Armenia coult will release Founding Parliament head Jirair Sefilian on bailJune 13, 2018 - 15:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Founding Parliament opposition group leader Jirair Sefilian will be released from prison on bail, a court in Yerevan said on Wednesday, June 13. Sefilian and group of people were arrested in June 2016. In May 2016, two AK-74 rifles and 120 bullets were found in a car involved in an accident in central Yerevan, with the driver and the passenger taken to the police, Armenia’s Investigative Committee said then. In the framework of the criminal case opened to investigate the incident, the committee found out that Sefilian and a group of people planned to seize buildings and communication facilities, including the Yerevan TV tower. The group members had even planned to implement criminal actions following the 4-day war in Karabakh in early April, the committee said. On May 2018, Sefilyan appealed the ten-year sentence handed him in March, which was reduced to 5.5 years on Wednesday. Except for Sefilian, all the others were allowed to leave the courtroom. Top stories 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. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |