ArmInfo.  A spectacular concert by renowned French trumpeter and Lebanese-born composer Ibrahim  Maalouf took place in Yerevan.

ArmInfo.  About 30 state and private museums and collections in Artsakh, with their unique archaeological, historical, ethnographic, and artistic exhibits, are in danger of disappearing. Artsakh Cultural Heritage Ombudsman and Vice President of the Azgayin Historical and Cultural NGO, Hovik Avanesov, announced this on his Facebook page, noting that May 18 marks International Museum Day.

ArmInfo. Ardshinbank, continuing its cooperation with the “My Forest Armenia” environmental NGO, has allocated 4 million AMD to finance the creation of the Charles Aznavour Named Forest.

ArmInfo.  Azerbaijan has desecrated a cemetery for fallen azamartik (liberator soldiers) in the village of Vaguas in the Martaker region of the Republic of Artsakh. Artsakh Cultural Heritage Ombudsman and Vice President of the Azgayin Historical and Cultural NGO, Hovik Avanesov, reported this on his  Facebook page.

ArmInfo.  French National Assembly member Valerie Boyer condemned the destruction of Artsakh's cultural heritage by Azerbaijan and the international community's silence.

ArmInfo. French President Emmanuel Macron, who encourages Armenia to reject Russia's "imperial" patronage, is himself acting like an heir to his country's imperial past, wanting to "teach everyone." This opinion was expressed in a conversation  with RTVI by Konstantin Zatulin, First Deputy Chairman of the State  Duma Committee on CIS Affairs. The article was posted on the official  website of the "Lazarev Club."

ArmInfo. No one has forgotten December 1988—a time when the clocks stopped and an entire city was petrified; a time when the whole world stood up to come to your aid, Armenia.

ArmInfo. Caucasus Heritage Watch (CHW), an organization that monitors Artsakh's cultural heritage, has documented more compelling evidence of Azerbaijan's policy aimed at the systematic destruction of Armenian historical and cultural heritage in occupied Artsakh, as stated by the Ombudsman of  the  Artsakh Cultural Heritage and Vice President of the Azgayin  historical and cultural NGO, Hovik Avanesov. 

ArmInfo. "The latest statement from the Caucasus Muslims Office is nothing more than a shameful and cheap service, hidden under a religious veil, justifying the barbarities of the Baku dictatorial regime," the Pan-Armenian Council for the Protection of the Armenian Church said in a statement.

ArmInfo.  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has linked the issue of preserving cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh to the principle of reciprocity. During  a press-briefing on April 30, he raised the possibility that Armenia  might adopt a mirrored stance regarding cultural sites built by  Azerbaijanis on Armenian sovereign territory. Pashinyan used  Artsvashen—an enclave expected to return to Armenian jurisdiction  following the border delimitation and demarcation process—as a  primary example.

ArmInfo.Today, the world celebrates International Dance Day. To mark the occasion, Armenia hosted the festive event "Ari, Pari" (Come, Dance!) under the  auspices of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports  (MOESCS) and at the initiative of the National Center for Folk Music  and Dance.

ArmInfo.  The mission of the state cannot be conditional, and it does not begin or end with political expediency. Archimandrite Ruben Zargaryan wrote this on his Facebook page in response to statements by Armenian Minister of  Social Labor Arsen Torosyan on the Public Television of Armenia that  "the topic of Azerbaijan's destruction of Armenian cultural,  historical, and religious monuments in Artsakh should not be included  in the agenda of relations between Yerevan and Baku."

ArmInfo. The remarks made by Armenian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arsen Torosyan encourage Azerbaijan's genocidal policy of destroying Artsakh  cultural and spiritual heritage in the territory of occupied Nagorno-Karabakh.

ArmInfo. The "We Are Our Mountains" Development Agency states that it is following with deep pain and alarm the ongoing destruction, vandalism, and attempts to appropriate the Armenian spiritual and cultural heritage of Artsakh.

ArmInfo.  The Holy See of Echmiadzin expressed deep outrage at the news that Azerbaijani authorities razed the Church of St. Hakob (Jacob) in Stepanakert, as  well as the khachkars and monuments located in the adjacent area,  which the Azerbaijani side groundlessly declared illegal structures  subject to dismantling.

ArmInfo.  The Hay Dat Central Council of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) issued a statement strongly condemning the destruction of the Intercession of  the Holy Virgin Cathedral in occupied Stepanakert by Azerbaijani  authorities.

ArmInfo.  The Union of Armenians of Russia (UAR) expressed outrage at Azerbaijan's  consistent destruction of Armenian Christian heritage in occupied  Artsakh.

ArmInfo. The lack of response from the Armenian authorities in the face of Azerbaijan's destruction of Armenian Christian heritage in occupied Artsakh is not neutrality  or "peace diplomacy," but direct complicity and treason. This is  stated in a statement received by ArmInfo by the Pan-Armenian Council  for the Preservation of the Armenian Church regarding the destruction  of the Surb Astvatsatsin Church in Stepanakert by the Azerbaijani  occupation regime.

ArmInfo.  Armenian Ambassador to Georgia Ashot Smbatyan and French Ambassador to Georgia Olivier Courtot met with Chairman of the Tbilisi City Council Zurab  Abashidze.

ArmInfo. Next year, the first buds of 5,555 trees planted this year with AraratBank’s support will burst open, marking the beginning of the creation of 100 hectares of new forest. Maple, pine, oak, beech, pear and apple trees will enrich the landscape of village Lernajur of the Pambak community in Lori region.