Armenian President Armen Sarkissian today, in Yerevan, hosted Canadian stage and film director, writer, and producer Atom Egoyan and his wife, actress Arsinée Khanjian, and congratulated them for recently receiving Armenian citizenship.
A Yerevan court is today reviewing the pre-trial detention issue of Hayk Sargsyan, nephew of former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who has been charged with attempted murder and illegal arms possession.
A report issued by Armenia’s Prosecutor General’s Office says that the number of corruption investigation launched by law enforcement agencies in the country during the first half of 2018 is more than double the number launched in the first half of 2017.
Armenia’s National Assembly today unanimously passed a bill that will increase penalties for those found guilty of electoral fraud, including bribing voters.
Armenia’s Special Investigative Service has told Hetq that it can’t provide details at the moment as to why it has invited Levon Yeranosyan, the former commander of the internal police forces, in for questioning.
Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan has appointed Armen Bayburtyan Armenia's Counsel General in Los Angeles.