As of 13:00, November 7, 330 convicts have been released from correctional facilities across Armenia after being pardoned by the recently declared clemency, the department of corrections (justice ministry) said.
ժSpeaker of the Parliament of Armenia Ara Babloyan says he will not participate in the upcoming snap parliamentary elections, will carry out an activity in the healthcare sector.
Caretaker minister of healthcare Arsen Torosyan will run for parliament in the upcoming early polls from the Civil Contract Party as a district candidate.
Caretaker Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will departs November 8-9 to Kazakhstan on a working trip, Pashinyan’s office said.
he Republican Party (HHK) must definitely run for parliament in the upcoming election, according to former defense minister Vigen Sargsyan, a member of the Executive Body of HHK.
President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan received on November 7 Head of the Real Estate Cadastre Committee of Armenia Sarhat Petrosyan,.
Seven Iranian citizens have been released from jail in Armenia within the frames of the law on amnesty.
John Bolton, the National Security Adviser of Pres. Trump, visited Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia in October, conveying the White House position on regional and international issues. Bolton is known as a hawk on foreign policy and is often described as a warmonger for his extremist positions!
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian sent official letters to OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger (copy to OSCE/ODIHR Director Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir) and CIS Executive Committee Chairman, Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev inviting the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, as well as the CIS member states’ mission to observe the snap parliamentary elections in Armenia which will be held on December 9, .
The border tension has significantly decreased after the agreement of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Dushanbe, Tajikistan and an operative communication exists between the two countries, caretaker defense minister Davit Tonoyan told reporters ahead of parliamentary debates on the 2019 state budget.
