DIGEST
09 Mar 2017

Daily news digest

1. Greek FM Nikos Kotzias visits Armenia, 2. Istanbul’s Armenian Patriarchate to hold election for locum tenens on March 15. Three candidates are nominated for the post, 3. The special investigative service created a rapid reaction team for the period of the parliamentary elections...

1. Greek FM Nikos Kotzias visits Armenia,
2. Istanbul’s Armenian Patriarchate to hold election for locum tenens on March 15. Three candidates are nominated for the post: Bishop Sahak Mashalyan, president of the spiritual council of Istanbul’s Armenian Patriarchate, Archbishop Aram Ateshyan, Patriarchal Vicar of Istanbul’s Armenian Patriarchate and Archbishop Garegin Bekchyan, Primate of Germany’s Armenian Diocese,
3. The special investigative service created a rapid reaction team for the period of the parliamentary elections,
4. "Citizen Observer" will carry out an observation mission during the parliamentary elections at least in 1500 polling centers,
5. VTB ATM explosion attempt circumstances revealed: 3 persons are charged,
6. Woman dies in house fire in Armavir, Armenia,
7. Two Armenian businessmen killed in Krasnodar,
8. Trade turnover between Russia and Turkey fell by 32%,
9. Angela Merkel: Turkey and Germany share deep disagreements alongside common interests,
10. Attack on Kabul military hospital: death toll rises to 49,
11. Air temperature to rise by 2-4 degrees.