ArmInfo. The monetary compensation for renting housing to contract servicemen in 2019 will  increase by 915 million drams. On November 22, the Government of  Armenia approved the procedure, as well as the size of the monetary  compensation for the rent paid to the contract servicemen, if it is  impossible to provide a service apartment.

ArmInfo. Armenian Deputy Minister of Defense Gabriel Balayan admitted that the accident involving an army truck is the result of departmental omissions.

ArmInfo.The Armenian Deputy Minister of Defense  Gabriel Balayan called the "absolute lie" information that Baku offered Yerevan to exchange captives. "As of 10:20am, November 8, the Armenian Ministry of Defense did not receive such a proposal," he  said on November 8 in an interview with journalists.

ArmInfo. By the decision of  the court of general jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash  districts of Yerevan on September 17, six members of the armed group  Khachik Avetisyan, Vladimir Arakelyan, Arthur Yeghiazaryan, Vaginak  Stepanyan, Ara Poghosyan and Vahagn Sanazaryan, who were rendered  harmless in Yerevan, were released.

ArmInfo. The NSS conducted searches  In the house of ex-deputy minister of defense of Armenia, former  vice-premier of Artsakh, ex-adviser to the president of Artsakh,  lieutenant-general Artur Aghabekyan. Aghabekyan wrote this on his  Facebook page, sharply criticizing the actions of law enforcement  agencies.

ArmInfo. The defendant in the case of the armed group, former Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia Vahan Shirkhanyan was released.

ArmInfo. The situation on the border is normal, there are no reasons for concern. Armenian Deputy Minister of Defense Makar Hambaryan stated this in a conversation with journalists on the question of whether it is possible that the enemy  is becoming more active due to the tense internal political situation  in Artsakh.

ArmInfo.Artak Zakaryan, First Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia, resigned. He said this on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo. The Armenian Defense Ministry is primarily interested in identifying all the violations in the sphere and bringing the perpetrators to justice.

ArmInfo.Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia Artak Zakaryan commented on the information massed in the media about the dismissal of the Deputy Chief of the  General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant-General Haykaz  Baghmanyan from his post.

ArmInfo. Sons of Armenian officials will serve in the forefront, if health allows them. The former Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia, now Minister of Emergency Situations David Tonoyan, stated this in an interview with journalists.  He expressed confidence that the authorities will do everything possible to ensure equality during the conscription and military service of representatives of all social strata of the population. According to him, this, in many respects, will be facilitated by the adoption of the law on the abolition of the postponement of compulsory military service for all healthy young people from the age of 18.

ArmInfo.Armenian Deputy Defense Minister Artak Zakaryan participates in a high-level NATO forum on September 11-13 dedicated to strengthening moral standards in the Armed Forces.

ArmInfo.The NKR Defense Army still does not have systems for reconnaissance in the enemy's rear. The Head of the operational department of the Defense Army of  the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Colonel Viktor Arustamyan announced  this at the conference "Military-Political Tactics of the Enemy and  Our Actions" organized by the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" on September 4 in  Yerevan.

ArmInfo.Due to the absence of a breakthrough in the negotiation process on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, the Armenian side should be ready for periodic  exacerbations on the front line. The ARF Dashnaktsutyun announced this at the conference organized on September 4, Deputy Defense Minister Artak Zakaryan stated.

ArmInfo.There is no political implication in the non- participation of the Armenian armed forces in the multinational military exercises of NATO Agile Spirit  2017. Armenian Deputy Defense Minister Artak Zakaryan stated this in  a conversation with journalists.

ArmInfo. Armenian Minister  of Emergency Situations David Tonoyan took part in opening of First  International exhibition of high technologies of Arm-Security-  2017(Safe Armenia) held in Yerevan from Sept 02 to 04 and got  acquainted with presented expositions. 

ArmInfo.The armed forces of Azerbaijan are not the first to violate the ceasefire during the monitoring of the OSCE, these actions are permanent. Armenian Deputy  Defense Minister Artak Zakaryan stated this on September 1, responding to a question by ArmInfo about the shelling of the OSCE monitoring group on the border with Armenia by the Azerbaijani armed forces.

ArmInfo. There is no need to appeal for help to the CSTO in connection with the accumulation of military equipment by Azerbaijan on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state  border in the direction of Nakhijevan. Armenian Deputy Defense  Minister Artak Zakaryan stated this on September 1, answering the  question whether Armenia plans to apply for CSTO assistance in  connection with the accumulation of manpower and armament on the  border with Armenia in the direction of Nakhijevan.

ArmInfo.In the court of general jurisdiction of the Kentron and Nork Marash communities in Yerevan today, the session of the armed group was continued under the chairmanship of Judge Armen Bektashyan.

ArmInfo.Hayk Halumyan, the lawer of Vahan Shirkhanyan,  the Former Deputy Minister of Defense, who was accused  due to armed gang case and arrested, blows the whistle: his client is absolutely isolated. This was stated by Hayk Halumyan,  Vahan Shirkhanyan's lawyer at a press conference on February 13.