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Armenia today: the essentials

Armenia today: the essentials, 13 November 2026

By · Founder and editor-in-chief

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Archive photo (Paris, September 2015): the Senate chamber in the Luxembourg Palace, with rows of red seats, wood panelling, statues and a painted, gilded vault; a few visitors stand at the back.
The French Senate chamber in Paris during the 2015 Heritage Days (archive photo). This is where Nicolas Forissier answered Marie-Arlette Carlotti’s question on Armenian prisoners on 10 November 2026. Photo: Tangopaso / Wikimedia Commons / public domain

What matters today in Armenia and the diaspora, in a few lines. Each item links to our full story.

  1. Armenian prisoners in Baku: France calls their fate a precondition for normalisation

    For the French government, settling the fate of Armenians held in Azerbaijan is a precondition for normalisation between Yerevan and Baku. Read the story →

  2. Pashinyan–Aliyev in Dublin: a joint readout, power grids and 105,000 tonnes of freight

    Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev discussed transport, trade and electricity in Dublin on Thursday 12 November. Read the story →

  3. TRIPP: Armenian parliament gives final approval to the framework for the project company

    The legal framework for the “Trump Route” is moving fast. Read the story →

  4. Armenia: pay rise for prime minister and ministers postponed by two months

    Armenia’s parliament has postponed by two months the review of a bill that sharply raises the salaries of the country’s top officials. Read the story →

  5. Customs and taxes: Armenia signs up to the EU’s Customs and Fiscalis programmes in Brussels

    Armenia’s customs officers and tax inspectors are going to work with their European counterparts. Read the story →

  6. Nations League: Armenia held 1-1 by Cyprus in Yerevan

    Armenia drew 1-1 with Cyprus on Thursday 12 November at Yerevan’s Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in the UEFA Nations League. Read the story →

  7. Jerusalem: woman filmed spitting at the entrance of the Armenian St James Monastery

    A woman has been filmed spitting at the entrance of St James Monastery, seat of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Read the story →