- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced an upcoming visit to Armenia during a meeting with Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan in Rome, where both attended Pope Francis’s funeral.
- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s official visit to Estonia focuses on strengthening bilateral ties, advancing Armenia-EU relations, and exploring Estonia’s digital governance model.
- China has appointed a new ambassador to Armenia after a gap of nine months, as Armenia lags behind in building relations with Beijing.
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Armenian museums meet the future
Armenia celebrates International Museum Day with Museum Night on May 17–18! Over 100 museums across the country will be open for free with special exhibits, events, and extended hours. Don’t miss this chance to explore art, history, and culture without spending a dime.
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Pashinyan, Aliyev hold brief meeting in Albania on normalization deal
By Alexander Pracht Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held a rare brief conversation on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Tirana, Albania, the Armenian government reported on Friday. According to a post on the government’s official Facebook page, the two leaders discussed the text of a long-awaited normalization agreement between their countries and the next steps toward its signing. This was the first direct interaction between Pashinyan and Aliyev since their meeting during a BRICS summit in Russia last October, where they also discussed normalization between the nations. Pashinyan and Aliyev are […]
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“False and Sacrilegious”: Russian Ambassador Condemns Armenian Official’s WWII Claims
By Lia Avagyan Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin has strongly condemned statements made by Artsrun Hovhannisyan, the former spokesperson of Armenia’s Defense Ministry, regarding World War II and Nazi Germany’s potential impact on Armenia. In an open letter published on May 16, addressed to Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan, Ambassador Kopyrkin expressed his outrage over what he described as “historically false and sacrilegious statements” made by Hovhannisyan on Armenian Public Television on May 9, the day commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. “Against the backdrop of deep respect for the Victory Day celebration among […]
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Armenia conceals agreement with Azerbaijan that terminated search for Karabakh
By Hayk Hovhannisyan, #CivilNetCheck Armenia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs is refusing to disclose details of an agreement with Azerbaijan that led to the termination of a search for an Azerbaijani citizen accused of war crimes. In April 2025, it was revealed that Armenia had ended the interstate search for Azerbaijani blogger Kyamil Zeynali within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Zeynali is accused of murdering an elderly Artsakh civilian in Hadrut during the 2020 Karabakh war. According to a statement issued by the Ministry, the search was halted within the framework of an agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan originally signed […]
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Why Netanyahu’s Baku visit was scrapped
In this episode of Insights, host Eric Hacopian covers three key developments shaping Armenia’s regional and domestic landscape. He begins with the cancelled summit between Israeli and Turkish officials in Baku, examining the deeper strategic divide over the future of Syria, and how it could create opportunities for Armenia. Hacopian also argues why Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s decision to attend the May 9th Victory Day parade in Moscow despite calls from Europe for a boycott is a symbolic move that makes strategic sense for Armenia. Finally, he covers the expansion of additional Wizz Air flights from Europe to Armenia, calling […]
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