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A soldier from the 102nd Russian Military Base in Gyumri, Armenia, has been detained along the lines of the criminal case into the beating of a 57-year-old woman to death, in the city.

Arevik Khachatryan, head of the public relations division at the Prosecutor General’s Office, informed the above-said, in response to a respective query by Pastinfo.

A female worker from the housing and environmental protection department of the Gyumri city hall was brutally beaten in a city street, on December 3.

According to preliminary information, the woman had gone to work at early dawn. But someone had followed her and, subsequently, brutally beaten this woman.

The woman was taken to hospital where she was diagnosed with brain injury. But she could not be saved and was pronounced dead.

The investigative body has submitted new petition to the Yerevan general jurisdiction court to prolong the arrest of retired general Manvel Grigoryan by another two months.

Grigoryan fell ill during the hearing of the petition and an ambulance was called. He received medical assistance there and the examination continues.

Manvel Grigoryan was arrested on June 19. He is charged with unlawfully keeping weapons and ammunition, and committing large-scale embezzlement.

At least 22 members of the criminal gang, which consisted of citizens of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, were detained in Lyon, France.

"On December 10 a large-scale special operation "VORS 69-01" was held in Lyon, France, following which 22 members of the organized criminal group operating in France and Belgium were arrested,” Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported.

The Armenian Parliament will not elect the Prime Minister after the new National Assembly be formed.

According to Armenian Constitution, after the formation of the Parliament, the Armenian President appoints the PM candidate proposed by the majority.

Proceeding from Article 150, the cabinet is formed after the appointment of the prime minister within fifteen days, while after the formation of the Government, the leader must submit within 20 days to the National Assembly a program of the Cabinet of Ministers. According to preliminary data, the first meeting of the parliament will be held on December 24.

Anush Balasanyan, 59, her daughter Vahanush Hakobyan, and 12-year-old grandson have died early Tuesday morning in a fire in Stepanavan town of Armenia’s Lori Province, the Stepanavan city hall informed.

“The initial cause of the fire was a short circuit,” the city hall added. “[But] it will be clearer only after the investigation.”

Balasanyan’s son, Davit Hakobyan, 26, was injured in the fire. He is in critical but stable condition, and later he will be transferred to capital city Yerevan.

As reported earlier, on Tuesday 6:33am, the 911 emergency hotline received a report that fire had broken out in an apartment of a building in Stepanavan.

It was found out that the fire had broken out in an apartment of a two-story wooden building.

French President Emmanuel Macron has declared a state of emergency in the country over the Yellow Vests crisis, TASS reported.

"First of all, I would like to declare a state of economic emergency in the country," he said in a televised address to the nation on Monday.

The French leader condemned acts of violence committed by protesters against police during Yellow Vests riots. He called for calm and order in the country. "I believe together we will be able to find a way out of the crisis," he said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sent a congratulatory letter to acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the press service of the PM's office reported.

The United States also congratulated the people of Armenia on the conduct of their December 9 parliamentary elections; this is said in a press statement by the deputy spokesperson of the US Department of State.

The European Union (EU) looks forward to working with the democratically elected new parliament and the future government of Armenia.

The spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations has issued a statement to this effect, and on the snap parliamentary elections that were conducted in Armenia.

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