Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan informed that they expect the visit of Iranian President to Yerevan to participate in the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting, ARMENPRESS reports Pashinyan announced during the press conference on September 16. “We expect him to visit Yerevan on October 1”, Pashinyan said. The Supr...

Baku does not consider joining the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) through an observer status, the Head of foreign relations department at the President’s Office of the Azerbaijani Republic Hikmet Hajiyev stated on Monday. “Azerbaijan does not consider for now any participation in CSTO, including through an obse...

“Our commitment directed for humanity and prevention of crimes against humanity will continue”, Aram Ananyan said. Politicians, journalists, representatives of music, cinema and science are among the laureates. Only three of them, Aram Ananyan, Sevak Hakobyan and Laura Suleyman, represent other countries, but the rest are Itali...

President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian signed a decree on relieving Artur Vanetsyan from the position of Director of the National Security Service, the Presidential Office told Armenpress. The President signed the respective decree based on the Prime Minister’s proposal. Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan ...

The Government of Armenia will follow the truth in the Amulsar issue, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a news conference in Vanadzor. “I would like to formalize the common stance of mine and the government regarding the Amulsar issue. We are saying that in this issue we must follow the truth to the end, and the truth itsel...

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has signed a motion on dismissing Arthur Vanetsyan as Director of the National Security Service. “I have signed the motion on dismissing the director of the national security service and the order will be signed within one or two days,” the PM said referring to the formal procedure whereby the pres...

The foundation of a new temple has been discovered at the Erebuni Fortress in Yerevan by a joint Armenian-French expedition team, bringing the number of temples at the site to three, which in turn enables to label it as a “cultural-historical complex”. A gravel ground mosaic existed in front of one of the temples, which makes sc...

Based on the data of the seven months of this year the real GDP growth rate in Armenia comprised 6.8% compared to the same period of the previous year, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during a press conference in Vanadzor town. “Industry grew by 8.4%, construction by 4.5%, trade turnover by 8.9%, services by 15.2%, and the a...

Days after the resignation of lawmaker Edgar Arakelyan from the ruling My Step bloc, Arthur Manukyan – the candidate for parliament under the bloc’s proportional list – was named as replacement and took office by taking the Oath of Office in parliament at the September 16 session. Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan said the Central Elector...

The Armenian parliament adopted at first hearing a bill envisaging the creation of a new traffic violation reporting procedure whereby members of the general public can report traffic violations by taking photos and sending them via a special mobile app to police. The bill is co-authored by ruling My Step bloc lawmakers Armen Pa...