Three people have died in an apartment fire in Stepanavan, a town in Armenia’s Lori Province.

This year has been a time of remarkable change in Armenia, the U.S. State Department said in a press release on the early elections of parliament that were held on December 9.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sent a congratulatory letter to acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.

His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, sent a letter to President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian welcoming the elections of the new National Assembly.

The Republican Party of Armenia, the former ruling party that failed to pass to parliament garnering below 5% votes in the general election, has wished good luck to winners of the election and the upcoming government.

On behalf of the people, authorities of the Republic of Artsakh and personally myself I congratulate you on the convincing victory of the alliance led by you in the snap parliamentary elections of Armenia.

Turkish-Armenian lawmaker from the  Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Garo Paylan has congratulated caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, leader of the ruling My Step Alliance, on winning a landslide victory in the Armenian parliamentary election.

Former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan’s lawyers claim the court still has not provided them with the arrest warrant of the ex-Armenian leader.

Sasun Mikayelyan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Felix Tsolakyan from My Step Alliance have garnered the most votes as district candidates for parliament with 31,739; 25,550 and 24,172 votes respectively.

I will refrain from presenting any number on the distribution of seats, but we must take into consideration the fact that there are still functions to be done during which we will also touch upon these issues.