ArmInfo. The initiative "SOS Sevan" addressed an open letter to the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, asking to withdraw the bill approved by the government on additional water releases from the lake.

ArmInfo. Armenia's foreign policy is not developed at the expense of relations with other partners, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan announced on August 24 at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, commenting on the issue of Armenia's relations with the EU and the EEU.

ArmInfo. The Government of Armenia extended the term of the decision from May 22, 2008 on providing the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan with  office and property for another 5 years. The latter is currently  accused of overthrowing the constitutional order.  The draft decision  on this issue was included on the agenda of the government's today  meeting, among the so-called "non-reported" issues.

ArmInfo."Allow me not to answer this question," Armenian Minister of Agriculture Artur Khachatryan told reporters on August 23, when he was asked by journalists why the current government, which  had criticized the former government for  water release from Sevan, is doing the same after coming to power.

ArmInfo.The Armenian government approved amendments to the law on the approval of the annual and comprehensive programs of measures to restore, preserve,  reproduce and use the ecosystem of Lake Sevan at a meeting on August  23. According to the Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural  Resources of the Republic of Armenia Artur Grigoryan, the bill, which  in due course will be sent to the National Assembly and considered at  an extraordinary session of the parliament on August 28, provides for  increasing the water intake from Lake Sevan from the current 170  million to 210 million cubic meters. , according to the minister, is  necessary to provide farmers with sufficient volumes of irrigation  water.

ArmInfo.The Minister of Education and Science of Armenia Araik Harutyunyan expressed his puzzlement over the frenzy of the Armenian-Chinese school that opened  in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. The opening of the Armenian-Chinese school in Yerevan should symbolize the beginning of a new page in the relations between Armenia and China. This was  announced on August 22 at the opening ceremony of the school by RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

ArmInfo. Transitional justice in Armenia will not contradict the Constitution of the country, Minister of Justice of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan stated this at a press  conference summing up the results of 100 days of work.

ArmInfo. The first 100 days of  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's rule were emotional and somewhat  revealing. Raffi Hovhannisyan, the head of the Heritage party, stated  this at a press conference in Yerevan on August 20.

ArmInfo.The official opening ceremony of the Armenian- Chinese school will be held in Yerevan on August 22.

ArmInfo. The Central Election Commission of Armenia (CEC) announced the date of the extraordinary elections of the Mayor of Yerevan.

ArmInfo.The terms of office of the Council of Elders of Yerevan have been reduced. The decision on this was taken at a meeting of the Armenian government on August  16.

ArmInfo. The summit of  Francophonie in Yerevan will be held at the highest level, Minister  of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan stated at the  government session on August 16.

ArmInfo.The Armenian government will allocate 120 million drams to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia with the aim of implementing activities  related to the preparation and holding of the 17th summit of the  International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF). The relevant  draft decision is included in the agenda of the Armenian government's  tomorrow's meeting.

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ArmInfo.Adviser to Armenian Prime Minister on Foreign Policy Issues Arsen Kharatyan in an interview to ArmInfo comments on the recent events in Armenian-Russian relations. He declares the main foreign political vectors of the Armenian government noting that there are no intentions of any drastic changes. He shares his vision of Artsakh conflict settlement, Armenian government's stance on Stepanakert's return to the negotiations table.

ArmInfo. The delegation of "Russian Railways" CJSC, led by First Deputy General Director of the company Alexander Misharin, took part in the events dedicated to the  10th anniversary of the establishment of the South Caucasian Railway,  the press center of the holding informs.

ArmInfo.The government of Armenia on August 2 at a meeting of the Cabinet established the procedure for the return of gifts received by judges to the state, considered unacceptable.

ArmInfo.Additional water intake from Lake Sevan will not be conducted until the permission of the National Assembly of Armenia is received, Minister of Agriculture of  Armenia Artur Khachatryan told journalists on August 2. In the  meantime, the State Committee on Water System of Armenia intends to  make an additional water release from Lake Sevan amounting to 2 40  million cubic meters, while the environmentalists are against, noting  the deplorable state of the main source of fresh water in the region  and the possible water apocalypse in the republic.

ArmInfo. Actor Hayk Marutyan, better known as "Kargin Hayko" was nominated as a candidate for the post of Mayor of Yerevan from the party "Civil Contract". This was announced by the deputy of the National Assembly, a member of the  "Civil Contract" party and former member of the Council of Elders of  Yerevan, Alen Simonyan, on July 29 following the meeting of the  party's board.