Armenia’s Investigative Committee (IC) has filed criminal charges of “dereliction of duties” against a major in the Armenian Army that contributed to the death of soldier Chaplin Margaryan on October 10, 2017
The Committee alleges that Azizyan, who served as principal at the school from 2014-2017, signed off on decrees granting employees monetary awards and that the recipients then handed the money over, in full or in part, to Azizyan.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed Irina Ghaplanyan, a political analyst by profession and a graduate of the Luys Foundation, First Deputy Minister of Nature Protection.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed Hripsimeh Grigoryan President of the State Tourism Committee, an agency attached to the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments.
Jirayr Sefilyan, sentenced on March 20, 2018 to ten years and five months, had his sentence cut to five years and five months.
While the prosecuting attorney did not object to Nazaryan’s release, Hasmik Voskanyan, the wife of police officer Gagik Mkrtchyan, who was wounded during the seizure of the police building and later died in hospital, described the court’s decision as unjust.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed Varazdat Karapetyan, a former Deputy Minister of Territorial Governance and Development, as one of his unpaid advisers.
Today Norway became the 43rd state of the Council of Europe to have ratified the Convention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (“Lanzarote Convention”). The Convention will enter into force in Norway on 1 October 2018.
June 12 marked the 25th anniversary of the death of Monte (Avo) Melkonian, a National Hero of Armenia and Artsakh and commander of the defense forces of the Martuni region of Artsakh.
The prime minister believes that the standards of mine exploitation in Armenia should be raised to international levels, and inspections should be objective, involving representatives of civil society and media experts in the field.
One Facebook user asked Pashinyan if he was aware of that some citizens have questioned several of his recent government appointments.
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