Vice President of the Armenian Eagles: United Armenia political party Mher Yeghyazaryan, who also manages the Haynews.am online media outlet, has released a statement saying he is beginning a hunger strike.
Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, who heads the list of My Step alliance, launched the pre-election campaign at Yerevan’s Zoravar Andranik metro station early in the morning.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian and First Lady Nune Sarkissian attended the “Wedding in the Rear” play at the Vardan Ajemyan Drama Theater in Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city.
The SU-25 military jet that disappeared from radar screens this morning has crashed.
“Search operations are underway in Maralik, Artik and nearby villages,” authorities said.
Ground control has lost contact with a military SU-25 aircraft that was conducting a scheduled training flight.
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has extended condolences to the Bush family on the passing of 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush, Sarkissian’s Office said.
Mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan has instructed city officials to immediately dismantle and bring down campaigning billboards and posters that have been installed illegally in areas not envisaged by law, regardless of party-affiliation.
Yerevan began installing the national New Year’s Tree over the weekend at the Republic Square, Mayor Hayk Marutyan’s spokesperson Hakob Karapetyan said on Facebook.
A 57-year old woman has been battered to death in Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city, the general prosecution said.
