DIGEST
08 Apr 2017

Weekly news digest

1. Republican party, "Tsarukyan" bloc, ARF Dashnaktsutyun and "YELK" bloc in the 6th convocation National Assembly. 2. "Congress - PPA" bloc to challenge Parliamentary election results. 3. Taron Margaryan to head proportional list of ‘Republican’’ party in Yerevan Council elections...

1. Republican party, "Tsarukyan" bloc, ARF Dashnaktsutyun and "YELK" bloc in the 6th convocation National Assembly.
2. "Congress - PPA" bloc to challenge Parliamentary election results.
3. Taron Margaryan to head proportional list of ‘Republican’’ party in Yerevan Council elections.
4. Nikol Pashinyan to be “Elk” alliance candidate in Yerevan Council elections.
5. Anahit Bakhshyan to run for Yerevan Council elections from “Elk” block.
6. Armenian Revival party not to run in Yerevan Council election.
7. Extraordiary regime: Armenia’s government to work 10-12 hours including Saturdays.
8. St. Petersburg metro blast suspect ‘a Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen’; death toll rises to 14.
9. Stockholm attack: Truck rams into people: at least 3 people dead
10. U.S. launched 59 Tomahawk missiles on Syrian “Shayrat” military airfield.
11. Russia suspends flight safety memorandum over Syria with US.
12. “The processes between the superpowers will proceed in diplomatic arena. As for Syria, the military situation will intensify” Armen Petrosyan, regional affairs expert.
13. Armenia’s national football team advanced in FIFA's new ranking list to be 67th.