Other personnel changes have also been made in the Police system. In particular, Artak Karapetyan has been appointed head of Shirak Regional Police Department. Previously he was the head of Lori Regional Police Department.
“We have already informed that based on the ongoing investigation results in the Police, as well as the orders of the Police Chief, several police officers, including Ashot Karapetyan have been subjected to disciplinary penalties. According to Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan’s decree Ashot Karapetyan today has been dismissed from his post,” the statement said.
The prosecutor, who is in charge of supervising the ongoing criminal case on the recent events in Yerevan, has decided on August 8 to release Ara Alexander Kumshoyan (Alek Yenigomshyan) from custody.
Among the variants the story, that the first automobile was brought from France by a few rich cotton planters from Etchmiadzin, is noteworthy enough. The purpose was to drive it on Yerevan-Etchmiadzin road. Only after they got there, it turned out that bridges are weak and don’t bear car weight. Change and fortifying of the bridges lasted for about a year. Only after it they started to drive the automobile. However, it didn’t last long. Cotton planters calculated that it would be more beneficial if they take out the motor of the car to use it for cotton filtering. And the freight could have been transported by the way they used to—through carriages…
Dear friends this family needs our help, as being kilometers away from home, having almost nothing, facing the problem of feeding 7 children, they more than need our help. What was noteworthy to me, everything was brilliantly clean, although they were wearing their only clothes. We will visit the family this Sunday—July 31.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on dismissing Hrant Yepiskoposyan from the post of First Deputy Director of the National Security Service of Armenia.
Prosecutor General of Armenia Gevorg Kostanyan informed the Board members that due to healthcare problems he asked the Armenian President to accept his resignation from the post of Prosecutor General of Armenia, Prosecutor General’s press secretary Khristine Melkonyan wrote on Facebook: “Dear colleagues, Please be informed that today the Board’s session has been held in the Prosecutor General’s Office led by Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan. He informed the Board members that due to healthcare problems he asked the Armenian President to accept his resignation from the Prosecutor General’s post.
“Her-her” HPP with the capacity of 1.2 MW is within the company. Yolyan stated that it’s allowed to RA Minister of Defense as a person exercising liabilities of sole shareholder of Vorotan Hydropower Cascade, to make the decision of selling the property with the total amount of AMD 67938,264 to “Arm-Aero” CJSC.
OSCE representative on freedom of the media Dunja Mijatović wrote to Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian indicating that the government “should implement practical steps to ensure restraint on the part of law enforcement representatives toward members of the media” to guarantee that the press is not targeted by the police or thugs. “The police should be protecting journalists and members of the media,” she added.
The citizen, who attempted to set himself on fire has died today. The Research Center of Radiation Medicine and Burns informed about this. Earlier it reported that 20 percent of upper respiratory tract and 50 percent of the body surface of the citizen has been burnt.
