Armenia speeds up route to Iran with new tunnels

October 20, 2025 - 13:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Within the framework of the North–South project, Armenia plans to cut travel time to the Iranian border by about three hours thanks to ongoing road construction and tunnel development in Syunik...

Yerevan mayor appoints new Shengavit leader

October 20, 2025 - 13:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Tigran Gabrielian, former Deputy Minister of Environment, has been appointed head of the Shengavit administrative district in Yerevan. The announcement was made by Mayor Tigran Avinyan during a city...

 IMF planning to provide Armenia with new stand-by arrangement of  nearly $175 million

ArmInfo.The IMF team and the Armenian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on policies for the completion of the sixth review under the three-year SBA as well as for a new 36-month, SDR 128.8 million (about US$175 million) SBA, which...

Pashinyan, Pope Leo XIV Meet at Vatican, Discuss Yerevan-Baku Peace Deal

Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Pope Leo XIV met at the Vatican today and discussed the establishment of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan as well as various regional issues. Pashinyan travelled to the Vatican to attend Sunday’s canonization of...

23-year-old Chechen woman Ayshat Baimuradova found dead in Armenia

ArmInfo. /TASS/. Ayshat Baimuradova, a 23year old Chechen woman, who had fled to Armenia to escape domestic violence, was found dead in Yerevan. The press service of the Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs Police reported this on Monday. "On...

Oppositionist: Events in Gyumri are further proof of  legal chaos in  Armenia

ArmInfo. What's currently happening in Gyumri is further proof of the legal chaos reigning in Armenia, as mentioned in a video address by Mher Melkonyan, a member of the RA National Assembly from the opposition "Armenia" faction. According to him,...

Vardan Ghukasyan urges city residents to defend Gyumri`s independence

ArmInfo. The situation surrounding the Gyumri city administration remains tense. Local residents gathered outside the administration building loudly express their discontent over the detention of the community leadership, led by Mayor Vardan...

Police Arrest Gyumri Mayor for Bribery

Police today arrested the mayor of Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city, on bribery charges. The country’s Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC) claims it has evidence that Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan accepted bribes to prevent the demolition of an illegal...

MOECS to submit  report to law enforcement regarding disruptions in  educational process  in Gyumri

ArmInfo. The RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports has received reports that the educational process at some preschools in Gyumri was not fully organized, with children being sent home early and parents or staff being called to...

Politician: Case against Gyumri mayor is politically motivated stunt

ArmInfo. Suren Surenyants, leader of the Democratic Alternative Party, denounced the criminal case against opposition Gyumri mayor Vardan Ghukasyan as a politically motivated stunt. "The criminal case against Vardan Ghukasyan not only lacks legal...

Pashinyan met with the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia and students of the Levonian College

Gyumri mayor arrested

АрмИнфо. Только что стало известно о задержании мэра Гюмри Вардана Гукасяна, ему инкриминируется получение взятки в особо крупном размере. Ранее Антикоррупционный комитет сообщил, что всего в рамках уголовного дела задержаны восемь человек....

Armenian anti-corruption committee raids Gyumri City Hall, mayor reportedly arrested-UPDATED

8 people accused of receiving and giving large amounts of bribes by officials of the Gyumri Municipality have been arrested, APA reports, citing the Armenian Anti-Corruption Committee. The report states that as a result of a large-scale operation...

Armenian and Azerbaijani parliament speakers to hold talks

October 20, 2025 - 11:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan will meet with Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis, on October 21 in Geneva. Simonyan shared the news via his Telegram channel. Both...

Pope Leo meets with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia

Pope Leo XIV meets with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia in the Vatican, and during subsequent discussions in the Secretariat of State, the Prime Minister and Cardinal Parolin addressed "the need for a stable and lasting peace in the...

Yerevan City Hall preparing to attract investment for construction of Surmalu metro station

NEWS » Society » Yerevan City Hall preparing to attract investment for construction of Surmalu metro station The Yerevan Municipality is preparing to announce four tenders for the construction of a new Surmalu metro station in Yerevan. According...

Chechen woman found dead in Yerevan after going missing

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Armenian anti-corruption committee raids Gyumri City Hall, mayor reportedly arrested

Anti-Corruption Committee agents raided Gyumri City Hall on Monday morning in what the law enforcement agency described as “investigative actions” carried out within the framework of an ongoing criminal case, APA reports, citing ARMENPRESS....

‘Chasing cheap profits’ – how mining industry dominates Armenia

Mine exploitation in Armenia In the Karaberd community of Armenia’s Lori region, geological surveys for a new gold deposit are set to begin soon, despite four years of local resistance. A gold mine is already operating in this small settlement....

Clashes in Gyumri as Ghukasyan taken into custody

October 20, 2025 - 16:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A clash occurred in front of the Gyumri municipality building between demonstrators supporting Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan and police forces, Armenpress reports. Several individuals were detained. The...