Author: Kalashian Nyrie

Armenia to receive €18 million from EU to strengthen and diversify trade, say

Kalashian Nyrie
Economy14:33, 2 July 2026
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in Yerevan that Armenia will soon receive €18 million to strengthen and diversify its trade.

Speaking at a joint press conference with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on July 2, von der Leyen said that although Armenia continues to face significant economic pressure from Russia, it can be confident that when the European Union’s partners come under pressure, the EU responds with practical support.

“This funding could, for example, help establish an export promotion agency to strengthen the export capacity of Armenian businesses. The €18 million is the final component of the €52 million support package that we discussed with the prime minister during our phone conversation in early June. We are also taking another step by proposing EU autonomous trade measures (ATMs). Under this proposal, 80% of Armenia’s exports to the European Union will be liberalized. This will allow us to redirect products that are currently heavily dependent on the Russian market to the European single market, with its 450 million consumers. In particular, the single market will be opened to 99% of Armenia’s fresh agricultural products, which have until now been exported to Russia. It will also open the door to more than 90% of Armenian beverages and spirits entering the EU single market,” the President of the European Commission said.

Von der Leyen recalled that in recent months, Europeans have seen increasing volumes of Armenian flowers reaching the EU market, describing this as a powerful symbol of a new chapter in the economic partnership between Armenia and the European Union.

“This is only the beginning. These new measures will create opportunities for rapid diversification. In mid-July, we will send experts to Armenia to work directly with your producers, businesses, and exporters, helping them take full advantage of all the opportunities offered by this privileged partnership with the European Union,” she said.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Armenia on the morning of July 2 on a working visit. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan welcomed the President of the European Commission at the Government headquarters.

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Armenpress: Human Rights Defender receives Estonia’s Prosecutor General

Kalashian Nyrie
Armenia19:45, 30 June 2026
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Armenian Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan has received a delegation led by Estonian Prosecutor General Astrid Asi, who is on a working visit to Armenia, according to a statement issued by the Office of the Human Rights Defender.

The meeting was also attended by Estonian Ambassador to Armenia Marg Mardisalu-Kahar and Estonia’s Chief State Prosecutor Alar Lehesmets.

The discussions focused on opportunities to expand cooperation in the field of human rights protection, including issues related to the effectiveness of the justice system, safeguards for the protection of rights and the improvement of legal procedures.

The sides also exchanged views on a number of challenges in the field of human rights protection, emphasizing the importance of cooperation and the exchange of experience.

At the conclusion of the meeting, the parties reaffirmed their readiness to continue cooperation in areas of mutual interest.

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Verelq: Resignations and reshuffles are expected among governors

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“Hraparak” newspaper writes:


“Although Nikol Pashinyan announced in a briefing last week that he does not plan any changes in the government, but they are expected in the composition of governors.


It is said that the governors of Armavir and Kotayk will say goodbye to the post of governor Vahram Khachatryan and Aharon Sahakyan. they will move from the executive to the legislature, in the capacity of a deputy.


Months later, the position of Lori governor will become vacant, because Aren Mkrtchyan they are considering a candidate for Vanadzor CP.


There are also rumors that Shirak may be the governor of the region Davit Arushanyan and return it to the parliament again. By 2028, the Institute of Governors will disappear.”

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Recognition of the Armenian Genocide does not absolve Israel of responsibility

Kalashian Nyrie
Aysor, Armenia

June 29 2026

The recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Israeli government does not absolve that country of responsibility for crimes committed against the Armenians of Artsakh, according to a statement issued by the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Hay Dat office.

The organization thereby refers to Tel Aviv’s military and military-technical support to Azerbaijan during the Artsakh war.

ARF Dashnaktsutyun also cites numerous testimonies regarding genocide in Gaza committed by the Israeli state. At the same time, it emphasizes that the recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire remains an important step in the fight against denial of this crime against humanity, the statement notes.

