ArmInfo. Former Speaker of the National Assembly, former Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan has been detained. This information was confirmed by the Anti-Corruption Committee.
ArmInfo. The employees of the State Security Service (SSS) of Armenia took journalist Vahe Makaryan by the arms and forcibly took him out of the National Assembly building. The incident occurred on June 13 during a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on defense and security during the discussion of the resonant legislative initiative on "buying off" the army, when the SSS employees demanded that the journalist leave the NA building without giving a reason.
ArmInfo. In fact, the Hayastan faction successfully failed both the case of blocking the streets and the work of the investigative commission it initiated to study the appropriateness of using the funds transferred by the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund to the RA state budget during the 44-day war. This opinion was expressed by the deputy of the ruling Civil Contract faction, deputy head of the standing committee on economic issues Babken Tunyan.
ArmInfo. Flights to Israel, Iran and the United Arab Emirates have been canceled or delayed amid growing tensions in the region following Israeli airstrikes on Iran. This was reported on the online board of Zvartnots Airport.
ArmInfo. President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan received the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, who is on an official visit to Yerevan.
ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Ankara to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This information was reported by 24News citing a high-ranking diplomatic source. It is noted that the visit is set for June 20.
ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has urged the parliamentary opposition, represented by the <Hayastan> faction (<Armenia>), to report on the results of the Investigative Committee's findings regarding the alleged misuse of funds from the Hayastan All- Armenian Fund.
ArmInfo. The Ministry of Justice of Armenia proposes to enshrine the general legislative presumption of consideration of appeals in written proceedings. It also establishes a maximum period for consideration of appeals. The draft law on amendments and additions to the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers on June 12.