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Defense minister denies reports of fighter jet deal with India

📍 Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has dismissed media speculations that the country had agreed to buy a dozen Russian-made fighter jets from India.📍 An Armenian villager was arrested and charged with the murder of his three-year-old son who was reported missing more than a week ago. Hundreds of volunteers and police officers were involved in the search for the lost child.📍 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev once again called for the return of Azerbaijanis to Armenia and repeated revisionist claims about Armenian history and territory. This was the first such instance since the August peace summit in Washington.#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia

Armenia creates Police Guard for domestic security

📍 Armenia has officially launched the Police Guard, a new division within the national police declared to be aimed at strengthening domestic security and improving the country’s law enforcement system.📍 Armenian law enforcement yesterday arrested the brother and nephew of Catholicos Karekin II on suspicion of obstructing election campaign activities.📍 U.S. diplomats plan to set up working groups with Armenian and Azerbaijani officials to accelerate implementation of the ‘Trump route’ project.#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia

$6.5M missing at Armenia’s power distribution company, CivilNet finds: THIS WEEK IN BUSINESS

📍 About $6.5 million is unaccounted for at Armenia’s state-run power distribution company, according to a new CivilNet investigation into the finances at High-Voltage Electric Networks (HVEN). Read more: https://www.civilnet.am/en/news/982722/millions-missing-from-armenias-state-power-grid-company-no-one-charged/#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #civilnetbusiness

Baku “civil society” in Yerevan

This week on #InsightswithEricHacopian, Baku’s regime-linked “civil society” figures arrive in Yerevan, the Nubarashen landfill fire exposes deep governance gaps, and the PM’s visit to Hovanavank raises new questions about priorities and distractions in Armenian politics.#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ

Pashinyan: Opening of Armenia–Turkey border ‘a matter of time’

📍 The opening of Armenia’s border with Turkey is only a matter of time, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.📍 Torgom Asatryan, an Armenian mixed martial arts fighter, was sentenced by a Yerevan court to five years and six months in prison over his role in the mob beating of Ararat Mirzoyan, who was parliamentary speaker at the time and now serves as Armenia’s foreign minister.📍 OPINION: Armenia’s decision to shorten the length of mandatory military service, approved by the country’s government today, could signal a move toward a more modern, professional army, but only if backed by deeper structural reforms.#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia