ArmInfo. In 2024, the bonus  fund for employees of the Yerevan Municipality will be increased to  an unprecedented scale - by 87%. This is stated in the analysis of  the Luys Foundation regarding the current year's budget approved by  the Yerevan Council of Elders.

ArmInfo. The climate background in Armenia will have negative consequences in the context of water resources. This was stated during a press conference on December 29 by director of the Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center SNCO of the Ministry of Environment  of Armenia Levon Azizyan.

ArmInfo. Russia's interaction with the Armenian side within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is based on pragmatic, mutual benefits. Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated during the briefing on Wednesday, clarifying whether Moscow has any concerns regarding Armenia's chairmanship in the EAEU, considering the tensions that periodically arise in Armenian-Russian relations.

ArmInfo. For the first time since last year Armenia has registered an increase in the number of people who have started to engage in scientific activity, Armenian Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan said in an interview with Public Television.

ArmInfo. he FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2023 will take place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan from December 26 to 30.

ArmInfo. Среди стран Центральной Азии и СНГ (включая бывшие) Казахстан занимает ведущее место по объёмам валового внутреннего продукта (ВВП).

ArmInfo. Human rights  lawyer Luciana Minassian and Turkish journalist Uzay Bulut addressed  an open letter to the ICRC Yerevan Office on behalf of the family of  the Armenian citizen, Vicken Euljeckjian, who has been kept in Baku  since November 2020. 

ArmInfo. The Yerevan Court  of General Jurisdiction, chaired by Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan,  issued a verdict against the social and political figure, coordinator  of the Hayaqve initiative Avetik Chalabyan.

ArmInfo. The petition to detain Dmitry Setrakov and hand him over (extradition) to the competent authorities of the Russian Federation was not received, discussed and approved by the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Armenia. Lusine Martirosyan, RA Prosecutor General's Advisor on Public and Media Relations reported on December 20.

ArmInfo. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the President of the Republic Vahagn Khachatoryan participated in the ceremonial session dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the founding of the National Academy of Sciences, the PM's press service reports.

ArmInfo. The overwhelming majority of respondents in Yerevan are against the initiative of the Council of Elders of Yerevan to repeatedly increase parking fees in Yerevan. This is evidenced by the results of the survey "Tell, we'll do - we'll paint, we'll exact it", conducted by the MPG consulting company (Marketing Professional Group - the exclusive representative of the International GALLUP Association in Armenia).

ArmInfo. The majority of respondents in Yerevan consider the expenses of New Year's decoration of the capital by the Yerevan Municipality unjustified. According to the results of the survey "Tell, we'll do - we'll paint, we'll exact it", conducted by MPG the consulting company (Marketing Professional Group - the exclusive representative of the International GALLUP Association in Armenia).

ArmInfo. Problems of public transport operation are still the most relevant for Yerevan residents. This is evidenced by the results of the survey "Tell, we'll do - we'll paint, we'll exact it", conducted by the MPG consulting company (Marketing Professional Group - the exclusive representative of the International GALLUP Association in Armenia).

ArmInfo. In November and  December 2020, the President of the Russian Federation announced that  Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan. I learned from the press  about those announcements that Russia is going to make such an  announcement, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated in an  interview with the Public TV of Armenia, and referring to Russian  President Vladimir Putin's statement that it was Armenia that  renounced Nagorno-Karabakh, saying that Karabakh is part of  Azerbaijan.

ArmInfo. The European Court of  Human Rights obliged the Azerbaijani authorities to pay compensation  to the families of three Armenian soldiers killed by the Azerbaijani  armed forces.

ArmInfo. The South Caucasus Railway company is extending the promotion of free travel for displaced people from Nagorno-Karabakh on commuter trains to the first quarter of 2024.

ArmInfo. In the fall of 2022, Ruben Vardanyan renounced Russian citizenship, moved to Nagorno-Karabakh and, from November 4, 2022, headed the government of the unrecognized republic. After his resignation from this position in February 2023, he remained to live in Artsakh, Forbes writes.

ArmInfo. Below is a  statement by Josep Borrel, EU High Representative of the EU for  Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: 

ArmInfo. COP28 was held  this year in Dubai, in a country also criticized for its dependence  on hydrocarbons, mass media report. 

ArmInfo.On December 11, 2023, the international conference "Dialogue - a guarantee of peace" was held in the conference hall of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, dedicated to the International Day of Neutrality and the 28th anniversary of the permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan.