The concert was organized by Grand Holding Company.

High ranking officials, numerous citizens participated in the ceremony.

Conditioned by the factual circumstances of the case, starting from the necessity of guaranteeing multi-sided, complete and impartial investigation, the criminal case has been sent to RA Special Investigation Service.

The Governor of Saint Petersburg Georgi Poltavchenko and the members of the official delegation headed by him arrived in Yerevan at the behest of Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan, visited the Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex together with the First Deputy Mayor Kamo Areyan to pay the tribute to 1.5 million Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.

Bako Sahakyan was present at the republican military maneuvers with the participation of air defense units held in one of the training grounds in the south of the country.

Chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, the tax legislation reform was discussed in Government with the participation of representatives of the departments concerned.

Today during the regular working consultation the RA Minister of Urban Development Narek Sargsyan introduced the newly appointed head of the staff Edgar Gevorgyan.

President Serzh Sargsyan today received the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), Didier Reynders, Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs.

On April 27, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the northern direction of the Talish village of the NKR Martakert region.

On April 27 a regular session of governmental committee coordinating the preparatory activities of May celebrations has been convened presided with the NKR DM, DA Commander, Lieutenant-General Movses Hakovyan. Members of government, heads of different departments and administrations, senior military servicemen took part in the session.

On April 25 the Speaker of the National Assembly Galust Sahakyan received Esabelle Dingizian, the Deputy Speaker of the Swedish Parliament.

According to NKR DA operative data, on April 19-25, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime at the line of contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijan about 1200 times. During that period, Azerbaijan fired more than 20000 shots in the direction of Armenian positions from weapons of different caliber including 60 mm mortars and Han-17 and RPG-7 grenade launchers.

On April 25 the RA NA Speaker received Zoi Konstantopoulou, the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament, who had visited Armenia to take part in the commemoration events.

Bako Sahakyan pointed out that sooner or later the Armenian Genocide would be recognized and condemned by the international community since such a crime could not remain unpunished forever.

The Armenian people will always remain standing by the side of those who suffered from crimes against humanity. The unyielding international struggle against crimes of genocide will remain an integral part of our foreign policy.

According to NKR DA operative data, during April 22-23 overnight, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime at the line of contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijan about 150 times.

Serzh Sargsyan welcomed the dignitary to our country and thanked for his participation in the forum, which, according to the Armenian President, once again speaks of the sincere respect of the friendly Syrian people for the Armenian people.

The Artsakh Ministry of Defence reports that the situation remains tense along the frontline with Azerbaijan.

On April 20-21 overnight at about 05:15 the adversary initiated subversive penetration attempt in the north-eastern direction (Seysulan) of the line of contact between the armed forces of Azerbaijan and Karabakh.

Gonzalo Urriolabeitia, the newly-appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Republic to the Republic of Armenia, today handed over his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan.

Bako Sahakyan stressed that the Armenian people show a particular respect towards Woodrow Wilson and highly appreciate his political and humanitarian heritage.

The civil funeral rites will be held on April 20 in the village of Mkhchyan (Ararat region).

The Defense Army vanguards keep the operative-strategic situation under control and continue confidently carrying out their military duty.

The President of the RA National Assembly Galust Sahakyan sent a message of condolence on the death of the legendary footballer, Honoured Manager of Armenia Harutyun Keheyan.