ArmInfo. The monetary compensation for renting housing to contract servicemen in 2019 will  increase by 915 million drams. On November 22, the Government of  Armenia approved the procedure, as well as the size of the monetary  compensation for the rent paid to the contract servicemen, if it is  impossible to provide a service apartment.

ArmInfo.The Armenian Deputy Minister of Defense  Gabriel Balayan called the "absolute lie" information that Baku offered Yerevan to exchange captives. "As of 10:20am, November 8, the Armenian Ministry of Defense did not receive such a proposal," he  said on November 8 in an interview with journalists.

ArmInfo. By the decision of  the court of general jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash  districts of Yerevan on September 17, six members of the armed group  Khachik Avetisyan, Vladimir Arakelyan, Arthur Yeghiazaryan, Vaginak  Stepanyan, Ara Poghosyan and Vahagn Sanazaryan, who were rendered  harmless in Yerevan, were released.

ArmInfo. The defendant in the case of the armed group, former Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia Vahan Shirkhanyan was released.

ArmInfo. The situation on the border is normal, there are no reasons for concern. Armenian Deputy Minister of Defense Makar Hambaryan stated this in a conversation with journalists on the question of whether it is possible that the enemy  is becoming more active due to the tense internal political situation  in Artsakh.

ArmInfo. Gabriel Balayan was appointed as Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia by order of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.  

ArmInfo.Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on May 12 submitted to the officers of the Defense Ministry newly appointed head of the department David Tonoyan. 

ArmInfo. David Tonoyan will be appointed Armenian Defense Minister, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated this during the conversation with journalists. 

ArmInfo.Artak Zakaryan, First Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia, resigned. He said this on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo.Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia Artak Zakaryan commented on the information massed in the media about the dismissal of the Deputy Chief of the  General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant-General Haykaz  Baghmanyan from his post.

ArmInfo.The NKR Defense Army still does not have systems for reconnaissance in the enemy's rear. The Head of the operational department of the Defense Army of  the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Colonel Viktor Arustamyan announced  this at the conference "Military-Political Tactics of the Enemy and  Our Actions" organized by the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" on September 4 in  Yerevan.

ArmInfo.Due to the absence of a breakthrough in the negotiation process on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, the Armenian side should be ready for periodic  exacerbations on the front line. The ARF Dashnaktsutyun announced this at the conference organized on September 4, Deputy Defense Minister Artak Zakaryan stated.

ArmInfo.There is no political implication in the non- participation of the Armenian armed forces in the multinational military exercises of NATO Agile Spirit  2017. Armenian Deputy Defense Minister Artak Zakaryan stated this in  a conversation with journalists.

ArmInfo. Armenian Minister  of Emergency Situations David Tonoyan took part in opening of First  International exhibition of high technologies of Arm-Security-  2017(Safe Armenia) held in Yerevan from Sept 02 to 04 and got  acquainted with presented expositions. 

ArmInfo.The armed forces of Azerbaijan are not the first to violate the ceasefire during the monitoring of the OSCE, these actions are permanent. Armenian Deputy  Defense Minister Artak Zakaryan stated this on September 1, responding to a question by ArmInfo about the shelling of the OSCE monitoring group on the border with Armenia by the Azerbaijani armed forces.

ArmInfo. There is no need to appeal for help to the CSTO in connection with the accumulation of military equipment by Azerbaijan on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state  border in the direction of Nakhijevan. Armenian Deputy Defense  Minister Artak Zakaryan stated this on September 1, answering the  question whether Armenia plans to apply for CSTO assistance in  connection with the accumulation of manpower and armament on the  border with Armenia in the direction of Nakhijevan.

ArmInfo.According to the decision of Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan Haykaram Mkhitaryan is dismissed from his position as Deputy Minister of  Emergency Situations of  Armenia on his own request. Ara Nazaryan was  appointed to his place, according to the Armenian Government official  website. 

ArmInfo.By the decree of the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, Ara Nazaryan was dismissed from the post of the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of  Armenia.

ArmInfo. Armenia's Justice Ministry has given explanation related to information that health condition of former Defense Minister of Armenia Vahan Shirkhanyan,  arrested within the armed group case, has deteriorated. 

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.