Gangsters from organized crime syndicates comprising Armenians, Georgians and Azerbaijanis have been arrested in Lyon, France, in an operation codenamed VORS 69-01, according to Gruziya Online.
Three people have died in an apartment fire in Stepanavan, a town in Armenia’s Lori Province.
This year has been a time of remarkable change in Armenia, the U.S. State Department said in a press release on the early elections of parliament that were held on December 9.
His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, sent a letter to President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian welcoming the elections of the new National Assembly.
Turkish-Armenian lawmaker from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Garo Paylan has congratulated caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, leader of the ruling My Step Alliance, on winning a landslide victory in the Armenian parliamentary election.
“A special operation was carried out to arrest him, since there were suspicions that he is armed”, the spokesperson said, adding that Sargsyan will be kept detained until the court makes a decision to extradite him to Armenia.
Very proud of my brothers and sisters in Armenia who will be going to the polls to vote for a new parliament after having freed themselves of a corrosive, unjust, corrupt regime earlier this year.
The Commission on TV and Radio of Armenia this year has considered 39 TV and radio companies which submitted application to cover the December 9 early parliamentary elections, acting chair of the Comm
Cultural figures of Armenia are actively participating in the December 9 early parliamentary elections. They say they expect positive changes.
The Investigative Committee has received just one report on the electoral violations recorded during today’s snap parliamentary elections, an official of the Investigative Committee Kamo Sahakyan said at the information center of the Central Electoral Commission.
