ArmInfo. On July 30, a  working meeting chaired by Mesrop Mesropyan, Chairman of the Public  Services Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Armenia, was held.  The meeting was attended by Suren Tovmasyan, Head of the Cadastre  Committee; Gegham Gevorgyan, Chairman of the Competition and Consumer  Protection Commission; and representatives from other interested  state agencies.

ArmInfo. How will the transition from the current biometric ID system to the new model be organized?

ArmInfo.The first preliminary court hearing in the criminal case against Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II is scheduled for 4:00 PM on August 7 and  will take place in Etchmiadzin (15 St. Gregory the Illuminator  Street, Courtroom 1). Lawyer Ara Zohrabyan announced this on his  Facebook page.

ArmInfo. Nazeli  Baghdasaryan is leaving her position as spokesperson for the Prime  Minister of the Republic of Armenia in connection with assuming the  mandate of a Member of Parliament. 

ArmInfo. Suicides in the  army are primarily caused by three factors: gambling debts, family  issues, and psychological pressure exerted on a soldier after falling  asleep while on  combat on duty. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan announced this during a briefing on July 30, citing  investigative data.

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ArmInfo. Prime Minister  Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message to King Mohammed VI of  Morocco on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of his accession to  the throne.

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ArmInfo. Armenia's Human  Rights Defender, Anahit Manasyan, confirmed the mental health issues  of a previously hospitalized conscript.

ArmInfo. Alina Hovhannisyan. Holding a  referendum on EU membership is possible only when an alternative has  been formed and the government has answers to all the questions of  interest to the people, as stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan  during a press-briefing on July 30.

ArmInfo. The Anticorruption  Court of Appeal of Armenia has replaced the preventive measure of  detention for Armen Ashotyan, Vice Chairman of the Republican Party  of Armenia (RPA), with house arrest.

ArmInfo.  Currently, the number of convicted inmates in the country's penitentiary  institutions exceeds the number of remand prisoners by 150-160. RA  Justice Minister Srbuhi Galyan told reporters on July 30.

ArmInfo. The Armenian government has agreed to meet with a group of drivers whose licenses have been revoked.

ArmInfo. The parliamentary opposition should take the initiative to establish two investigative commissions in the National Assembly of Armenia: one on political  prisoners and another to investigate the abuse of state resources.  This proposal was addressed to the opposition by Armen Ashotyan, Vice  Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), writing from the  Vardashen penitentiary.

ArmInfo. Another protest is taking place outside the government building by employees of the enterprises of owned by  Gagik Tsarukyan, businessman and leader of  the Prosperous Armenia Party,  which were sealed in early July.

ArmInfo.  The Armenian government will allocate 179 million drams to organize and hold the "Varchafest 2026" competition and festival. The decision was made at  a Cabinet meeting on July 30.

ArmInfo.  Aharon Sahakyan has been relieved from his post as Governor of the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The decision was made at a government meeting on July 30.

ArmInfo. The Yerevan Municipality's greening program cost the city 212 million drams and 10,000 withered saplings, as stated by Kristina Vardanyan, a member  of the Yerevan Council of Elders and associate professor at the  Department of Hygiene and Ecology at YSMU, on her Facebook page. 

ArmInfo. A two-day amateur cycling race will be heldaround Lake Sevan this August. AMD 23,937,400 will be allocated from the government's Reserve Fund for  the race. The decision was made at a Cabinet meeting on July 30.

ArmInfo. Baku's attempts to portray itself as a developed and powerful state mask the country's inability to provide its own settlements with basic living  conditions. This opinion was expressed by Iranologist Vardan  Voskanyan on his Telegram channel. In particular, he pointed to the  problem faced by residents of the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan.