Members of Parliament Nikol Pashinyan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Sasun Michaelyan have been arrested under Article 96, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution within the framework of an ongoing criminal case with the purpose of preventing crime and in direct suspicion of deliberately organizing and holding illegal rallies
First deputy prime minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan issued a statement over the April 22 meeting between Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan and opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, noting that Pashinyan’s position from the very start was unconstructive and was not supposing a desire to come to an agreement.
The meeting between Armenia’s Prime Minister and opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan, leader of the ongoing demonstrations, lasted only a few minutes Sunday morning.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian has arrived to Yerevan’s Republic Square to meet with opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan.
Azerbaijan began heavy ceasefire violations since Saturday afternoon in the Artsakh line of contact. Azerbaijani forces are using various caliber weapons in the violations, the defense ministry of Artsakh reported.
The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia has released new details involving Zhirayr Sefilian and the gunmen known as the Daredevils of Sassoun – currently serving prison sentences. Sefilian is imprisoned for plotting armed assaults, while the Daredevils of Sassoun, an armed syndicate comprising several gunmen, were sentenced for the 2016 attack on a police station.
Armenia’s Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan made a statement on April 21 about the ongoing domestic situation, the PM’s office said
First Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan spoke about the situation in Armenia, calling for a dialogue
Prime Minister of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting Friday with Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II and Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I in Yerevan, the PM’s office said.
Holding rallies in Armenia should not hinder and violate the rights of others in a disproportionate way, Prime Minister of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said during an interview with Shant TV, referring to the recent days’ rallies in Armenia.
