On October 4, at 07:05 local time (at 03:05 by GMT) the RA MES Seismic Protection Survey Seismological Network registered an earthquake at the northern latitude of 40.040 and eastern longitude of 43.920 geographic coordinates (5 km north-east from Ashotsk village, Armenia) with 2.8 magnitude and 10 km depth.
US Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy has visited the National Security Service’s Border Troops.
“The Audit Chamber of the Republic of Armenia has released the results of the audits conducted at Hayastan All-Armenian Fund in the period between August 29, 2018 and September 30, 2019. Zhoghovurd Armenian newspaper was informed that both the amounts and types of the detected misuses were unprecedented.
On October 3, within the frames of the strategic military drills launched in the Defense Army of Artsakh since September 24, tactical drills accompanied by shooting exercises were launched.
Armenia announces launch of 40-day military trainings for private, sub-officer and officer squads reservists who are registered in the first rank of the 1st group of the reserve.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has congratulated Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel on German Unity Day, the National Day of Germany celebrated on October 3, the Prime Minister’s Office said.
Mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan has terminated all contracts with Sanitek, the waste management operator which was in charge of sanitation in the Armenian capital.
Gagik Khachatryan, the former RA Minister of Finance, and the former chairperson of the State Revenue Committee, has been in detention for a month already. He is accused of alleged abuse of official power and misuse of public funds. Khachatryan does not accept the charges against him. The following has been submitted by his team of lawyers, represented by Yerem Sargsyan.
“I want to emphasize the strategic nature of the Armenian-Russian relations. They are not based just on the period of the recent years or decades, but the centuries-old history of our peoples”, Putin said.
Following the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
