The party is also expected to announce its decision of joining the opposition camp at the next four-day sitting of the National Assembly, BHK lawmaker Mikael Melkumyan told A1+.

At the beginning of the sitting, NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan announced that the lawmakers would not have a break today in order to finish the sitting quickly.

Armenia’s National Assembly today voted 92 to 6 to pass the bill on Turnover Tax. There were 13 abstentions.

Karabakh war veteran Zhirayr Sefilyan has made a statement saying a citizen army is being formed in Armenia.

The Armenian National Assembly is set to continue its special sitting on Wednesday, March 4.

US President Barack Obama has extended for one year some of the sanctions, introduced earlier against Russia in relation to the crisis in Ukraine, the White House’s press service said on Tuesday.

After this first major victory, Armenian-Americans should continue urging the remaining 200 companies that are clients of the Gephardt Group and other lobbying firms hired by Turkey to terminate their contracts, because hiring Genocide denialists is patently unethical and bad for business!

Today Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was buried in Moscow. Days ago, Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in the center of Moscow near Kremlin by a still unknown person. One name is given to this fact in Armenia- demonstrative execution.

Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) lawmaker Vahagn Makhsudyan considers it to be normal that some BHK members have left the party: “They are free to express their viewpoint.”

Today the NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan decided to make a special speech in order to speak of the pensions of the retired presidents and other privileges.

The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 3 March – the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) – as World Wildlife Day. On this second observance of the Day, the UN system, its Member States and a wide range of partners from around the world are highlighting the simple yet firm message that “It’s time to get serious about wildlife crime”.

Today at the National Assembly, “A1+” journalist Mher Arshakyan tried to address a question to former BHK lawmaker Karo Karapetyan whether he met Gagik Tsarukyan after leaving the faction.

According to our information, Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) member Rustam Gasparyan has submitted an application for leaving the party.

The letter reads that Valeri Permyakov, who is charged with the murder of seven members of Gyumri family, cannot be handed over to the Armenian law enforcement authorities.

We call upon the Republic of Turkey to recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire, and to face its own history and memory through commemorating the victims of that heinous crime against humanity. Distortion, denial of irrefutable reality is nothing but a death caused by the disease of its past.

Shortly before the EPP adopted a resolution dedicated to the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan informs about it from Brussels.

On March 4, in accordance with the arrangement achieved with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission conducts a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the north-west direction of Talish settlement of the NKR Martakert region.

Moscow bids farewell to Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.

Today before starting the NA special session, HHK lawmaker Margarit Yesayan entered the session hall with a cup in her hands.

As a result of violation of the ceasefire regime by the rival in one of the military bases stationed in the eastern direction of the DA, Arsen A. Karapetyan born in 1995 received a fatal wound by the adversary.

According to the decision of the RA NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan and Article 70 of the RA Constitution, with the initiative of the RA Government, on March 3 at 12:00, the RA National Assembly special session will be held.

“Let us use a coded speech like him [HAK Leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan],” says Vahram Baghdasaryan, Head of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) parliamentary faction

The Ministry of Justice has issued a statement regarding the candidates who have won the competition announced for the post of Armenia’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights.

The resolution has been worked out jointly by the three member parties of the EPP – the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), Country of Law Party (OEK) and Heritage.