Local elections are scheduled for September 18 in 317 communities throughout the provinces of Aragatzotn, Ararat, Armavir, Syunik and Tavoush in Armenia.
Azerbaijan violated the Karabakh LoC ceasefire more than 25 times last night, firing some 370 rounds of various caliber weapons, this according to the NKR Ministry of Defense.
254 boys and 216 girls were born in Yerevan maternity wards during August 12-18, this according to the Yerevan Municipality.
A demonstration demanding the release of jailed Founding Parliament member Garo Yegnukian will take place at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25, outside the Prosecutor General’s Office in Yerevan.
Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Nature Protection Khachik Hakobyan employed legalese to argue that the ministry could play no part in the case involving two Armenian brothers arrested on March 23 in Tanzania when they attempted to smuggle 61 monkeys out of the country.
In 2009 Danielyan received the Freedom Defender Award Armenia 2008 by the US Embassy in Armenia.