DAILY DIGEST
19 May 2017

Daily news digest

1. OSCE Minsk Group: Azerbaijani armed forces fire missile across line of contact. 2. Azerbaijani forces shell their own positions: Defence Army. 3. Eduard Sharmazanov, Arpine Hovhannisyan and Mikayel Melkumyan elected Vice-Speakers of Parliament.


1. OSCE Minsk Group: Azerbaijani armed forces fire missile across line of contact.
2. Azerbaijani forces shell their own positions: Defence Army.
3. Eduard Sharmazanov, Arpine Hovhannisyan and Mikayel Melkumyan elected Vice-Speakers of Parliament.
4. Three MPs from Tsarukyan bloc faction resign.
5. Ara Saghatelyan appointed Chief of Staff of Parliament.
6. Nine committees to function in National Assembly of 6th Convocation.
7. Armenia extradites Permyakov to Russia.
8. Samvel Babayan's prison term extended.
9. OSCE Secretary Lamberto Zannier announced closure of Office in Yerevan.
10. Iran election: over 55 million Iranians are eligible to vote.
11. Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Manchester United Goal of the Season award.