Armenian News - NEWS.am presents a daily digest of top news as of 16.04.2020:

At the very beginning of the government’s special meeting after the recess, presenting these changes, Justice Minister Rustam Badasyan said that the start of the state of emergency was set for 6:30 pm on Monday, March 16, and the end on April 14.

As reported earlier, 30 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Armenia.

Jeanne Barseghian comes first with 27.67%.

Police officers, however, rendered assistance to him, and then transferred him to a police station.

When asked by reporters why he took such a drastic step, the man said the judges were not working properly. "They want to sell my property by public auction," he said.

He added that, at present, a matter of postponing Tuesday’s court hearing on the criminal case against Kocharyan and several other former senior officials is not on the agenda.