ArmInfo. The Government of Armenia extended the term of the decision from May 22, 2008 on providing the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan with  office and property for another 5 years. The latter is currently  accused of overthrowing the constitutional order.  The draft decision  on this issue was included on the agenda of the government's today  meeting, among the so-called "non-reported" issues.

ArmInfo.General Manvel Grigoryan is in the medical center "Armenia".  Grigoryan's lawyer Araik Alvandyan said that the general is in the hospital for a forensic  medical examination. The lawyer also noted that Grigoryan was taken  to the hospital this morning, but it is not yet known how long he  will stay there.

ArmInfo. The Head of the Department of Conflict and Migration of the Institute of Peace and Democracy, political analyst Arif Yunusov, in an interview with ArmInfo, comments on the recent domestic political developments in Azerbaijan. He talks about the geopolitical puzzle around the Karabakh conflict, shares his own vision of the further development of events related to the conflict and in the conflicting countries. He comments on the possible impact of the change of power in Armenia on the prospects for the settlement of the conflict.

ArmInfo.Accused of overthrowing the constitutional order by force, former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan becomes a media tycoon. Both the Armenian media and the  "aware" users of social networks write about this.

ArmInfo.The comments of the Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly on the cases investigated in Armenia are a manifestation of political rhetoric. This is stated in  the answer of the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia to the request of the Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanoto the  Prosecutor General Artak Davtyan.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, justice is exercised by the judicial system, and one should ask it all the questions, the Armenian Police Chief Valery Osipyan reacted to the  journalists' request to assess the situation around the members of  the Sasna Tsrer group, who captured the police regiment in July 2016,  the last members of which were released the other day.

ArmInfo.Publication of the photo of General Manvel Grigoryan made in the remand prison is a violation of his rights and worthy of condemnation, Justice Minister Artak  Zeynalyan told journalists.

ArmInfo.. The tradition of violent gambling games in places of deprivation of liberty has been suspended, Minister of Justice of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan announced  on August 21 at a press conference dedicated to 100 days activities of the new government.

ArmInfo. The Armenian Special Investigation Service (SIS) explained why only the day before it announced the conduct of searches in the mansion and office of the  2nd President Robert Kocharian.

ArmInfo. In the return of the  second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharian, there is no political  threat in politics. The head of the Heritage party Raffi Hovhannisyan  stated this at a press conference on August 20. "The second president  of Armenia Robert Kocharyan has the right to be where he thinks fit,  and where he is worthy to be, whether it be politics, prison or any  other place," the head of the Heritage party stressed.

ArmInfo. Political and public actor, former Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Karapet Rubinyan in an interview with ArmInfo comments on the prospects for the "return" of former Armenian President Robert Kocharian to big politics. He shares his own vision of the alignment of political forces ahead of the early parliamentary elections scheduled for spring 2019. He talks over  the need to introduce transitional justice bodies in Armenia. 

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ArmInfo. The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia today, on August 20 at the Court of Cassation will appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal to release former Armenian  President Robert Kocharyan from the arrest. This was reported to the  correspondent of ArmInfo by Head of the Public Relations Department  of the Prosecutor's Office Arevik Khachatryan.

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ArmInfo. Kazakhstan chairs  the CSTO in the current year  , and naturally, considers any changes  in the regulations and activities of the Organization as part of its  responsibility, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Armenia Timur Urazaev  stated this in an interview with ArmInfo, referring to the situation  around the CSTO Secretary General, which the presidents of Russia and  Kazakhstan in a conversation had qualified as a problem.

ArmInfo. The RA Prosecutor  General's Office is preparing a cassation appeal against the judgment  of the Court of Appeal to release the second president of Armenia  Robert Kocharyan. This is reported by Azatutyun TV.

ArmInfo. Today, by the  decision of the court, key figures of Sasna Tsrer, the armed rebel  group, Varuzhan Avetsiyan and Arayik Khandoyan were released from  custody. "The members of Sasna Tsrer were released under the  guarantees of a group of MPs of the Tsarukyan faction," the report  reads.

ArmInfo. The National Security  Service of the Republic of Armenia, in the framework of the fight  against illicit drug trafficking and smuggling, revealed and  neutralized a group engaged in smuggling a large consignment of  narcotic drugs.

ArmInfo. The MP of the Armenian parliament, General Manvel Grigoryan will remain under arrest for another 2 months, Arsen Mkrtchyan, the lawyer of the MP, stated this  in a conversation with the ArmInfo correspondent.

ArmInfo. The accusation brought against me by   the Special Investigation Service (SIS) of Armenia was based on false and fabricated assumptions, Armenia's 2nd President Robert Kocharyan, who is accused in overthrowing the constitutional order, stated in an interview to Yerkir Media TV channel on August 16.