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.
Prime Minister of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has responded to an open letter of a group of graduates of the Luys Foundation, the PM’s office said.
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.
President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan has weighed in on the ongoing unrest in Armenia.
Armenian-American singer-songwriter Serj Tankian, the lead vocalist of System of a Down, said he can’t visit Armenia yet.
Armenia’s Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan made a statement on April 21 about the ongoing domestic situation, the PM’s office said
Head of “Yelk” parliamentary faction Nikol Pashinyan does not entirely deny negotiations with the authorities, but has a number of preconditions. “We say that it’s already late, the train has left but it does not mean we are not ready to hold any discussions”, Pashinyan as said. He added that they are ready to discuss the resignation of the authorities and issues inked with that process.
First Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan spoke about the situation in Armenia, calling for a dialogue
More than half of the new Cabinet has been named as Armenian President Armen Sargsyan re-appointed today Davit Harutyunyan as minister of justice, Davit Tonoyan as minister emergency situations, Ignati Arakelyan as minister of agriculture and Armen Amiryan as minister of culture.
The first direct flight between Yerevan and Lyon launched on April 19.
