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.
Armenia is Russia’s strategic partner in the region and worldwide, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his annual press conference in response to a question from a reporter on “how is Russia planning to restore its policy with Armenia after the parliamentary elections”.
Caretaker Deputy PM Tigran Avinyan’s spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan has denied media reports alleging that the government has received a letter from Russia’s Deputy PM Dmitry Kozak who said that the gas price will become 215 dollars from the current 150.
Biological laboratories operating in Armenia are of civilian nature, and military presence there is ruled out, foreign ministry spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan told a press briefing.
Caretaker Minister of Education and Science Arayik Harutyunyan was also in attendance of the board meeting.
Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has set a task before the government to discuss every day decisions relating to increasing the citizens’ life quality.
Rector of the Armenian State Economics University Koryun Atoyan has been sacked, the ministry of education and science confirmed.
