Prosecutor General of Armenia Arthur Davtyan personally stepped into a crowd of protestors who are demonstrating against the release of MP Manvel Grigoryan.
Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will depart for Moscow on a working visit on December 27 where he is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) issued a statement according to which it sets strict requirements for provision of investment services related to leveraged transactions in FOREX market.
The Azerbaijani troops violated the ceasefire regime nearly 200 times on Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line in the period of December 16-22, during which over 2000 bullets were fired in the direction of Armenian border guards from different caliber weapons
Judge of Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction Davit Balayan has satisfied the motion of the lawyers of MP, retired General Manvel Grigoryan, citing ARAVOT daily, he has been released on 25 million AMD bail.
President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker addressed a joint letter to Armenia’s caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan congratulating on his bloc’s victory in the general election, the EU delegation reported.
The Security Council held a session led by acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during which wide range of issues relating to Armenia’s security field were discussed.
Numerous staff members of the Ministry of Diaspora and Ministry of Culture are on strike, protesting the optimization plan of the government that envisages merging the culture ministry with the ministry of education and science, and the Diaspora ministry will become be downgraded to a department under the foreign ministry.
Armenia is Russia’s strategic partner in the region and worldwide, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his annual press conference in response to a question from a reporter on “how is Russia planning to restore its policy with Armenia after the parliamentary elections”.
Caretaker Deputy PM Tigran Avinyan’s spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan has denied media reports alleging that the government has received a letter from Russia’s Deputy PM Dmitry Kozak who said that the gas price will become 215 dollars from the current 150.
