ArmInfo. Armenia's participation in the conference on Ukraine's reconstruction in Gdańsk, Poland, is a deliberate challenge to Moscow aimed at winning Brussels' approval. This was told to RTVI by senior research fellow at the MGIMO Institute of International Studies, Nikolai Silaev.

ArmInfo. Armenia will take part in the forum on Ukraine's reconstruction because Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks to demonstrate his pro‑Western stance, Konstantin Zatulin, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs and Relations with Compatriots, told RTVI.

ArmInfo.Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan is traveling to Poland to participate in an international conference on the restoration of Ukraine.  This was announced in a statement on the Security Council's  Facebook page.

ArmInfo.  The 9th International Short Film Festival will be held in Yerevan and Gyumri from June 25 to 29. Film director, screenwriter, producer, and director of the  International Short Film Festival, Guzh Tadevosyan, announced this at  a press conference on June 22.

ArmInfo.Yerevan will host the second edition of the Vasily Petrenko Conducting Academy, a unique educational event for the region.

ArmInfo.The One Shot International Short Film Festival will be held in Yerevan from June 8 to 15. This was announced on the festival's Facebook page.

ArmInfo. The cultural public organization Civil Art, with the support of the Bards' Club, has announced the dates of the 12th International Artistic Song  Festival "Sail of Hope."

ArmInfo. As part of the Europe Days in Armenia, celebrated under the theme "EU-Armenia: Closer than Ever," the European Film Festival will be held in the capital, as noted in a statement issued by the EU Mission to Armenia.

ArmInfo. Armenia failed to qualify for the Eurovision final for the third time. Young performer Simon, who placed sixth in the semi-final with the song Paloma Rumba,  failed to score enough points to advance to the final.

ArmInfo. During his official visit to Poland, Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan held a private meeting with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, followed by a meeting in an expanded format. "We expressed satisfaction with the current level of  cooperation, emphasizing that it is being effectively implemented in accordance with the 2026 bilateral plan signed between  the ministries of  defense of our two countries," Papikyan wrote on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo.  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer outlined the main topics of discussions to be held in Yerevan at the 8th European Political Community Summit.

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's message on the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire is full of lies, manipulation, and, of  course, betrayal. Lawyer Ruben Melikyan wrote about this on his  Facebook page.

ArmInfo. The Armenian authorities have turned the fates of the Armenian Genocide victims into a political tool for advancing their agenda. Narek Karapetyan, a member  of the board of the Strong Armenia party, stated this in an interview  with journalists at the Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex dedicated to  the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

ArmInfo.  In a message on the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called for the preservation of  historical memory.

ArmInfo.  The memory of the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire obliges us to be strong and united, to never forget, and to never give up. Gagik  Tsarukyan, leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), wrote this  on his Facebook page on the occasion of the 111th anniversary of the  Armenian Genocide.

ArmInfo.  Only national unity will enable Armenia to intensify efforts to recognize the Armenian Genocide and develop steps and initiatives for national progress,  peaceful and secure life. This is stated in the message of Catholicos  of All Armenians Garegin II on the occasion of the 111th anniversary  of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

ArmInfo.  Robert Kocharyan, Armenia's second president and the country's prime ministerial candidate from the Armenia bloc, noted that if he comes to power, his  team will continue his efforts for international recognition of the  Armenian Genocide.

ArmInfo.  The current Armenian authorities are attempting to justify the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide; moreover, they are attempting to equate the victim  with the executioner. This is stated in the message of Samvel  Karapetyan, founder and leader of the Strong Armenia party, on the  occasion of the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

ArmInfo.  Commemorative events are taking place in Armenia on the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Early in the morning, Armenia's top  leadership, led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, visited the  memorial and paid tribute to the holy martyrs.

ArmInfo. An international seminar on "Statehood and its forms in Armenia and neighboring countries" and "Identity, State-building, Myth-making: the Rise  and Fall of Ethnopolitical Processes in the South Caucasus in the 20th century" was held in Yerevan.