Czech authorities have decided to extradite former President Serzh Sargsyan’s nephew Narek Sargsyan in pursuance of Armenian authorities’ request, the General Prosecution of Armenia said. Prosecutor General Arthur Davtyan’s advisor Gor Abrahamyan said on Facebook that the prosecution has already tasked the police to organize the...

Parliament adopted at first hearing the government-backed bill on introducing early retirement mechanisms for Constitutional Court Justices. 65 lawmakers voted in favor, 33 voted against. The opposition Bright Armenia (LHK) and Prosperous Armenia (BHK) parties announced before the vote they will vote it down. However, the ruling...

As of January 1, 2018, the government of Armenia had 275 billion AMD debt to economic entities in overpayments of taxes. But as of December 1, 2019, this debt comprises 95 billion AMD, including also the ongoing VAT debts, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Facebook. “In other words, within one and a half year the government...

Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan issued a congratulatory message on the NKR State Independence Referendum and Constitution Day marked on 10 December. The message, publicized by the presidential press service, runs as follows: " Dear people of Artsakh, On behalf of the republic's authorities and myself personally I extend my h...

President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian held a working meeting with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on December 9 at the Presidential Residence, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the President’s Office. Armen Sarkissian and Nikol Pashinyan discussed issues referring to the development projects. The interlocutors hig...

Desperate efforts are underway to locate any additional survivors of a deadly volcanic eruption on New Zealand's White Island Monday, which killed at least five people and injured at least a dozen more, CNN reports. The eruption took place with little warning early Monday afternoon local time while dozens of tourists from near...

The decision to abolish visa requirements of Qatar for the citizens of Armenia has officially entered into force on December 8. According to the decision, the citizens of Armenia can visit and stay in Qatar for a maximum of 90 days within six months of their first entry. The agreement on abolishing Qatari visa requirements for t...

Artsakh National Assembly Speaker Ashot Ghulyan received on Sunday, December 8, First Vice President of Guatemala’s Congress Felipe Alejos Lorenzana and MP Juan Ramon Lau Quan, who arrived in Stepanakert accompanied by Armenian MP Sos Avetisyan, the Artsakh parliament’s press service reported. Welcoming the guests, Ghulyan not...

There is no systematic corruption in Armenia, but this doesn’t mean that there are no corruption phenomena in the country, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in his remarks at a conference organized by Transparency International on the International Anti-Corruption Day in Yerevan. Pashinyan reminded that few days after his elec...

The Armenian parliament adopted the government-authored bill on introducing a demerit point system in regulating motor vehicle traffic. The bill passed with 57 votes in favor, 35 against and 3 abstentions. The demerit point suspension system will envisage 9 points for a year. A demerit point will be subtracted for traffic violat...