ArmInfo. Hayk Sargsyan, a member of the National Assembly of Armenia from the ruling Civil Contract faction, has developed a bill allowing evaders of military service aged 27 to 37 to avoid criminal prosecution by serving in the army or by transferring money to the state budget. The Standing Commttee on Defense and Security of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia issued a positive conclusion on the amendments submitted by the MP to the law "On military service and the status of military personnel".
ArmInfo. Azerbaijan has not yet responded to the sixth proposal on peace treaty , previously submitted by Armenia. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Mnatsakan Safaryan told journalists in parliament on December 4.
ArmInfo. On December 4, 2024, CHW released its sixth Monitoring Report, its first since the expulsion of over 100,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023. The report details impacts to cultural heritage in the region, documenting the devastating toll that new construction in Shusha/Shushi is causing to Armenian sites and the significant vulnerability of historic Armenian cemeteries in the region. In all, the report documents damage to 4 sites and new threats to 3 more.
ArmInfo. During the 42nd session of the UNESCO General Assembly in Paris from November 7 to
22, a decision was made to include the 100-year anniversaries of the births of Charles Aznavour and Sergei Parajanov in UNESCO's 2024 -2025 Jubilee of Famous People and Important Events.