ArmInfo. GeoProMining - a diversified international group of mining companies - celebrated the New Year holidays in Armenia with a number of mass events.  As the  press service of the company told ArmInfo, as part of New Year  celebration, GeoProMining organized festive performances in the  cities of its presence - in Gegharkunik, Ararat and Syunik regions of  the republic.

ArmInfo. Acting Minister of Nature Protection Eric Grigoryan submitted a statement of refusal of the MP mandate, however, it is not yet clear whether he will continue  to hold the position of Minister of Nature Protection or not. On  December 27, Eric Grigoryan stated this in an interview with  journalists.

ArmInfo. To abolish the Ministry of Culture in the conditions of state vandalism in  Azerbaijan and Turkey is tantamount to a crime. A specialist on monuments Samvel Karapetyan expressed such an opinion at a press conference.

ArmInfo.Acting First Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, who will soon head the Armenian parliament, on his Facebook page, addressed the statement of  Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov regarding Baku's  readiness to provide Artsakh with a high degree of autonomy and  ensure its security.

ArmInfo.The Vine and Wine Foundation of Armenia should not be closed. This is stated in the open letter of about thirty winemakers of Armenia addressed to acting  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan regarding the decision to close the  structure in the framework of the optimization program.

ArmInfo. Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan published an extraordinary report "On the right to privacy of private, personal and family life of prisoners transferred  to the punishment cell, as well as the freedom of these people to communicate."

ArmInfo. The main task of the Armenian authorities for the upcoming period is to raise  awareness of the essence of the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh in the  international community, because, unfortunately, this understanding  is not always and not everywhere " announced on the eve of the  reception at the Foreign Ministry of Armenia on the occasion of the  upcoming New Year and St. Christmas Acting Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan.

ArmInfo.In public statements, it is necessary to exercise restraint so as not to harm  the negotiations, if, of course, there is a desire to fulfill its  obligations in the framework of the process.

ArmInfo.The statements of the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov regarding the delivery of the territories controlled by the Armenian side in 2019  indicate that Baku is not ready for progress in the negotiation  process. Press Secretary of the Artsakh President David Babayan  stated this in an interview with ArmInfo correspondent.

ArmInfo. The imperative of guarantees for a fair judicial investigation of each criminal case is the full independence of the judicial system and the protected professional activities of a lawyer. This is stated in the comment of the Defender of Human Rights Arman Tatoyan in connection with the situation related to Manvel Grigoryan.

ArmInfo. The government of Armenia, in fact, is striving to preserve the format of  super-premiership, which was introduced by representatives of the  former regime.  

ArmInfo.Through in Armenia, the oligarchic order that replaced  authoritarianism has been destroyed, but the threat of a return to  authoritarianism persists. Manvel Sargsyan, director of the Armenian  Center for Strategic and National Studies, said in an interview with  ArmInfo correspondent.

ArmInfo.President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is convinced that the unification of Baku and Kiev efforts in the framework of multilateral initiatives will affect "the  restoration of the territorial integrity of both Azerbaijan and  Ukraine," Interfax-Azerbaijan reports.

ArmInfo.The Democratic  Party of Armenia fully supports the demands of the staff of the  Ministry of Culture, opposing the disbandment of the ministry.

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ArmInfo. VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian hosted UNICEF program stakeholder schoolchildren within the frameworks of the Open Doors’ day organized at the Company.

ArmInfo. Biolabs in Armenia  are exclusively for civilian use, spokeswoman for the Armenian  Foreign Ministry Anna Naghdalyan said at a press conference.

ArmInfo. "I love my work very  much," on December 20 Acting Minister of Education and Science of  Armenia, Araik Harutyunyan declared to reporters in response to the  question whether he wants to engage in lawmaking.

ArmInfo. The borders between Armenia and the Diaspora are erased. This was the day before in Dilijan, speaking before the participants of the "Non-labor"  program ("Potential"), said Acting Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan.According to him, which is given by the press service of  the RA government, the main task of the Armenian authorities is to  create opportunities for all.  

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