ArmInfo. Nazeli Baghdasaryan, secretary of the ruling Civil Contract faction, has written a letter of resignation, reported the press service of the National Assembly  of Armenia.

ArmInfo.A road traffic accident (RTA) occurred on the 50th km of the Yerevan-Gyumri highway, 6 people died.  

ArmInfo. The "Armenia-France: Cultural Dialogue" exhibition, organized by the  Yerevan Museum of Modern Art, has opened in Yerevan.

ArmInfo.The preliminary results of elections to local self- government bodies in Gyumri, Goris, Meghri are known.

ArmInfo. The official start of the program for the reconstruction of the "Friendship Park" in Gyumri has been given.

ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan appointed acting community heads in Gyumri, Vanadzor, Jermuk and Vayk ahead of the upcoming elections to the local  self-government bodies.

ArmInfo. The United States is ready to assist Armenian-Turkish reconciliation, but at the moment there is no clarity regarding this process. US Ambassador to Armenia  Lynne Tracy said this in a conversation with reporters in Gyumri.

ArmInfo. The criminal case initiated on corruption, another schematic-financial abuse case during the implementation of the North-South road corridor program  has been sent to court, the press service of the Prosecutor General's  Office of Armenia reports.

ArmInfo.For the purchase of consulting services in the framework of arbitration with the general contractor of Tranche-2 of the North-South Investment Corridor, the  Spanish Corsan Corviam Construccion S.A. company, the Armenian  government will allocate $ 1.2 million. The corresponding decision  was made on September 8 at a meeting of the Cabinet.

ArmInfo. Opposition representatives, following the example of Vanadzor, Gyumri and  Yerevan, will be represented in the Council of Elders of the enlarged  communities of the republic.

ArmInfo. A partnership agreement for the development of French language teaching in schools of the Republic of Armenia was signed today at secondary school No.  148 named after Mushegh Galshoyan between the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia and the French Embassy in Armenia.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, the delegations of six countries participating in the international stage of the Warrior of Peace competition of the International Army Games 2021 held a national patriotic action "House of Friendship".

ArmInfo. Until 2024, Armenia will have qualitatively new railways, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on August 18 during a government meeting, presenting the  government's program for the next 5 years.

ArmInfo.Former mayor of Gyumri Vardan Ghukasyan was charged with the criminal alienation of state or community property.

ArmInfo. As a result of the road accident, one serviceman of the 102nd Russian military base died, four more were injured on the territory of Armenia.

ArmInfo.Presentation of two new EP2D electric trains of the South Caucasus Railway, which will run from Yerevan in the direction of Gyumri and Yeraskh, took place  at the Yerevan railway station.

ArmInfo. The current situation in the South Caucasus has been forming since the last years of the existence of the USSR. And throughout this period, at its various  stages, in particular, after the failure of Mikheil Saakashvili's  military adventure in South Ossetia in 2008, the integration of the  region with the Euro-Atlantic community continued to be the main goal  of the US regional policy.

ArmInfo.As of July 25, 152,529 people were vaccinated against coronavirus in Armenia. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Health.   According to the source, 108 674 people received the first component  of the vaccine, 43 855-  the second component.

ArmInfo.The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia reports on the detection of corruption crimes in the Shirak region.  As reported by the press service of the  National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia, the employees  of the Shirak regional department revealed cases of large-scale  embezzlement in the amount of about 41,800,000 drams from the "Artik  N 1 Basic School " SNCO and " Sambo and  Judo School of Gyumri  Municipality Community NPO.

ArmInfo. Henceforth, the British-Swedish vaccine AstraZeneca will be available for foreigners and stateless persons in Armenia. This is stated in the message of  the Ministry of Health of Armenia, published on the Facebook social  network.