The Yelk faction of the Armenian parliament has decided to nominate incumbent acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for the first round of election of prime minister due October 24, Yelk faction MP Gevorg Gorgisyan told reporters.

Vahe Grigoryan failed to be confirmed as judge of the Constitutional Court during a hearing today at parliament.

In the framework of the criminal case investigated in the Investigative Division of Shengavit administrative district of Yerevan Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee necessary measures are taken to find out circumstances of newly born baby’s death in medical center.

The domestic changes that took place in Armenia don’t anyhow obstacle the work of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Tatyana Valovaya, Member of the Board – Minister in charge of the Development of Integration and Macroeconomics at the Eurasian Economic Commission.

Mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan has appointed Arthur Meschian chief architect of the Armenian capital, the City Hall said.

President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, who is in Switzerland on a working visit, together with his spouse Nune Sarkissian visited Franck Muller headquarters where they met with CEO of the Franck Muller Group, famous Swiss-Armenian businessman and philanthropist Vartan Sirmakes, the Presidential Office told Armenpress.

Daniel Ioannisyan posted the following on his Facebook page: “Not only the Republican Party of Armenia and the Prosperous Armenia Party and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun, which committed a “slight” sabotage, but also the government are to blame for the rejection of the Electoral Code.

With 56 “for” and 3 “against”, the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia rejected the draft law “On making amendments and supplements to the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Armenia “Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia””.

President Armen Sarkissian is expected to make a statement regarding his actions concerning the controversial bill on amending the Rules of Procedure law of parliament that was adopted on October 2 and still hasn’t been signed into law by him.

On October 22, 2018 the Government of the Republic of Armenia has initiated an extraordinary sitting including the draft law “On making amendments and additions to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia”.