Yesterday, as Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was touring the town of Dilijan in Tavoush Province, an Armenian soldier was killed when Azerbaijani forces opened fire on a convoy of military vehicles a scant 50 kilometers to the northwest.
Hetq received a letter and the following video clip showing employees of the U.N. Office in Armenia parking the cars in a no parking zone.
Reading the official Armenian Police press release regarding yesterday’s meeting between Chief of Police Vladimir Gasbaryan and Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, one would get the impression that all is on track in Armenia when it comes to police respecting the rights of citizens and police transparency.
At a press conference, Hakobyan gave no reason for his resigning, but added that Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian had asked that he reconsider.
Activists staging a sit-in outside the Yerevan Municipality demanding the resignation of two officials involved in this summer’s transit fare hikes, have now declared that they will only wait another seven days before taking more “severe” measures.
The Mayor of Marseille, Jean-Claude Gaudin, arrives in Yerevan today heading a business delegation that will meet with Armenia’s Minister of the Economy.
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