The decision was also commented on by the leader of the Armenian community of Jerusalem, Hakob Jernazyan, who stated that Israel had the opportunity to recognize the Armenian Genocide earlier on moral grounds but failed to do so.

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China vows support for Belarus’ national sovereignty

Kalashian Nyrie
China11:36, 29 June 2026
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Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Beijing on Monday, the Chinese and Belarusian state news agencies reported.

China and Belarus should maintain strategic communication, and promote the continuous progress of bilateral relations that are already running at a high level to better benefit the peoples of the two countries, Xi stressed, according to a readout published by Xinhua.

China supports Belarus in safeguarding its national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and in pursuing a development path that suits its own national conditions, Xi said, expressing China’s willingness to continue to offer assistance within its capacity for the development of Belarus.

The two countries should mobilize resources from various sectors to advance Belt and Road cooperation, and enhance coordination and cooperation within multilateral frameworks to serve as a stabilizing force in a turbulent world, Xi said.

The Belarusian state news agency, BelTA, quoted Lukashenko as saying that he greatly values Xi Jinping’s positive assessment of Minsk–Beijing ties. “This is exactly what we discussed with you and, perhaps, even dreamed about to some degree on the threshold of this broad-based cooperation between Belarus and China,” Lukashenko emphasized. As one example of successful Minsk-Beijing cooperation, Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed to the Great Stone Industrial Park, where Chinese companies make up the lion’s share of foreign investment. “We are ready to act in this regard,” he said.

Lukashenko also spoke about industrial cooperation between Belarus and China.

Earlier, 2026-2027 had been declared the Years of Industrial Cooperation between Belarus and China. “I am grateful to you for supporting an initiative for the development of industry and industrial cooperation between our two countries this year and next year. In all areas of economic development, Belarus makes use of your technologies,” President Lukashenko noted. “We are satisfied with the level of these technologies and the quality of the products we are receiving today.”

“We regularly share our views with you on international issues and the regional situation. I make it a point to keep you updated on all of this. I think it is essential that we maintain and deepen these contacts in the future,” the president said.

The Belarusian president thanked the Chinese president for the meeting. Xi Jinping asked whether Lukashenko had flown to Beijing directly from Minsk. “No, I came here from the Moscow region. We held talks with President Putin, and after that I flew to Beijing,” the Belarusian leader said.

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Israel government recognizes Armenian genocide in rebuke to Turkey

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Le Monde, France
June 28 2026

Israel government recognizes Armenian genocide in rebuke to Turkey

Successive Israeli governments had avoided formally recognizing the Armenian genocide, in part to preserve relations with Turkey, once one of Israel’s closest strategic partners in the region.

Le Monde with AFP

The Israeli government on Sunday, June 28, unanimously recognized the massacres of Armenians during World War I as genocide, a move widely seen as a rebuke to Turkey and a stark signal of the deepening rift between the two countries. Relations between Israel and Turkey have sharply deteriorated since the war in Gaza erupted after Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas’s attacks on Israel in October 2023.

“A historic decision: the Israeli government has unanimously approved Foreign Minister Gideon Saar’s proposal to recognize the Armenian genocide,” the Foreign Ministry said. The cabinet’s decision must still be ratified by parliament. Successive Israeli governments had avoided formally recognizing the Armenian genocide, in part to preserve relations with Turkey, once one of Israel’s closest strategic partners in the region.

But since the war in Gaza erupted, Turkey has regularly accused Israel of committing genocide in the Palestinian territory, an accusation Israel strongly denies. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has emerged as one of the fiercest critics of the war, repeatedly comparing Israeli leaders to Nazi officials. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also hit back at Erdogan, calling him an “anti-semitic dictator who commits genocide against the Kurds”.

Turkey has suspended most trade with Israel and become one of Hamas’s strongest diplomatic supporters. The Armenians seek international recognition that the mass killings of their people under the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1917 amounted to genocide.

