Judge of Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction Davit Balayan has satisfied the motion of the lawyers of MP, retired General Manvel Grigoryan, citing ARAVOT daily, he has been released on 25 million AMD bail.
President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker addressed a joint letter to Armenia’s caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan congratulating on his bloc’s victory in the general election, the EU delegation reported.
The Security Council held a session led by acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during which wide range of issues relating to Armenia’s security field were discussed.
Numerous staff members of the Ministry of Diaspora and Ministry of Culture are on strike, protesting the optimization plan of the government that envisages merging the culture ministry with the ministry of education and science, and the Diaspora ministry will become be downgraded to a department under the foreign ministry.