Today, the President of the Republic Armen Sarkissian, within the framework of the discussions initiated by him, met with a group of deputies not included in the factions of the National Assembly. They exchanged views on the current crisis situation in the country, ways to resolve it, and easing tensions.

On February 27, the president of the National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan paid tribute to the memory of the victims of the Sumgait massacre.

“After the law criminalizing the actions related to the criminal subculture entered into force in 2020, 16 cases of the mentioned crimes were registered. Out of 16 criminal cases investigated, 3 were sent to the court with indictments against 20 people. 4 of the 20 people sent to court had the highest criminal status, three …

As of 11:00 am on February 27, the total number of confirmed COVID cases in Armenia reached 171.793, of which 163.309 have recovered and 3.190 died. 4.481 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 724.606 tests have been performed. Thus, 3.977 tests were performed yesterday, from which 283 new cases of COVID were confirmed. …

The  Mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan wrote on his Facebook page: “Today I had the honor to be hosted at the house of our prominent composer, RA People’s Artist Vladilen Balyan, to award him the title of Honorary Citizen of Yerevan and a commemorative medal. Our meeting, postponed because of the pandemic, was very warm. …

The  Mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan wrote on his Facebook page: “Today I had the honor to be hosted at the house of our prominent composer, RA People’s Artist Vladilen Balyan, to award him the title of Honorary Citizen of Yerevan and a commemorative medal. Our meeting, postponed because of the pandemic, was very warm. …

Secretary-General of the European Ombudsman Institute Joseph Siegele has issued a statement on the Armenian captives being held in Azerbaijan. “I call on Azerbaijan to immediately release all Armenian captives and civilians held in Azerbaijan following the recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Everyone imprisoned as a result of an armed conflict must be returned immediately after the …

President Armen Sarkissian visited the General Staff of the RA Armed Force,  where he met with Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Onik Gasparyan.

“We are extremely concerned by recent developments in Armenia,” said PACE’s co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia, Boriana Åberg (Sweden, EPP/CD), and Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland, SOC). “In particular, we found the statement issued yesterday by the office of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, calling for the resignation of a democratically-elected government, to be …

The United States has called for clarifications on the place of Boeing 737 aircraft, which made a landing on the territory of Iran instead of the Republic of Armenia. “The US government is aware of claims that an aircraft registered to an Armenian company was diverted to Iran. We urge all relevant parties to immediately …