Armenia’s State Service for Food Safety denies the media reports according to which watermelons of Azerbaijani origin have been imported to Armenia.
The government, formed as a result of the velvet revolution, has brought new logic and agenda of the Armenia-Diaspora ties. There are new and positive moods in both the Republic and Diaspora, there are great expectations, and this should be turned into a tangible result.
Henrik Abrahamyan, brother of former Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan, who has been charged for illegal possession of firearms, has been remanded in custody for two months.
Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan has applied to international structures over the case of Armenian citizen Karen Ghazaryan who is currently in Azerbaijani captivity.
Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan visited second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan who is remanded into custody over the 2008 March 1 case.
CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov, who is indicted under the March 1 case, has arrived at the Court of General Jurisdiction in Shengavit district of Yerevan.
Amid an ongoing investigation into the March 1 case, the Special Investigative Service (SIS) of Armenia has charged CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov, the Armenian general who served as deputy minister of defense in 2008, with article 300.1 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code – breaching constitutional order in conspiracy with others – the same accusation faced by former President Robert Kocharyan.
Finance minister Atom Janjughazyan doesn’t clarify whether or not the 2019 budget will include salary and pension raise.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s spouse Anna Hakobyan says she loves the Armenian countryside, adores Artsakh, Stepanakert, Shushi, the Gandzasar Church, but still continues to dream about a big trip to Africa.
Three people have been injured in an explosion which took place in a glass industrial plant in the southwestern part of Yerevan.
