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On the instructions of Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan, representatives of the Ombudsman's Office visited the Nubarashen penitentiary on October 13 and held private conversations with persons deprived of liberty, including Ashot Badalyan, who is on hunger strike.
A delegation led by Armenia's Deputy Defense Minister Karen Brutyan has been on a working visit to Washington since October 11. According to the Defense Ministry, on October 12 the delegation attended the opening ceremony of the annual exhibition and conference themed "America's Army: The Foundation of the Joint Force", organized by the Association of the United States Army (AUSA).
According to the Vatican, 71-year-old Pope Leo XIV has been admitted to Rome's Agostino Gemelli clinic, where a small growth detected at an early stage during a routine medical checkup will be removed from his lung.
US President Donald Trump told reporters that Vladimir Putin wants to reach an agreement on Ukraine more than Volodymyr Zelensky does.
On October 13, at around 14:10, a UAZ vehicle registered on the Defense Ministry's balance sheet and a Volga car collided on the Yerevan–Yeraskh highway within the administrative territory of Vedi.
Azerbaijan's ruling New Azerbaijan Party has described statements by Erdogan's chief adviser Oktay Saral and lawmakers from the Nationalist Movement Party as populist and irresponsible.
By decisions of the Prosecutor General dated October 13, a prosecutor of the Yerevan City Prosecutor's Office received a "reprimand", and a prosecutor of the Malatia-Sebastia Administrative District Prosecutor's Office received a "severe reprimand".
Eight people have been arrested as part of a criminal proceeding being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Committee into cases of giving and receiving bribes.
On October 10, a strategic programme for migration and citizenship was discussed under the chairmanship of Interior Minister Arpine Sargsyan.
Defence Ministry spokesperson Aram Torosyan said that, according to preliminary information, a soldier was injured as a result of a breach of weapon-handling rules and his life is not in danger.
From October 14, traffic arrangements on Aram Khachatryan Street in Yerevan will change, the Yerevan City Hall reports.
National Assembly Speaker Ruben Rubinyan on October 13 received Belgium's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia, Eric De Muynck.
On October 13, the Yerevan Council of Elders decided to name Nor Aresh 3rd Street after the poet, translator and public figure Metakse, and to rename Frunze Street in the Shengavit administrative district as Yervanduni Street.
At its October 13 session, the Yerevan Council of Elders decided to extend the free public transport benefit to one person accompanying a child with a disability.
According to published reports, Azerbaijani serviceman Nasimi Musayev, who illegally crossed the Armenian border and broke into an Armenian family's home, told law enforcement officers that he had no intention of harming anyone.
On October 13, a court extended the house arrest of Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan by another three months, granting the prosecutors' motion.
According to Defense Ministry spokesperson Aram Torosyan, fake accounts have been created on Facebook in a coordinated manner in recent days.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan published a video on social media, stating that the focus in the near future must be on signing and ratifying the initialed peace agreement with Azerbaijan.
US Deputy Ambassador Andrew Johnson met with local residents at the Martuni municipality to present the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) program and answer their questions.
Tensions have arisen on Shinararneri Street in Yerevan after City Hall began dismantling kiosks overnight.
The Ministry of Environment said claims made in the National Assembly about COP17 spending and procurement do not correspond to reality.
Civil Contract MP and Yerkrapah Volunteer Union board chairman Sasun Mikaelyan, speaking at a session of the National Assembly's defense and security committee, opposed an opposition proposal to invite the relevant authorities and demand explanations about an Azerbaijani soldier's intrusion into the village of Shaki.
The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports and benefactor Davit Tonoyan have signed a memorandum of cooperation on the preservation and restoration of the Havuts Tar monastic complex in Kotayk Province.
At around 16:00 on October 12, the Interior Ministry's 112 center received a report that a woman's body had been spotted on a tree branch in the Debed River on Tumanyan Street in Alaverdi.
On October 12, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan held a phone call with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, discussing developments in the Middle East and the South Caucasus.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met at the Government with Constitutional Court President Arman Dilanyan, who is completing his six-year term in office.
According to the Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, from October 5 to 12 patrol officers in Yerevan detected 4,147 traffic violations, including 189 drunk drivers and 120 drivers without a license.
On October 8, the Anti-Corruption Court granted the Prosecutor General's Office's lawsuit and annulled the auction of a 0.12-hectare land plot in Areni community, Vayots Dzor Province, held on October 7, 2011.
On October 6, the Anti-Corruption Court granted the Prosecutor General's Office's claim and annulled the 2017 sale and purchase agreement for the building and land plot of the former kindergarten in Odzun.
Students and parents at a number of schools in Azerbaijan have held protests demanding that girls wearing hijabs be allowed to attend classes.
