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26/06/2020 15:12

BBC News refers to Armenia in a coverage, says it is worst coronavirus-hit country in South Caucasus (video)

BBC News has referred to Armenia in a coverage and the situation with the coronavirus in the country.

26/06/2020 14:39

CC judge says no document registers about termination of their powers

“Consequently, the statements are not basis for my or your resignation,” Gyulumyan stressed.

26/06/2020 14:28

All attempts to mix plans of the authorities are useless: Justice Minister on developments over CC

“They decided that just a “little” vote is not enough and they can round the number a little which testifies the level of the fight. The Constitutional amendments entered into force. The term of office of three judges has been terminated as well as the term of office of Hrayr Tovmasyan as chairman of the CC,” Badasyan wrote.

26/06/2020 13:22

Russia reports 6,800 new coronavirus cases

"I note that today the number of newly identified cases will already drop below 7,000 to amount to 6,800. We are very glad to have these numbers and hope that this trend will continue in the days and weeks to come," she said.

26/06/2020 12:51

PAP leader lawyers apply to Court of Appeal

“We have asked the court to consider the absence of the substantial suspicion confirmed,” he wrote on Facebook.

26/06/2020 11:49

Advocate: Developments over CC may be described as “might makes right”

Avetik Ishkhanyan said Armenia moves to destruction of state structures which in its turn will result in the destruction of state.

26/06/2020 11:23

PAP MPs hand over paper variant of application to the CC

“Let neither me give assessments, nor the ministers who have put aside their work and are making mathematical calculations whether the CC may start proceeding or not,” she said.

26/06/2020 11:02

CC gave opportunity to understand whether we have head of state, two opposition forces or not: Ruben Melikyan

The advocate said that the CC was the institute which with its principality and work gave everyone an opportunity to understand with who we are dealing with.

26/06/2020 10:58

COVID-19: Number of cases grows by 759 in a day, number of new deaths is 13

The total death toll reached 410 (+13), other 131 patients died from other diseases.

26/06/2020 09:52

Coronavirus: US cases ‘may have topped 20 million’

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says the true number of cases is likely to be 10 times higher than the reported figure.

25/06/2020 23:04

PAP sends application disputing constitutionality of adopted Constitutional amendments to CC

“Dear compatriots, as NA PAP faction secretary I want to inform that my colleagues from Prosperous Armenia faction, me and independent MP Tigran Urikhanyan sent the application to the CC in time,” he wrote on Facebook.

25/06/2020 17:48

You refused to implement your commitment: Kocharyan’s lawyer to Marukyan

“When Edmon Marukyan truly and clearly registers that illegal process has taken place but together with it uses Robert Kocharyan’s case as an excuse for not undertaking any action, this is how the process is being politicized. While blaming us for it, mildly speaking is ridiculous,” Vardevanyan wrote on Facebook.

25/06/2020 17:28

Armenia’s CC urges officials not to go beyond scope of powers defined by the Constitution and laws: statement

“In response to the statement of the Minister of Justice, according to which the authorities of the CC president are suspended and the term of office of other three CC judges are terminated in two days, we, the below signed state:

25/06/2020 17:04

Bright Armenia to prepare new application for applying to CC: MP

To the specifying question whether they will join the PAP, the deputy said, “If you use the word “join” use it. But I said a new application is being prepared in which we will use the provision forwarded by our colleagues.”

25/06/2020 16:52

Applications withdrawn but case to still be examined at CC: Taron Simonyan

“Let them do that but the case will be examined anyway. If the Constitutional Court decides that it will not examine the case, our condition is in force, no one steps back of it. We believe that that the process of disputing constitutionality of unconstitutional process is a clear legal process and none of the political figures must speculate it with own political purposes,” Simonyan said.

25/06/2020 16:03

Tigran Urikhanyan joins application for applying to CC

“The process is taking place right now,” the deputy told Aysor.am.

25/06/2020 15:56

Robert Kocharyan’s defense team urges Bright Armenia not to speculate second president’s name to justify own inaction toward encroachments against CC

“Today we have a situation when Bright Armenia faction MPs Edmon Marukyan and Taron Simonyan say that this whole process is unconstitutional, contradicts the principle of the legal state but we will not submit application. While we show that we have higher values. Let no one speculate the name of Robert Kocharyan to justify the inaction toward the encroachments against the Constitutional Court,” Vardevanyan said.

25/06/2020 15:44

Edmon Marukyan has chance to prove – he is in the pocket of authorities or behind the state: Artur Vanetsyan

Edmon Marukyan’s pre-condition for applying to Constitutional Court regarding the time has been eliminated, president of Hayrenik party Artur Vanetsyan wrote on Twitter.

25/06/2020 15:36

Parliament adopts amendments to Tax Code, property tax to be raised

The Armenian parliament approved at its session today the annual report on 2019 budget implementation.

25/06/2020 15:19

Bright Armenia has no reason to wait and can join the application to CC immediately: Kocharyan’s attorneys

The president expressed clear position that if his case raises certain impediments in the establishment of parliamentarism he will demand from his attorneys to recall the applications submitted to the CC.