President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian signed the law adopted by the National Assembly of Armenia on declaring amnesty for criminal cases on the occasion of the 2800th anniversary of Erebouni-Yerevan and the 100th anniversary of the declaration of independence of the 1st Republic of Armenia.
The National Security Service of Armenia has exposed and neutralized a large clandestine group engaged in drug trafficking and sales in Armenia.
Armenia’s legendary weightlifter Yuri Vardanyan has died today at the age of 62.
Necessary investigatory and other procedural actions are conducted in the Investigative Division of Malatia-Sebastia administrative district of Yerevan Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee to find out all circumstances of newly born baby’s death.
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has awarded the title of People’s Artist of Armenia to actor, scriptwriter Yervand Manaryan, 94.
The bill on declaring criminal amnesty doesn’t seek a goal of reducing the workload of correctional facilities, it is an entirely humanitarian act, acting justice minister Artak Zeynalyan said during parliamentary debates of the bill.
Armenian Genocide survivor Sirvard Kurdian from Toronto has passed way at the age of 106, Horizon Weekly reports.
In the result of necessary measures taken within the criminal case investigated in General Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee circumstances of illegal appropriation of computer data were found out, charge was pressed against 40 year-old woman.
Russian border guards in Armenia apprehended a trespasser on the Armenian-Turkish border.
According to preliminary reports there were no Armenians – neither citizens nor ethnic – among the passengers or crew of the Indonesian plane that crashed shortly after takeoff in Jakarta on October 29.
