Today’s trial of eighteen members of the Sasna Dzrer armed group that seized a Yerevan police building in July 2016 and held it for two weeks, devolved into near chaos, forcing the judge to call for seven recesses.
Martirosyan says four of their six graduates have been enrolled in state universities last year. He believes the school’s success is due the intelligence of the area’s residents and the teachers’ caring and demanding attitude.
While attending ceremonies celebrating the employees of Armenia’s prosecutor’s office, the country’s president, Serzh Sargsyan referred to the achievements of the office due to the “new and improved system of governance” in Armenia.
Hugs and final farewells were aplenty in Stepanakert, the Artsakh capital, as new conscripts left for obligatory military service.
The lights in a children’s park in Vedi, a small town in Armenia’s Ararat Province, are lit by bicycle power.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an $80 million loan to Electric Networks of Armenia CJSC (ENA) on 27 June 2017 to help improve electricity distribution and increase energy independence and efficiency in Armenia.
On June 19, 2017, the IFC’s Office of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) sent its final report about the complaint on Lydian International’s gold mining project in Amulsar to IFC’s management for official response. The IFC must respond in 20 working days after which all documents will be presented to World Bank’s president for finalization and publication.
On July 4, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic), the OSCE Mission will conduct a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, in the direction of the Martuni region, north-east of Ashaghi Veysali settlement.