The Special Investigation Service of Armenia has pressed charges against former commander of Police internal troops of Armenia, Lieutenant- General Levon Yeranosyan.
Turkish-born American lobbyist Kevin (Kemal) Oksuz, the man who was arrested in Armenia in pursuance of an international arrest warrant issued by the United States, has been charged in an indictment unsealed September 24 for his role in a scheme to conceal the fact that a 2013 Congressional trip to Azerbaijan was funded by the Azerbaijan government, the US Department of Justice said in a press release.
The Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) of Artsakh has issued a special report on anti-Armenian sentiment in Azerbaijan: Organized Hate Speech and Hostility Against Armenians.
President Armen Sarkissian has appointed Sarmen Baghdasaryan as the new Armenian ambassador to Kuwait.
President Armen Sarkissian has dismissed Manvel Badeyan from the position of Armenia’s Ambassador to Kuwait, the president’s office said.
The Eurasian Women’s Forum, attended by PM Nikol Pashinyan’s wife Anna Hakobyan, has ended in St. Petersburg.
An explosion has killed one person in the St. Gregory the Illuminator Medical Center in Yerevan,.
Haykak Arshamyan has been named as the new executive director of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund.
“Armenia’s peaceful transfer of power in May 2018 has been truly remarkable. However, popular expectations are high that there will be tangible improvements to people’s lives, and the government should devote its attention to upholding the long-neglected rights of those who are most vulnerable”, said Dunja Mijatović.
International news media have weighed in on the Yerevan City Council election.
