ArmInfo.The Yerevan Spring ID Cup, organized with the support of IDBank, has successfully concluded. The tournament brought together 164 young chess players, whose exciting and hard-fought matches determined the winners and prize recipients. Alongside the main awards, the top participants also received special cash prizes from IDBank.

ArmInfo.International relations will be used to secure the return of Armenia's occupied territories and Armenian prisoners of war held in Baku prisons, as  stated by Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the Strong Armenia party, at a press conference in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's "flirtation" with the European Union will lead the country's economy into an even more deplorable condition. This opinion was expressed by Rosa Chemeris, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs.

ArmInfo.On May 7, the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia discussed the annual report on the activities of the Human Rights Defender, the state of  human rights and freedoms in 2025, and the report on the activities of the Human Rights Defender as a national preventive mechanism.  

ArmInfo.Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan's remarks about Belarus can be interpreted as inhuman envy of the Belarusian people's successes, as  stated by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a briefing.

ArmInfo. The upcoming elections in Armenia are not ordinary, and therefore the Bright Armenia party is participating in them under unusual circumstances.  The party pursues a single goal: to protect the statehood, identity, memory, history, established culture, traditions, religion, and the  European-model nation state of the Armenian people. This was stated by party leader Edmon Marukyan at a press conference on May 7.

ArmInfo.There is no intention to suspend the bill on Armenia's assessment to the European Union,  but it must be remembered that Europe is not waiting for Armenia, as stated by Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the Strong Armenia party, at a press conference in Yerevan.  Karapetyan presented his stance when  asked how his party intends to navigate a situation where Russia remains Armenia's primary strategic ally while the Armenian parliament has passed a bill to begin the EU accession process.

ArmInfo.For nearly two years, AraratBank has been delivering interactive financial literacy sessions for young people at summer camps, festivals, and through podcasts. This marks the first time, however, that important knowledge and skills are being specifically shared with athletes.

ArmInfo.The 79th Cannes Film Festival will present a special program dedicated to the outstanding Armenian director of feature and documentary films,  Artavazd Peleshyan, as reported by the Armenian Assembly Foundation.

ArmInfo. Today, Armenia faces several challenges, the most critical of which is peace, as stated by Levon Zurabyan, Deputy Chairman of the Armenian National Congress and candidate for Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, at a press conference on May 7, while presenting the party's election  platform.

ArmInfo. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Yerevan to participate in the European Political Community (EPC) summit is an act of baseness by Armenian authorities toward both Armenia's ally (Russia - ed.) and the Armenian people, as stated by Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the Strong  Armenia party, at a press conference in Yerevan.

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ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will file a lawsuit against the leader of the "Strong Armenia" party, Samvel Karapetyan, for his comments  regarding "hallucinogenic mushrooms." The Prime Minister announced this on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo. During a criminal investigation conducted by the Anti-Corruption Committee of the Republic of Armenia, instances of electoral bribery—both offering and receiving—and the obstruction of the free exercise of voting rights were uncovered.

ArmInfo.Latvia expresses its full solidarity with Armenia regarding its development and progress along the European path, as stated by Latvian President  Edgars Rinkevics during a joint briefing with Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan on May 7.

ArmInfo.The peace agenda  of the Armenian authorities is, in fact,  an agenda proposed by Azerbaijan to Armenia, as stated by Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the Strong Armenia party, at a press conference in Yerevan.

ArmInfo.If the protection of Armenian citizens held in Azerbaijani prisons does not fall within the mandate of Armenia's Human Rights Defender, then whose mandate is it? This is the question posed by Ruben Varadanyan, former state minister of Artsakh and philanthropist held captive by Azerbaijan. He  was sentenced to 20 years in prison in February of this year on trumped-up charges.

ArmInfo. Armenia's dependence on Russia has reached its highest level under the current Armenian government, as stated by Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the Strong  Armenia party, at a press conference in Yerevan on May 7, while  discussing the countries his political party intends to cooperate  with.

ArmInfo.  Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, along with the majority of his cabinet members will be taking leave during the election  campaigning period. This was announced by Pashinyan  at a government  meeting on May 7.

ArmInfo. The Armenia-EU serves as evidence that Armenia is increasingly being drawn toward standards that are alien to it—not European ones, but aggressively  Euro-Atlantic ones, as stated by Russian Foreign Ministry  spokesperson Maria Zakharova during a weekly briefing on May 7, in  reference to  events held in Yerevan in partnership with the EU.