ArmInfo. Narek Karapetyan, head of the largest opposition faction "Strong Armenia"  in the National Assembly, and faction member and Deputy Speaker of  Parliament Aram Vardanyan met with Alexandra Cole, Ambassador of the  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic.

ArmInfo. Anna Grigoryan, the head of the opposition parliamentary faction  "Armenia," at a meeting with Alexandra Cole, the Ambassador of the  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic  of Armenia, emphasized the importance of cooperation with the United  Kingdom in various formats.

ArmInfo.  Washington Post columnist, foreign policy commentator, and journalist David Ignatius has joined the Aurora Prize Selection Committee.

ArmInfo. Melikset Poghosyan and Razmik Petrosyan have concluded their term of service as advisers to the Armenian Defense Minister. Armenian Defense  Minister Suren Papikyan himself announced this on  social media.

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ArmInfo. The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports of the Republic of Armenia and the French theater troupe "Sate-Atre" have signed a memorandum of cooperation to strengthen cultural ties between Armenia and France, as reported by the Ministry.

ArmInfo. Only time will tell how each person envisions their next career path, as stated by Andranik Kocharyan, NA MP from the ruling Civil Contract faction,  to reporters on August 17, commenting on the appointment of Aram Hovhannisyan as Chief of the Military Police.

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ArmInfo.  September 1st is right around the corner, which means the back-to-school rush is officially underway.

ArmInfo.Issues concerning Armenian-Indian defense cooperation were discussed at an August 17 meeting between First Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief  of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Edward Asryan and India's Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh.

ArmInfo.Aram Hovhannisyan has been appointed as the new Head of the Military Police of the Armenian Ministry of Defense by a decree issued by  Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan. The corresponding decree has been published on the official website of the head of state.

ArmInfo. A  fellow serviceman has been detained in connection with the death of Armenian Armed Forces conscript Grigor Zakaryan. Kima Avdalyan, press  secretary of the Armenian Investigative Committee, announced the arrest on her Facebook page.

ArmInfo. A solemn rally was held on August 17 at the "Heroes of Oshakan" monument in the Armavir Province to mark the 199th anniversary of the victory of  Russian soldiers and Armenian volunteers over vastly superior forces of the Persian army in the Battle of Oshakan. The ceremony was organized by the NGO "Russia" with the support of the Russian House in Yerevan.

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ArmInfo. The preliminary investigation into the criminal case against former  Minister of Education and Science, Deputy Chairman of the Republican  Party Armen Ashotyan and two other individuals has been completed, as  noted in a statement issued by the RA Investigative Committee.

ArmInfo.  On August 17, Lilit Makunts, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, met with Cosmin Dinescu, Head of the EU Partnership Mission to Armenia, according to  the government press service.

ArmInfo.  Bakhtiyar Hasanov, the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Moscow, has been deported from Russia.

ArmInfo. Artur Hovhannisyan, a member of the ruling Civil Contract faction in the  National Assembly, stated he would like to hear comments from CSTO  partners regarding the reasons behind Armenia's special stance on the  organization.

ArmInfo.  Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan met with Indian Defense Secretary  Rajesh Kumar Singh. The latter is in Armenia on an official visit.

ArmInfo.  Armenia will host the international conference Armenian Arbitration Days 2026 from  September 24 to 26. According to the conference organizers, the event  will take place at the Matenadaran.