Bishop Sahak Mashalian has been elected the 85th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople.
Majority of the population of Armenia positively assesses the work of the Army.
Authorities have identified the victim of police brutality amid an ongoing investigation into an online footage containing images of several police officers allegedly torturing a suspect at a police station. A criminal investigation was launched immediately after the video was posted online by a news outlet, and authorities confirmed the authenticity of the footage.
Former Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov passed away at the age of 83, Interfax reported citing a source.
Anna Hakobyan, spouse of the Armenian prime minister, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of My Step and City of Smile charitable foundations, gave an interview to ARMENPRESS, talking about the activities of these foundations, her foreign trips, activities within Armenia and peace campaigns, as well as criticisms and appreciations addressed to her.
8 suspects, including 6 customs officials, are under arrest on suspicion of running a contraband smuggling syndicate, the State Revenue Committee’s Department of Investigations said.
The decision to abolish visa requirements of Qatar for the citizens of Armenia has officially entered into force on December 8.
n the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan Monday morning.
The Yerevan City Hall plans to raise the salaries of employees of art, music schools, children’s creative centers by 25% and sports schools by 56% starting from January 1, Mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan said on Facebook.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is visiting the province of Lori in Armenia on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of the 1988 devastating Spitak earthquake.