They say 1.5 million died, but Turkey strongly denies the accusation of genocide and says that both Armenians and Turks died as a result of the First World War. It puts the death toll in the hundreds of thousands. The killings have been recognized as genocide by more than two dozen countries, including the United States, France and Germany.

Former US president Joe Biden recognized the killings as genocide, a position long sought by Armenia. His successor President Donald Trump has not used the same terminology. Armenia and Turkey have no diplomatic ties, but the two have signalled interest in warming relations in recent years.

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Verelq: “The agenda of both “Western Azerbaijan” and the Karabakh movement is unacceptable

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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan strongly criticized the concept of “Western Azerbaijan” circulating in Azerbaijan, equating it to attempts to revive the Karabakh movement. The head of the government calls on both sides to abandon such rhetoric for the sake of regional stability and the peace process.


In recent years, official Baku has been actively promoting the so-called “Western Azerbaijan” political and ideological narrative, manipulating the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia under this term. Within the framework of this strategy, the Azerbaijani side regularly organizes state-sponsored events. In particular, a forum-festival on the theme of “Return to Western Azerbaijan” was held in Ordubad city of Nakhichevan, during which once again territorial demands directed at Yerevan were voiced.


Despite the fact that the official Yerevan Foreign Ministry did not respond to the incident, Nikol Pashinyan clarified the executive’s position during the briefing following the June 25 Cabinet meeting, stressing that such behavior by Baku is unacceptable, although he deeply understands its cause-and-effect relationships.


As a counterweight and a direct parallel, the head of the government also considered unacceptable any steps and actions aimed at resuming the agenda of the Karabakh movement within Armenia. The prime minister sees the resolution of the problem in mutual agreement to abandon similar policies. “The move is a strategic deal, it should be stopped bilaterally. It must be stopped. Attempts to continue the Karabakh movement should be stopped in Armenia as well,” the head of Armenia stated.

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“If Papoyan says he exports flowers to the European market, let him be specific

Kalashian Nyrie

June: 22, 2026

While the Minister of Economy, Gevorg Papoyan, presents indicators, stating how many apricots, flowers, tomatoes and peppers were exported to the European market, florists claim that they do not export flowers to the European market, the only market is Georgia, where they exported a very small amount of flowers, that is, only roses.

After May 22, when Russia restricted the import of flowers from Armenia, Armenian florists faced the fact that they cannot sell the flower in the domestic market, and in the conditions of the impossibility of export, they are forced to throw away the flower.

Andranik Barseghyan, a resident of Mkhchyan village, engaged in thermal management of roses he says that during this period only roses were exported to Georgia, and that too in small quantities.

“In the conditions of export restrictions to the Russian market, we have suffered great losses. They are talking only about the Georgian market, at the moment there are no talks about other European markets.

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Mkhchyan is a big village, most of them cultivate greenhouses and flowers, all of them have export problems. Now we cannot sell our flowers in the domestic market, firstly, it is very cheap, and secondly, the whole market is full of flowers.”– 168.am–Andranik Barseghyan said in a conversation with

He claims that the issue will not be solved only through the Georgian market, the state must take steps to help the peasants, and many have suffered during this period.

“There is no other option, they should help us until the European market, as they say, is open to us. At the moment, the export figures are very low, and they are exported from large greenhouses that grow flowers on 10-20 hectares. For example, mine is 2000 square meters, it is a home business, I don’t know how they will export it. Small greenhouses will suffer, it is easy to conclude a contract with large ones, to check. It turns out that if they sign a contract with 10 people like me, they will sign a contract with 1 big one,” emphasized our interlocutor.

Unlike the resident of Mkhchyan, Florist Artak Tovmasyan from Zvartnots since May 22, not a single flower has been exported to the European market, let alone to the Georgian market. It is already the second month, he takes the flowers out of the greenhouse and piles them in the area adjacent to the greenhouse, and after they dry, he burns them.

