The 7th National Assembly of Armenia has commenced activities. The first session is chaired by MP Knyaz Hasanov, the most senior lawmaker among the 132 Members of Parliament.

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on the cases of deportation of Russian citizens of Armenian origin from the Baku airport. 

The Court of Appeals in Yerevan has adjourned the hearing over the prosecution’s complaint seeking the arrest of former Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan. Gevorgyan is also a former Secretary of the Security Council.

The 132 Members of Parliament of the 7th National Assembly of Armenia includes a rather high number of former journalists, who for various reasons decided to leave the news media and take up politics.

“We give no comments on such information”, she said.

Judge Nelly Baghdasaryan, the judge who presided over the court proceedings in former President Robert Kocharyan’s bail hearings, has recused herself following a peremptory challenge filed by the prosecutors.

Due to the season of acute respiratory infections, Yerevan City Hall has called on parents to not take children who have the flu to school or kindergarten until they recover.

 Italy’s AC Milan is interested in snatching Armenian football superstar Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the 29 year old midfielder who currently plays for London’s Arsenal, Italian media reported.

The State Revenue Committee of Armenia has denied media reports on launching a criminal case against the father of National Security Service Director Artur Vanetsyan.

There is a trend of decline in number of shots at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border to a certain extent, Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces Artak Davtyan told reporters at the defense ministry’s central assembly station.