The Court of Appeals has issued a new arrest warrant for former lawmaker, retired general Manvel Grigoryan, the prosecution said.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will be among the Speakers at the ‘Shaping The Future of Democracy’ program at Davos 2019, according to the schedule of the World Economic Forum published online.
On his Facebook page Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan addressed to the news on the gathering organized by the repretsentatives of the authorities published on January 13 on “Hraparak” newspaper’s www.hraparak.am website.
There are discussions that my son, who is serving in the Armed Forces, has been on vacation. This fact has become a pretext for anti-campaigning. But those, who make such speculations do not state that each soldier after serving six months in the Armed Forces uses his right to vacation.
Nikol Pashinyan has been re-appointed Prime Minister of Armenia by President Armen Sarkissian, the president’s office said.
The historic 2018 was a year of major changes, experiments, expectations and hopes. It was a year of numerous displays of the best characteristics of our people, such as unity, high moral and political spirit.
The results of the 2018 December 9 early election granted high legitimacy to the incumbent National Assembly, President Armen Sarkissian said in remarks addressed to lawmakers of the 7th parliament during its inaugural session.
The 7th National Assembly of Armenia has commenced activities. The first session is chaired by MP Knyaz Hasanov, the most senior lawmaker among the 132 Members of Parliament.
Judge Nelly Baghdasaryan, the judge who presided over the court proceedings in former President Robert Kocharyan’s bail hearings, has recused herself following a peremptory challenge filed by the prosecutors.
On 7 December 2018, the Court of Appeal in Armenia ordered the arrest of the former President Robert Kocharyan. He was charged on 26 July 2018 with overthrowing the constitutional order during the 2008 post-election period.
