Law on compensation of March 1 victims approvedJune 4, 2019 - 22:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Parliament entirely approved the law on “Assistance to Victims During the Events of March 1-2, 2008 in Yerevan” by the second reading. The project by NP vice-speakers, Alen Simonyan and Lena Nazaryan was approved unanimously. According to the law, assistance will be provided to the person who has the status of a successor in the manner prescribed by the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia of the individual who died as a result of the injury during the events of March 1, as well as to the person whose health received heavy or medium level damage. The form of support will be determined by the executive. During the discussion of the project, changes were made in the proposal of the MP of “My Step” Alliance, Sisak Gabrielyan; the injured police representatives who were prosecuted during March 1 events will not benefit from the planned assistance in case the prosecution has not been interrupted on the grounds of justification. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |