Former prime minister of Artsakh, president of the Free Fatherland party Arayik Harutyunyan doesn’t consider the issue of the independence of Artsakh a topic for negotiations.
Authorities have identified the victim of police brutality amid an ongoing investigation into an online footage containing images of several police officers allegedly torturing a suspect at a police station. A criminal investigation was launched immediately after the video was posted online by a news outlet, and authorities confirmed the authenticity of the footage.
Former Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov passed away at the age of 83, Interfax reported citing a source.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed his deputy Tigran Avinyan’s aide Vahe Danielyan to serve as the new Deputy Minister of Justice.
As of January 1, 2018, the government of Armenia had 275 billion AMD debt to economic entities in overpayments of taxes. But as of December 1, 2019, this debt comprises 95 billion AMD, including also the ongoing VAT debts, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Facebook.
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has congratulated President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan on the Independence Referendum Day and Constitution Day, two public holidays celebrated December 10 in Artsakh.
On behalf of the republic’s authorities and myself personally I extend my heartfelt congratulations on this most important state holiday – the Day of the NKR State Independence Referendum and Constitution.
Anna Hakobyan, spouse of the Armenian prime minister, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of My Step and City of Smile charitable foundations, gave an interview to ARMENPRESS, talking about the activities of these foundations, her foreign trips, activities within Armenia and peace campaigns, as well as criticisms and appreciations addressed to her.
Criminal Court of Appeals Judge Mkhitar Papoyan disqualified himself from presiding over a hearing concerning ex-president Robert Kocharyan’s jailing, approving prosecutor Gevorg Baghdasaryan’s recusal motion.
It had taken a long time before Alan visited Armenia for the first time in 2005. Since Alan was the grandson of a genocide survivor and involved in genocide studies, he had made multiple attempts to visit Armenia. After four unsuccessful attempts from the early 1960s to early 2000s, he finally visited Armenia for the first time in 2005. “That was a remarkable trip in terms of my expectations and experience,” says Alan about his first visit. It was the beginning of a decade of annual visits to Armenia. “Following that initial trip, I visited Armenia each year for five weeks. Each visit was like a new chapter of an epic book, as I got to know more people and I increasingly understood the great complexity and fascinating aspects of Armenian history and society”.