“It is a lie that they export flowers to the European market. If Gevorg Papoyan says that he exports flowers to the European market, let him specifically say that the export was from greenhouses. Let them say, was it from the greenhouses of Abovyan, Zvartnots, Shirak or Ararat?

Now if I say that I exported 100 furs of flowers, some people will believe, some will not. Therefore, let them show that they took the flower, for example, Artatak, Sargis took it, and show the country where this flower was brought. Whom I am talking to, they did not take flowers from anyone, it is only known that some Georgians took them, and we don’t know if they took them for the market or something else.

We do not sell in the domestic market, we sell one flower for 10 drams every day, 10 thousand drams to buy that day’s bread.” 168.amArtak Tovmasyan said in a conversation with

Our interlocutor conveyed to Gevorg Papoyan that various greenhouse owners want to meet him and ask questions.

“I have practical questions to ask the Minister of Economy, let him tell, for example, how a farmer should sell his goods. We understand, they sell more or less in the domestic market, but how can we get them to the European market? I have so many questions that Papoyan is unlikely to want to meet with us.

What they are talking about on TV, they are talking about their greenhouse owners, this refers to those who have greenhouses of 5 hectares or more.

I pledged 6 million drams in gold, I haven’t made payments for 2 months, I called and said that I am a greenhouse owner, I can’t pay the monthly interest, if you want, sell the gold. We have been taking medicine and seeds from acquaintances for a month.

As for the flowers sold in supermarkets during the last few days, Artak Tovmasyan said, again the flowers from the greenhouses of the big ones were taken to the supermarkets.

“They are the flowers of people close to them, or not from our greenhouses? These flowers, which are sold for 1,500 drams, they are sold for 750 drams each in Russia. It is a very bad situation,” emphasized Artak Tovmasyan.

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After Strong Armenia, other opposition parties also seek annulment of election

Kalashian Nyrie
Politics17:23, 19 June 2026
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Hours after the opposition Strong Armenia bloc filed a motion with the Constitutional Court challenging the results of the June 7 parliamentary elections, four other political parties and blocs submitted similar requests, asking the court to annul the results.

The Prosperous Armenia Party, Wings of Unity Party, Democracy, Law and Order Party, as well as the Armenia Alliance, have requested that the high court invalidate the results of the parliamentary elections.

The Constitutional Court announced on Friday that it had received a motion submitted by the opposition Strong Armenia bloc.

The court said in a press release that it will first determine the admissibility of the appeal within two days of its submission. If accepted for consideration, a reporting judge will be appointed to prepare the case for review.

The Constitutional Court will then consider the case and issue a ruling no later than 15 days after the application is filed. Disputes concerning parliamentary election results are examined through oral proceedings.

Earlier on Friday, the Strong Armenia alliance submitted a motion to the Constitutional Court asking it to invalidate the results of the June 7 parliamentary elections, alleging that the authorities orchestrated electoral violations.

Strong Armenia spokesperson and parliamentary candidate Marianna Ghahramanyan said in a statement that the bloc has requested that the high court either annul the results certified by the Central Electoral Commission or call for a second round of elections.

According to the Central Electoral Commission’s final results, the Civil Contract party won 49.7% of the vote, securing a majority in the next parliament, while Strong Armenia was the runner-up with 23.2%. The Armenia Alliance won 9.9%.

The ruling Civil Contract party, led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, will hold 64 seats, while billionaire businessman Samvel Karapetyan’s Strong Armenia bloc will hold 29 seats. The Armenia Alliance, led by former President Robert Kocharyan, will hold 12 seats.

The other parties that ran in the election failed to pass the electoral threshold.

The authorities have denied any involvement in electoral violations, emphasizing that the elections were free and transparent. They have also accused opposition forces—including Strong Armenia—of organizing such violations, particularly vote-buying.

Meanwhile, Strong Armenia itself has become the subject of numerous criminal investigations related to alleged vote-buying schemes.

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