NKR Defense Army Special Forces have recovered the body of a crewmember and the remains of the two pilots of Mi-24 helicopter that was downed by Azerbaijani forces on 12 November. The necessary wreckage was recovered too.

At the Nov 21 discussion on the jewelry and lapidary issues, Armenian Economy Minister Karen Chshmarityan advised the Armenian jewelers to hire Indian diamond-cutters to enhance labor efficiency. 

 In 2014 Armenia reduced imports of rough diamonds mostly due to the decline in supplies to Russia, Armen Yeganyan, Head of the Industrial Policy Department of the Armenian Economy Ministry, has told ArmInfo.    

 Karabakh authorities have been taking all the necessary steps for returning of the bodies of the members of the helicopter MI-24 crew, shot down by the Azerbaijani party and for ruling out of provocations in future, the NKR Foreign Minister, Karen Mirzoyan, said over today's meeting with participants in the project "Voice of Artsakh".  

 In 2013 almost every third resident of Armenia was poor, special report of Armenia's National Statistics Service, made under support of the World Bank says. The report was published on 18 November 2014. It covers the poverty indices of Armenia for 2008-2013. 

Vahe Hakobyan has been dismissed from the position of the Head of Armenia's Water Management Committee, press-secretary of the Armenian government, Gohar Poghosyan, told Arminfo correspondent.   

 Ameria Management Advisory has successfully completed its annual program to develop the internal control and internal audit capacities of Kyrgyzstan's public administration system.

US Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick has de facto recognized the presence of a state border between the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan, David Babayan, Spokesman of Nagorno-Karabakh's President, told ArmInfo on Friday.

The non-power parliamentary forces should be guided by the statements of Heritage Faction Head Ruben Hakobyan rather than Heritage Party Leader Raffi Hovannisian, Lyudmila Sargsyan, MP from the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), said when commenting on Hovannisian's Nov 21 decision to hold a "civic assembly" in Liberty Square on December 5 without the other non-power forces.  

Such a short distance between the Armenian helicopter and the Azeri positions raises numerous questions to the Armenian command, Heritage Party Leader Raffi Hovannisian said at a press conference on Friday.   

"I think, xenophobic and migrant-phobic slogans are now used by all the major political forces, starting from government officials to opposition," Sergei Abashin, Doctor of Science in History, Professor at the Department of Anthropology, Named Professor of Migration Studies (British Petroleum Professorship), told ArmInfo in an online press-conference.   

Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union will not increase the number of Armenian citizens migrating to Russia, Sergei Abashin, Named Professor of Migration Studies (British Petroleum  Professorship) said during an online press conference. 

 The developments in the domestic political life of Armenia by no means comply with the geopolitical processes in the world, Ashot Manucharyan, member of the Karabakh Committee, ex-advisor to the first president of Armenia for national security, said at a press conference in Yerevan, Friday.    

 France advocates returning the Armenian pilots' bodies to Armenia.  

 In case of the economic crisis preserving and growing, we have to expect much outflow of migrants from Russia, Sergei Abashin, Doctor of Science in History, Professor at the Department of Anthropology, Named Professor of Migration Studies (British Petroleum Professorship), told ArmInfo in an online press-conference.   

For the first time in Armenia the activation of the domestic political situation is not connected with electoral processes, political expert Yervand Bozoyan said at a press conference in Yerevan on Friday. 

The Pan-Armenian Environmental Front has again revealed violations at the small hydro power plants (HPP) "Khachaghbyur-1" and "Khachaghbyur-2," the Organization says in a statement provided to ArmInfo.  Activists who have visited Tavush region lately found out that the fish passes at both the HPPs were dry. In addition, the activists alarm that Megaenergy LLC that is exploiting "Khachaghbyur-2" HPP has again cut off the flow of the River of Paghjur. The activists informed the Nature Protection Ministry of the violations.  

As many as 135 saved premature babies - such is the result of the use of surfactant in Yerevan's hospitals in Apr 2013-Nov 2014. 

 Beeline announced completion of the repair of Artanish Cultural Center's roof.  

Nagorny Karabakh Republic Defense Army (NKR DA) bears no relation to the latest murder of an Azerbaijani soldier, NKR DA Spokesperson Senor Hasratyan told ArmInfo.