
ArmInfo. The Armenian authorities are continuing their political repressions and the imprisonment of prominent and influential opponents, as stated in a
Facebook post by Artak Beglaryan, former State Minister of Artsakh.

ArmInfo. Early this morning, law enforcement officers conducted a search at the residence of Narek Karapetyan, a member of the board of the Strong Armenia
party and a member of the National Assembly.

ArmInfo. The Artsakh Tourism and Culture Development Agency has urged Marriott International to remove all travel offers to Shushi and Stepanakert from the Marriott Bonvoy Activities platform.

ArmInfo. Acting Speaker of the Artsakh National Assembly Gagik Baghunts expressed condolences over the death of former head of the Hadrut administration, statesman
Valery Gevorgyan.

ArmInfo. Armenia is set to get a carpet museum. A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport and Levon Vartan Der Bedrossian, under which the philanthropist intends to transfer to the Republic of Armenia real estate he owns in the community of Garni, Kotayk region, as well as his personal collection, in order to establish a carpet museum in Armenia.

ArmInfo. The Artur Tarkhanyan Center museum has condemned the Armenian government's initiative to remove the old Zvartnots Airport building from Yerevan's State List of Immovable Historical and Cultural Monuments and terminate its legal status as a protected site. According to the museum's press service, the structure is a globally recognized masterpiece of modern Armenian architecture. "Numerous publications have highlighted this unique structure, emphasizing its exceptional architectural value and significance," the museum stated. "Only seven similar airports remain worldwide, and all are protected by the state as vital architectural and cultural heritage sites, even when no longer in active use." The museum asserts that the historic terminal could be modernized to meet international standards.

ArmInfo. To join the European Union, Armenia will have to adopt the bloc's foreign policy
of introducing visas for Russians and joining anti—Russian sanctions,
as reported by Izvestia, citing the European Parliament.

ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan received French Ambassador to Armenia Olivier Decottignies, who is concluding his diplomatic mission in the country.

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 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.Yerevan Municipality continues its war on trees in the Armenian capital,
replacing green spaces with concrete slabs.