A court in Armenia's Kotayk marz (province) today sentenced Levon Mikaelyan, former Deputy Governor of the marz, to two years in prison.

The newly-elected mayor of the city, famous cultural and art figures, scholars and the eldest member of the city council addressed the meeting participants.

He refrained from giving more details saying it might affect the process of negotiations.

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Bako Sahakyan signs decrees.

The delegation led by Jorge Orrico will visit Tsitsernakaberd, the Armenian Genocide Memorial, and lay a wreath in memory of the Genocide victims.

"There are good relations between the two countries but I think that we should boost economic ties," said François Hollande.

Attorney Vahe Grigoryan also left the hall as a sign of protest.

The meeting of Armenian and French Presidents is underway at the Elysee Palace in Paris.

Visa facilitation between the EU and Armenia would entail the simplification of documentary evidence in support of the visa application

One of the bullets turned out to have struck the window of an apartment belonging to Armen G.

Presidential candidate Vardan Sedrakyan is ready to pay Heritage Leader Raffi Hovannisan the required election deposit of $ 8 million drams

Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan again labelled the Turkish-Armenian Protocols as a 'scandal.'

Serzh Sargsyan is scheduled to meet on Monday with his French counterpart Francois Holland in Paris.

Post-Scriptum will be webcast live at 3:20 p.m.

Vardges Gaspari, a former political prisoner and member of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) has decided ‘to teach a good lesson' to Armenian MPs.

"Every time I participate in elections looking for something better," he said.

Our subway has been killed deliberately and consistently, says Nikol Pashinyan, a lawmaker from the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK).

The demonstrators demanded that the executive body annul its decision allowing the transportation of the historical monuments.

"This will be of great importance for the development of the system of Armenia's state reserves," said Arthur Baghdasaryan.

"Friday pickets keep the flame of mass events burning," says Levon Zurabyan.

"I cannot imagine their unity with their political ambitions but I say what I see: Serzh Sargsyan does not have equal rivals," he said.

The Co-Chairs will visit the region later this month, in advance of the OSCE Ministerial meeting in Dublin in December.

One of the oligarchs is sitting next to me, Minister of Justice Hrayr Tovmasyan said during today's meeting of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs.