Ex-presidential candidate Andrias Ghukasyan gets 2 months in jailAugust 2, 2016 - 11:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former presidential candidate Andrias Ghukasyan was handed 2 months' jail term on charges of staging and involvement in mass disorders in Yerevan, lawyer Lusine Sahakyan said. Earlier, Armenia’s Investigative Committee instigated a criminal case over mass disorders in Yerevan against 23 people including the deputy chair of Heritage opposition party Armen Martirosyan and the candidate in the 2013 presidential elections Andrias Ghukasyan. According to Sahakyan, the court declined the lawyer’s request to release Ghukasyan on bail. Earlier, Ghukasyan started a hunger strike believing persecutions against him to be politically motivated. The activist also demands reinstatement of constitutional order in Armenia, Sputnik-Armenia reports. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |