Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan assures that there will be no political prisoners in new Armenia, Pashinyan told the reporters on the way to the Republican Square. Responding the remark of one of the reporters, according to which Robert Kocharyan has announced that he may become the 1st political prisoner of new Armenia, Pashinyan said that there will be no political prisoners in new Armenia.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will arrive in Armenia on an official visit on August 24-25.
MP Manvel Grigoryan’s detention has been extended for two months.
On August 17, at 00:00, the group of the Azerbaijani forces consisting of 15 people launched an attack attempt at the direction of one of the military units located in the northern part of Artsakh’s Defense Army,.
Russian Federal Security Service border guards in Armenia apprehended a trespasser on the Armenian-Turkish border on August 13.
2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan has announced about return to politics, but did not clarify the format. At the same time the fomer President urges to reveal pre-investigation secrets of March 1 case, Kocharyan made these announcments in an interview on Yerkir Media TV channel on August 16.
Head of the Special Investigation Service Sasun Khachatryan hopes that the Prosecutor General’s Office will appeal the Court of Appeal’s ruling to release 2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan from custody to the Court of Cassation.
Police Chief of Armenia Valery Osipyan is confident that the upcoming Yerevan City Council elections are going to be unprecedented in the whole Republic.
3rd President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan will also be questioned over the 2008 March 1 case, Sasun Khachatryan, Head of the Special Investigation Service, told reporters after today’s Cabinet session.
Artur Vanetsyan, Director of the National Security Service, confirms that his candidacy will be nominated for the position of the President of the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) during the upcoming session of the FFA Executive Committee, the NSS chief told reporters after today’s Cabinet session.
