President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian has signed into law the bill on introducing the voluntary early retirement mechanism for Constitutional Court justices that was adopted by parliament earlier.
“The video released by the Police of Armenia clearly showed that the police had inserted a character in the video and that there was going to be a sequel, and it was shown soon enough. It was planned so that there would be a development later. I was almost certain that they were going to summon Armen Tavadyan, who has said several times that he is a friend of Robert Kocharyan and is working actively for his friend’s release from prison. This was a video that was made through dirty propaganda tricks. It was so obvious, and it was a sloppy job. They didn’t even have a screenwriter to make a normal video,” Harutyun Harutyunyan said, adding that this is also a blow to Fifth Channel television company.
Speaker of Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan has filed a defamation lawsuit against Narek Samsonyan, an activist and head of the Civil Consciousness NGO.
Actor Sargis Grigoryan, who recently caused uproar after becoming one of the signatories of a petition to change the pre-trial measure for second President of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, has addressed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Instagram.
Children from the communities of Lori Province and Gyumri city were hosted at the Presidential Palace of Armenia on December 24.
Converse Bank has come up with an interesting offer by being the first in Armenia to offer Visa Mini Fob to its customers. What are Visa Mini Fobs and how do they apply? Here are some frequently asked questions about Converse Bank’s new offer.
The President of the Student Council of the Yerevan State University has been detained in connection with an ongoing investigation.
The supervising prosecutor in the criminal case against former Speaker of Parliament Ara Babloyan and the former deputy chief of staff of parliament Arsen Babayan has rejected the indictment, the general prosecution told ARMENPRESS.
Anna Hakobyan, spouse of the Armenian prime minister, chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of My Step and City of Smile charitable foundations, visited on December 24 Mer Doon social NGO in Etchmiadzin.
2019, the year of Armenia’s chairmanship at the Union, was quite active. During Armenia’s chairmanship two major free trade agreements were signed with Singapore and Serbia. This year two more agreements also entered into force: the free trade deal with Iran and the agreement on economic cooperation with China. In other words, the EAEU has 4 new agreements. This, of course, means new markets. Currently negotiations are underway also with Egypt, Israel and India”, Simonyan said, adding that India is a big market with a great position in the region.
