Armenia opens criminal case against Prime Minister's relativeApril 5, 2019 - 11:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Criminal proceedings have been initiated against one of the relatives of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the PM himself broke the news on his Facebook page. "I would like to reveal that under my instruction a criminal case has been launched into an alleged abuse committed by one of my relatives," he said. "There is no doubt that the case will be fully investigated, and those guilty will bear the responsibility stipulated by the law. "This is a new Armenia, and no one with close ties to the Prime Minister can be above the law or have privileges." Related links: 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 | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |