President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian appointed Vache Gabrielyan and Armen Gevorgyan as Deputy Prime Ministers on April 18, the President’s Office reported.

President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian on April 18 signed a decree on appointing Karen Karapetyan as First Deputy Prime Minister based on the proposal of the Prime Minister

As part of fighting cybercrimes, the National Security Service of Armenia eliminated a criminal syndicate comprising Armenian citizens who were engaged in bank account fraud, the National Security Service reported.

The Azerbaijani defense ministry’s report alleging that the Artsakh military opened gunfire and wounded a 27-year old resident of Giyamedin village (Azerbaijan) is a disinformation.

Former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan ( in office 1998-2008) had a phone conversation on April 18 with Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan and congratulated him on being elected, Kocharyan’s Office reported.

The military investigative committee is investigating the death of Junior Sergeant Ruslan Manukyan, the committee reported.

The US State Department has reacted to the latest developments in Armenia, mentioning that the State Department is closely following the ongoing demonstrations in downtown Yerevan and other cities of Armenia,

A 20 year old soldier of Artsakh has been killed in a landmine explosion April 17. The incident happened at a military position stationed in the northern direction of the Defense Army of Artsakh.

In the framework of the criminal case investigated in Syunik Regional Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee charge was pressed against 59 year-old man for inflicting bodily injuries incompatible with life to his fellow villager – 79 year-old woman during the argument.

In the result of investigatory and operative-intelligence measures taken together with National Security Service in the framework of the criminal case investigated in the proceeding of Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of General Military Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee Lieutenant Colonel of the RA Armed Forces was arrested on suspicion of committing crime envisaged by the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code.