ArmInfo. Rating candidates from the ruling "My Step" bloc also defeated their opponents from other forces by a large margin.

ArmInfo.As of 10:00am, one of the largest election monitoring initiatives, the Independent Observer, recorded the following violations in Gegharkunik, Shirak,  Lori and Kotayk regions According to the report, near the polling  stations of 20/05, Sevan, Gegharkunik region, 23/54 and 23/53 in  Vanadzor, 33/20, in the village of Panik (Shirak region), propaganda  posters were hung.  

ArmInfo. For a number of reasons, the city of Alaverdi is considered the stronghold of the Republican Party of Armenia. About  this was declared by the Acting  Prime Minister and the first number of the My Step block list Nikol  Pashinyan, speaking at the pre-election rally in Alaverdi.

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ArmInfo.Yerevan Municipality told which streets in the capital will be closed in the  days of the summit of the International Organization of Francophone.

ArmInfo. The son of the owner of  the specialized gold and silver jewelry trading center "World of  Gold" Artur Vagharshyan, possibly, was detained for the smuggling of  narcotic drugs. As the press service of the State Revenue Committee  of Armenia reported in response to the request of ArmInfo, on January  16, 2018 during the preliminary investigation of the criminal case  investigated by the Investigation Department of the department, Artur  Vagharshyan (formerly Abrahamyan) was detained on suspicion of  smuggling drugs through the state border of Armenia.

ArmInfo. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan told journalists today about the details of the meeting with the first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan.

ArmInfo. The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia disclosed the case of large-scale misappropriation and fraud by using the official position in the Shirak State University named after Mikael Nalbandyan, a criminal case was opened on the fact.  As the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office told ArmInfo, according to the materials received by the police department of Gyumri, the former pro-rector of the above-mentioned university A.F., as well as the former dean of the faculty of physical education and theory, A. Kh., enrolled on a paid basis a magistracy student, and instead of her another student with lower scores was enrolled on tuition-free basis (for the purpose of avoiding military service). "And in order to conceal this criminal activity, they promised the student to repay the first course of her magistracy, which was later not done." It was also found out that in the academic year 2010-2012, 1.185.492.655 Armenian drams were collected as cash for study, of which 722.285.794 AMD was transferred to the cash-box, while there is no information on where the remaining 463,206,861 drams were transferred. Also data were received that in 2012-2016 academic years, during the meeting of secretaries, it was instructed to organize the collection of funds for the printing of diplomas and their inserts. For this goal 5,500 drams were collected from each student. During four years, 20,000,000 drams were collected, although funds were allocated from the university budget for the very same reason, "the Prosecutor General's Office statement reads.

ArmInfo.The Armenian government  appointed 8 new regional governors. The corresponding draft decisions  were approved at a government meeting on June 1.

ArmInfo. Armenia will change 6 regional governors. The agenda of the Armenian government on June 1 includes draft decisions on the release and appointment of a number of governors.

ArmInfo. The new Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan took a tough stance on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. British journalist, expert of the Carnegie  Foundation Thomas de Waal, expressed point of view in his article.

ArmInfo. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and introduced the new Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanyan to  the staff of the department.

ArmInfo. Edward Nalbandian summed up the results of 10 years of being on the post of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.

ArmInfo. Acting Minister of Foreign  Affairs Edward Nalbandian received on May 4 the Japanese Ambassador  to Armenia Eiji Taguchi, in connection with the completion of the  latter's mission in our country.

ArmInfo. Neither Russia, nor the West are the catalysts of Armenian “velvet” revolution. In any case, such tendencies are not yet viewed, Fyodor Lukyanov, Scientific Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club expressed such opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. Head of the "Tsarukyan" block Gagik Tsarukyan left for Moscow. This is reported by the newspaper Zhamanak.It should be noted that various high-ranking  officials of Armenia - Edward Nalbandian, the Minister of Foreign  Affairs, Armen Gevorgyan, the acting Prime Minister - fly out one by  one to Moscow these days. 

ArmInfo.Acting head of the Armenian MFA Edward Nalbandian held talks with the Minister of the Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov.

ArmInfo. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told about the purpose of the visit of the acting Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian to  Moscow.

ArmInfo. Acting Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Armen Gevorgyan traveled to Moscow from the Zvartnots international airport in Yerevan several hours  ago. The  night before, it was also reported that the acting Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian had flown to Moscow urgently.

ArmInfo.Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan convened a meeting of the Security Council. Armenian governmental press service reports.