ArmInfo.There is no agenda for the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. Security Council Secretary of Armenia Armen Grigoryan stated this in an interview with  Public Television.

ArmInfo.During the meeting in Brussels, the Prime Minister of Armenia and the President of Azerbaijan reaffirmed the agreement on the construction of the  Yeraskh-Julfa-Ordubad-Meghri-Horadiz railway. Prime Minister of the  Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan announced this on December 16  before the beginning of a regular Cabinet meeting.

ArmInfo. The defeat the Civil Contract party suffered in the December 5 local elections in Gyumri, Vanadzor, Meghri, Ararat and other regions is evidence of a  considerable political decline of both the ruling party and Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan over the last year, the political engineer  Vigen Hakobyan told ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo. The US Embassy in Armenia assessed the elections to the Local Self-Government Bodies (LSG) in the RA.

ArmInfo.The victims of the Spitak earthquake are remembered in Armenia and Artsakh.

ArmInfo. As a result of the local elections in 36 enlarged communities, the Civil Contract party will head only 15 communities, believes Armenian Parliament Vice-  Speaker, member of the Hayastan (Armenia) opposition faction Ishkhan  Saghatelyan (Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun -  ARFD). 

ArmInfo.On December 6, the Russian-Armenian  Center for Humanitarian Response, together with the All-Russian  Research Institute for Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Ministry  of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Emergency  Situations of Armenia and the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, will  organize an international scientific-practical conference:   "Historical experience of the Spitak earthquake - modern technologies  of seismic safety".

ArmInfo.American University of Armenia (AUA) Open Education, in partnership with HSBC Bank Armenia CJSC (HSBC Armenia), organized a job fair for young professionals in the fields of finance and banking.

ArmInfo.All the aircraft at the Erebuni aerodrome are ready to accomplish tasks, Colonel Alexander Petrov, Commander of the Russian airbase Erebuni, told  reporters on November 21 in response to an ArmInfo reporter. As  regards the personnel`s battle readiness, the information is secret.  

ArmInfo.TSAYG TV is well known in Armenia.  According to Margarita Minasyan, the director of TSAYG LLC, the television in Armenia cannot ensure large financial flows, though needs large financial investments for development.  That was why the owners decided renovating the own real estate in the center of Gyumri to open a business center and to direct a part of revenues for the development of the TV company.

ArmInfo.Several causes account for the latest armed escalation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the military expert Vladimir Yevseyev, Head of the Caucasus  Section, CIS Institute, told ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo. Former secretary of the ruling Civil Contract faction Nazeli Baghdasaryan has been appointed governor of the Shirak region of Armenia. The RA government on  November 8 in the format of a written vote approved the corresponding  resolution. Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure  of the Republic of Armenia Gnel Sanosyan presented the document.

ArmInfo.Secretary of the ruling "Civil Contract" faction Nazeli Baghdasaryan has resigned, the press service of the RA National Assembly reports.

ArmInfo. The candidate from the "Balasanyan" bloc Vardges Samsonyan was elected the mayor of Gyumri by the majority of votes of the members of the Council of  Elders.

ArmInfo. Nazeli Baghdasaryan, secretary of the ruling Civil Contract faction, has written a letter of resignation, reported the press service of the National Assembly  of Armenia.

ArmInfo.A road traffic accident (RTA) occurred on the 50th km of the Yerevan-Gyumri highway, 6 people died.  

ArmInfo. The "Armenia-France: Cultural Dialogue" exhibition, organized by the  Yerevan Museum of Modern Art, has opened in Yerevan.

ArmInfo.The preliminary results of elections to local self- government bodies in Gyumri, Goris, Meghri are known.

ArmInfo. The official start of the program for the reconstruction of the "Friendship Park" in Gyumri has been given.

ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan appointed acting community heads in Gyumri, Vanadzor, Jermuk and Vayk ahead of the upcoming elections to the local  self-government bodies.