract party in Yerevan's Shengavit district. The  man's wife shared video footage of the arrest on social media.

ArmInfo.A delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) met with Vahagn Hovakimyan, Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia, to assess  the country's preparations for the  parliamentary elections.

ArmInfo.Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan announced that he has no immediate plans to hold talks with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.  Speaking to journalists in Yerevan during a campaign event, Mirzoyan was asked whether a meeting was being arranged to address the diplomatic rift. 

ArmInfo. The legal team representing Samvel Karapetyan, the "Strong Armenia" bloc's candidate for Prime Minister, will formally seek the recusal of Judge Vahe  Dolmazyan at the next hearing of the Anti-Corruption Court. Defense  attorney Aram Vardevanyan announced the move to reporters on May 12,  citing a pattern of judicial decisions that the defense claims  demonstrates bias and a violation of the defendant's fundamental  rights.

ArmInfo.Ara Aivazyan, former Foreign Minister of Armenia and current parliamentary candidate for the Prosperous Armenia party, stated that a victory for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the upcoming elections would  trigger a never-ending cycle of territorial and political demands  from Azerbaijan and Turkey.

ArmInfo.Vyacheslav Volodin,  the Speaker of the State Duma, stated that inviting Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the European Political Community summit held  in Yerevan on the eve of Victory Day cannot be considered a friendly  move toward Russia and its citizens.

ArmInfo.Strong Armenia Party leader Samvel Karapetyan used humor on Tuesday to sidestep questions about his progress in renouncing his Russian and Cypriot citizenships. 

ArmInfo.Publications dedicated to the Armenian Genocide have been restored on the website of Lithuania’s state archives, orer.eu reports.

ArmInfo. Syunik is becoming an act of narrative struggle: for some, it is a "corridor" of the future, for others, a red line of sovereignty. In other words, it is  a conflict of incompatible strategies, as stated by Karlygash  Zhandildinovna Nugmanova, PHD in Political Science, Professor,  Academician of the Asian Academy of Sciences, and President of the  East-West International Research Center for Geopolitical Forecasting.

ArmInfo. The Armenian Ambassador to Italy, Vladimir Karapetyan, paid a working visit to Naples on May 11-12, 2026. The visit included high-level discussions with city leadership, local government officials, and representatives from the regional, educational, innovation, and cultural sectors.

ArmInfo.  On May 12, RA Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received a delegation from the United States of America, who arrived in Armenia to discuss the implementation of the Trump Pathway to International Peace and  Prosperity (TRIPP) project. According to the RA Government Press  Service, the US delegation included representatives from the State  Department and the Development Finance Corporation.

ArmInfo.  Alen Simonyan, Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, believes that the country's disagreements with Russia are nothing special, since "this is  politics, where everyone expresses their point of view." He expressed  this opinion in a conversation with a journalist, , Simonyan  dismissed the notion that Armenia is wavering between the Eurasian  Economic Union (EAEU) and the European Union, asserting that the  government's position remains clear.  

ArmInfo.  These days, an atmosphere of preparation for victory pervades Baku. In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Suren Surenyants, whose party ("Democratic Alternative"), has joined the " Proposal for Armenia"  initiative, claimed that while Armenian society is mired in  "political turbulence" and the leadership "recklessly rushes toward  the West," Azerbaijan is actively moving from words to action.

ArmInfo. Turkey is not only closely monitoring but also exerting influence on internal processes in Armenia, at least at the level of rhetoric and information policy. Turkologist Varuzhan Geghamyan wrote about this in his analytical article, explaining how three Turkish diplomats are providing support to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, people continue to be subject to fines. This was stated by Edmon Marukyan, candidate for Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and leader of the Bright Armenia party, during the election campaign in front of the Judicial Enforcement Service building on May 12.

ArmInfo. One of the first steps of the Wings of Unity Party, if successful in the elections, will be to resolve the army's problems. Party leader Arman Tatoyan stated this during the election campaign in the Tavush region.

ArmInfo.  In the current situation, there is no talk of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.