Space & Tech Diplomacy: PM Nikol Pashinyan met France’s Emmanuel Macron in Paris, pushing a deeper space partnership as Armenia plans to launch at least three satellites (two for Earth observation, one for telecom) and build a distributed ground-station network. High-Tech Investment Climate: Armenia’s high-tech minister said the government wants more predictable conditions for investors, with closer public-private cooperation and talent development. Sports Digitalization: The government approved about 20.4 million drams for a unified sports management information system to centralize athlete and competition data. Citizenship Rules Tighten: A draft from the Interior Ministry would make citizenship harder and far more expensive—raising the fee for obtaining citizenship fivefold and renouncing it tenfold, with changes targeted for 1 Jan 2028. Local Politics in Goris: Civil Contract will back Goris mayor Arush Arushanyan via a new “Solidarity” bloc alliance, aiming to reduce election tensions. Security & Law Enforcement: Armenia will move to ratify a CIS treaty on controlled international delivery and signed a step toward updating the Council of Europe terrorism-prevention protocol. Regional Defense Ties: Armenia and Poland approved/advanced military-technical cooperation, while Armenian defense leaders met Polish counterparts. Human Rights Snapshot: A CRRC-Armenia study found 70.4% of respondents view discrimination as a serious or somewhat serious problem. Energy Diversification: Pashinyan reiterated gas diversification plans regardless of price swings, saying gas is “not cheap” for Armenia.