New charges have been filed against Armenia’s Former Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan, his attorney said.

The body conducting the respective proceedings on Wednesday filed a motion with the court that Armen Gevorgyan be remanded in custody.

Gevorgyan is charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the criminal case into the tragic events that occurred in capital city Yerevan, in March 2008. The investigative agency had enforced a signature bond to not leave Armenia as a preventive measure for him.

The first session of the newly-elected Armenian National Assembly will be held on January 7, Civil Contract Party member said.

Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission will summarize the results of the National Assembly elections on December 16.

Unless the results are appealed, the decision should be made within 15 days from December 22 to January 5. Accordingly, the first session of the newly elected National Assembly may take place on January 14 or 21.

The Iranian Foreign Minister Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has welcomed the recent successful parliamentary elections in Armenia, describing it as a trend of democratic changes in the neighboring country.

Ghasemi also hailed the polls as an important event in Armenian internal affairs, expressing hope that as a result of participation of people and after the formation of the new government there will be expansion of the relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Armenia.

Thee Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction on Wednesday denied the defense’s motion for releasing former ranking security official—and former head of security of Armenia’s third President Serzh Sargsyan—Vachagan Ghazaryan on bail.

Ghazaryan who is charged with withholding the information on the true amount of his funds had been remanded in custody once before, but was released on a 1bn-dram (approx. $2,100,000) bail.

Ghazaryan issued a statement saying his friend who allegedly possesses the funds, and he are ready to transfer $6 million for the projects “toward the enhancement of the security of Armenia and Artsakh”.

A three-month-old girl from Voskepar village of Armenia’s Tavush Province has died Wednesday at a hospital in Yerevan after her mother had mistakenly given her potassium permanganate, instead of another medical drug, as medication.

The little girl was brought to Yerevan in critical condition, but she could not be saved.

Ukrainian authorities suspect Russian Armenian businessmen brothers Sergey and Nikolay Sarkisov of very large-scale fraud.

The National Police of Ukraine have announced a search for them. It is noted that the Sarkisov brothers are hiding from the Ukrainian investigative agencies since September 24. But no preventive measure has been enforced regarding them.