[ last updated 15:44 ] The top decision-making body of the Council of Europe urged Armenians on Monday to vote for President Robert Kocharian’s constitutional amendments at next month’s referendum, saying that they are “vital” for Armenia's democratic future.
[ last updated 15:48 ] The Armenian government unveiled on Monday plans to expand the range of medical services provided to the population free of charge by abolishing next year all fees levied for disease prevention and prophylaxis.
[ last updated 15:50 ] The mayor of a small town near Yerevan who was arrested late last month after reportedly shooting dead a local rival has been reelected for another three-year term, election officials said on Monday.
[ last updated 15:42 ] “The authorities know very well that it is better to have a clean constitutional referendum, even if the draft does not win the necessary number of votes, than to falsify its results and have problems with the outside world,” a senior member of the governing Republican Party, Samvel Nikoyan, tells “Hayots Ashkhar.”
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