Armenia transitions to a parliamentary system from April 9. On this day, the term in office of President Serzh Sargsyan ends, and on the same day President-elect Armen Sarkissian will be sworn into office.

Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened gunfire at Armenian troops on April 7 and overnight April 7 – April 8 in the Nakhijevan section. The Armenian Armed Forces suppressed the attack with countermeasures.

President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on April 7, releasing a number of his assistants, aids and advisers.

A farmer from Ijevan, a town in Tavush province of Armenia, suffered multiple explosion traumas on April 6. Police were notified from the local hospital at 16:30, April 6.

A passenger died on board Ural Airlines flight U6 2813 en route from St. Petersburg to Yerevan.

During the period from April 1 to 7 the Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact by nearly 300 times firing more than 3000 shots at the Armenian positions.

Midfielder of the Armenian national football team and London’s ARSENAL Henrikh Mkhitaryan will miss the rest of the season due to the knee injury he received during Europa League quarter-finals match against CSKA Moscow on April 5, Mirror informs.

Columnist of British News The Essential Daily Briefing portal Dimitris Hall has published an article about Armenia, naming the 5 places where, according to him, any tourist should visit. “This former Soviet city is older than Rome and is full of ancient and modern culture interacting in interesting ways”, he wrote.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger fears that Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan may miss matches of a few weeks due to the injury.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has appointed Sergei Kopyrkin to serve as next Ambassador of Russia to Armenia, as the term in office of Ivan Volynkin has ended.