The Yerevan Police release details over the armed assault on the HSBC bank’s branch located in the Komitas avenue-Gyulbenkyan street intersection.

Yelk faction MP Nikol Pashinyan, candidate for Prime Minister of Armenia nominated by the signatures of 35 MPs, commented on the ruling Republican Party’s (RPA) decision to support the election of the PM set on May 8.

MP Nikol Pashinyan, candidate for Prime Minister of Armenia nominated by three factions of the Parliament, posted a video on Facebook, stating that he had a meeting with head of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) faction Vahram Baghdasaryan who reaffirmed their faction’s stance on the election of the PM.

The Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania unanimously approved the Armenia-EU Agreement at the first reading, Tigran Mkrtchyan – Armenia’s Ambassador to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, said on Twitter.

On May 3, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the ceasefire regime on the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, to the southeast from Talish village of the Martakert region.

A Sukhoi-30SM Russian jet has crashed in Syria killing both of its pilots, including captain of the crew ethnic Armenian Mayor Albert Davidyan, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, spokesperson of the Armenian defense ministry, said on Facebook.

The signatures necessary for nominating Yelk faction head Nikol Pashinyan’s candidacy for the Prime Minister of Armenia already exist, Yelk faction MP Ararat Mirzoyan said.

In the framework of the criminal case investigated in the Investigative Division of Kentron and Nork-Marash administrative districts of Yerevan Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee circumstances of stabbing 36 year-old woman were found out. Sufficient evidence were obtained on the allegation that the woman had been stabbed by her brother-in-law who was found insane.

President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian addressed a message on May 3.

Eduard Sharmazanov, Vice Speaker of Parliament and spokesperson of the ruling Republican Party (HHK), says that the HHK will support the election of a Prime Minister.