ArmInfo. On the eve of the completion of the authorities of the Speaker of the National Assembly the RA NA Speaker Ara Babloyan had meetings with the RA President Armen Sarkissian, the RA Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the Supreme Patriarch and the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II.

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ArmInfo. Biolabs in Armenia  are exclusively for civilian use, spokeswoman for the Armenian  Foreign Ministry Anna Naghdalyan said at a press conference.

ArmInfo. In order to more effectively treat the wounded and injured soldiers from the beginning of December to today, 7 soldiers have been transferred from the  garrison hospitals to the Yerevan garrison clinical hospital and  civilian medical institutions of Armenia.  

ArmInfo. The Government of Armenia intends to consistently implement reforms aimed at the institutional development of democratic institutions, in this context  it is important to cooperate with USAID. About this December 18,  taking the Deputy Administrator of the USAID Bureau for Europe and  Eurasia Brock Birman, said Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

ArmInfo.The issue of using "soft power" in Armenia has a large reserve. This is a complex, systemic issue that requires daily work. The Russian Ambassador to  Armenia Sergey Kopirkin stated this on December 18 at a press  conference.

ArmInfo. The second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, responded to the decision of the Yerevan Civil Court refusing to satisfy the Kocharian's defense against Nikol Pashinyan's claim of honor and dignity, demanding a public apology.

ArmInfo. The Yerevan Civil Court of Appeal refused to satisfy the statement of the attorney of the 2nd Armenian President Robert Kocharyan against Nikol Pashinyan  to protect his honor and dignity, demanding to bring a public apology.

ArmInfo.Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited Holy Echmiadzin, where he met with the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II.

ArmInfo. Our policy in Armenia is unchanged - the strengthening of an independent, democratic and prosperous Armenia, which will live in peace with its neighbors. The new US Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy stated this  at the Senate hearings.

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ArmInfo. Acting Minister of Education and Science of Armenia, Member of the Board of the Civil Contract Party Arayik Harutyunyan, did not rule out that he might end  up in parliament, and also head the parliamentary faction. He stated  this on December 13 in the government.

ArmInfo.Additional 11.6 million AMD will be allocated from the Government's Reserve Fund for the implementation of a program to provide Armenian students with  subscription tickets for free visits to theaters, cinemas, museums,  concerts and exhibition galleries.  The relevant decision was made on  December 13 at a cabinet meeting.

ArmInfo. The political course of Armenia, including in the context of foreign policy, is  exclusively pro-Armenian. 

ArmInfo. The ruling party "Civil Contract" at the meeting of the Board considered the issue of forming the leadership of the parliament of the 7th convocation.  

ArmInfo. The early parliamentary elections held on December 9 became a unique event for Armenia, and the fact that international observers recognized them as  completely free and fair is also an unprecedented assessment for the  country. Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed such an  opinion in his address to the people of the country through Facebook.

ArmInfo. The Armenian National Congress congratulates the My Step block and the acting. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan with a victory in the early parliamentary  elections in Armenia.As stated in the statement of the party received  by ArmInfo, it is especially important that after the elections, the  overthrow of the Kocharyan-Serzhevskaya tyranny took place through  democratic and free elections.

ArmInfo. We always need to  remember that, by supporting Nikol Pashinyan in the days of the  revolution, the people had already put their demands before him,  international expert Hovhannes Igityan, one of the winner candidates  from the "My Step" bloc, expressed such an opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.The CEC summed up the preliminary voting results from 42 polling stations.

ArmInfo.  At 17:00, voter turnout in the early parliamentary elections in Armenia was 39.54%. This has just been reported to the Central Election Commission (CEC)  of the Republic of Armenia. By this time, 1,025,002 voters out of  2,592,481 who had the right to vote completed their civic duty.