ArmInfo.The National Assembly of Armenia ratified the Armenian-Czech agreement on cooperation in combating crime on September 11.

ArmInfo. The Head of the State  Control Service of Armenia David Sanasaryan admitted at today's press  conference that the ministry which he heads has nothing to do at the  Ministry of Defense, since the Ministry itself  initiates inspections  in the structure and sends the identified offenses to the authorised  bodies.

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ArmInfo.In Armenia, companies engaged in subsoil use have fulfilled their obligations to solve social problems of the country's communities by only 4%. This is  stated in the message of the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia,  which conducted a check for the fulfillment by the companies of their  contractual obligations on the social and economic development of the  regions of the country.

ArmInfo.A number of Armenian public organizations addressed an open letter to the country's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan with an appeal to halt the development of  the Amulsar deposit.

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ArmInfo. "In the near future, I will instruct the authorities to start inspections on the exploited mines and mineral deposits in Armenia," Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo. The human rights defender of the Republic of Armenia considers certain provisions of the draft law on reducing and preventing the use of tobacco products problematic. The press service of the Armenian Ombudsman informs.

ArmInfo.In Armenia, a separate plenipotentiary body will be dealing with issues of persons applying for political asylum. Corresponding amendments to the Law on  Political Asylum were adopted at the sitting of the Armenian parliament on September 13.

ArmInfo. The pre electoral campaign in Armenia was conducted in conformance to the regulations, no serious violations of law have been registered during the period  of parliamentary race. This was stated  at a press conference by  Sergey Lebedev, the CIS observers mission head, assuring that in  response to observers' inquiries on possible violations during pre  electoral campaign the law enforcement entities answered that no  complaints have been submitted by now. 

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ArmInfo. The Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan received the Russian Transportation Minister and the Chairman of the Russian part of the  Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between Armenia and Russia Maksim Sokolov, who visits Armenia in order to participate the 6th meeting of heads of authorized bodies of the transport sector of EEU states.

ArmInfo.Armenian-Russian military-technical cooperation is of a complex  kind and develops within the spirit of alliance relations, Ivan Volynkin, the  Ambassador of Russian Federation to Armenia  said in his interview to  TASS.

ArmInfo. Extinct plant species relocated from Amulsar mining field have taken roots in new environment, member of Public Council, CEO of Lydian Armenia Hayk  Aloyan stated at the session of Public Council under Ministry of  Nature Protection of Armenia held on February 2, the press service of  the Ministry informs. 

ArmInfo. On November 30, Armenian and Russian Defense Ministers, Vigen Sargsyan and Sergey Shoygu, signed in Moscow an agreement on joint military group of the two countries' armed forces, TASS reports.       

ArmInfo. In fact the Armenian-Russian Joint Military Group has existed for quite a long time, Armenia's Deputy Defense Minister David Tonoyan told ArmInfo's correspondent. 

ArmInfo. Matthew Bryza, former co-chair of OSCE MG, ex-Ambassador of  the United States to Azerbaijan, does not understand how Russia , being a co-chair in OSCE MG, sets a joint military group with Armenia. According to his words, if Putin wants to prove that Russia is the key player in  the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, it should not make such steps. "Both Armenian and Azerbaijani sides should clearly understand that they should  get back to negotiations and start discussions," Bryza mentioned.

ArmInfo. Russian Government submitted the Draft Agreement on Joint Military Group with Armenia for Russian President's approval, This is stated at Russia's legal  information portal official website.  The Russian Government Decision claims: "To approve Draft Agreement on Joint Military Group with Armenia, developed in cooperation with Armenian part and to submit it to the President's approvel" According to the Draft Agreement, within the purpose of safety  Russia and Armenia in the area of collective security will set up a joint military group of two countries, which  should be able to secure  "an adequate reaction to any armed attack  (aggression), as well asto any other threats and challenges".  

ArmInfo. The parliamentary opposition of Armenia demands extraordinary meetings of the Parliament on urgent domestic and foreign issues.