The military investigative committee has launched an investigation into the death of Private Levon Torosyan, a 19 year old serviceman of the Armenian Armed Forces who was found dead in a military position on May 6.
The Facebook page of Head of “Yelk” bloc parliamentary faction, candidate of Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan informs that member of the world famous System of a Down rock group Serj Tankian will arrive in Yerevan on May 7.
The situation in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact continued to be tense during the week.
A minor earthquake has been detected in the territory of Armenia on May 5 by the seismic agency.
As the Armenian political crisis escalated during the past two weeks and the country was under global media spotlight, many foreign news agencies and journalists were dispatched to Armenia to cover the developments. Over 100 foreign journalists were accredited to cover the May 1 vote, which eventually failed to elect a Prime Minister. A second round of voting will be held May 8.
Investigation has been launched to clarify the details of the death of soldier Artur Gasparyan, the Investigative Committee reported.
The Armenian parliament failed to elect a member of the Constitutional Court during today’s vote. Emil Babayan was nominated for the post by the Armenian President.
On May 4, at 01:10, the body of soldier Artur Gasparyan, born in 1998, was found in the military position of one of the military units located in Armenia’s north-eastern direction, with a fatal gunshot wound in his head.
Ruling Republican Party’s (RPA) faction MP Samvel Alexanyan will vote in favor of “the people’s candidate” for the position of Prime Minister of Armenia.
The Police released new details over the armed assault on one of the branches of the HSBC bank in Yerevan.
