Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a decision on approving the charter and structure of the National Security Service in accordance with the Law on Public Administration System Authorities.
The Commission for Reforms in Electoral Code under Prime Minister made important decisions during its second session.
According to a local media report, Armenia’s President Armen Sarkissian will pay a courtesy call on US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on June 29 in the State Department in Washington D.C.
Former security official Vachagan Ghazaryan (pictured in the photo) , the former first deputy chief of the state protection service of Armenia’s national security service who was arrested on June 25 and later charged for illicit enrichment and false asset declaration, has been remanded in custody pending trial, the special investigative committee said.
Police Chief of Armenia Valery Osipyan assures that the poilice force is detaining suspects only in case of having sufficient grounds.
Head of the Special Investigative Service of Armenia Sasun Khachatryan assures that nothing hinders to reveal the March 1 case.
Police Chief of Armenia Valery Osipyan says police did not know whether or not the weapons in possession of Alexander Sargsyan, the younger brother of former President Serzh Sargsyan, were legal when officers detained Alexander Sargsyan on June 25.
Nazik Amiryan, wife of remanded MP Manvel Grigoryan, has been arrested.
The lower house (Chamber of Deputies) of the Romanian parliament has ratified the Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA), Armenian Ambassador to Romania Sergey Minasyan said.
Travel blogger Alexander Lapshin, the Russian-Israeli who was arrested in 2016 by Belarus police and extradited to Azerbaijan after the latter issued an international arrest warrant for his visit to Artsakh – something many viewed to be a violation of human rights and international law – has met with Armenian President Armen Sarkissian in Washington D.C., USA.
