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Tense situation in Gyumri. Masked security forces are at city hall. Alpha Newsroom 10/20/25

October 20 2025, 14:00

Today in Alpha Newsroom:

🔹Tense situation at Gyumri City Hall: masked special forces stormed the administration building

🔹Opposition mayor of Gyumri Vardan Ghukasyan has been arrested. According to the Investigative Committee, seven more people were arrested on bribery charges

🔹”Proud and just people of Gyumri, the time has come to stand up for our city and our dignity”: Ghukasyan’s statement

🔹Political reprisals against Vardan Ghukasyan? The guest of Alpha News is Tigran Kocharyan

🔹”If we don’t work, there will be a shortage of goods”: Truck drivers’ protests outside the government building

🔹 “The Armenian nation stands by the Church”: The Our Way movement organized a pilgrimage to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

🔹Despite anti-church actions of the ruling power, our Holy Church remains unshaken – Karekin II

🔹Samvel Karapetyan is ready to assume the role of chairman of the Our Way party – Aram Vardevanyan

🔹Alen Simonyan will meet with the Speaker of Azerbaijan’s Milli Mejlis in Geneva