ArmInfo. Minister of Diaspora Mkhitar Hayrapetyan shares the concerns of his staff over the abolition of the department.  According to Hayrapetyan, who  intends to head the committee on science and education in the new  parliament, the government's decision says nothing about which  department will specifically be entrusted with the functions of the  Ministry of Diaspora.

ArmInfo.The Ministry of Education and Science completed the checks in the "Ararat Bachelor program ".

ArmInfo. Restructuring the government in the current post- revolutionary and post-electoral situation will create a lot of confusion. Head of the Public Council  of Armenia Vazgen Manukyan expressed this opinion.

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. According to the draft law amended by the Cabinet of Ministers on amending the Law on the Structure of the Government, 12 out of 17 ministries will be  left.  According to the document, the Ministry of Culture, Ministry  of Sports and Youth Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Science  will be merged into one single ministry.

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

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. Rector of the Armenian State University of Economics Koryun Atoyan resigned. The head of the public relations and information department of the Ministry of  Education and Science of Armenia Artur Baghdasaryan said this.

ArmInfo.The opening ceremony of the Argentine Center was held at Yerevan State University of Languages and Social Sciences after Valery Brusov.The Argentine Center was opened at the initiative of the Embassy of Argentina in Armenia. The project was supported by Converse Bank, which funded renovation, equipping and furnishing of the classroom intended for establishment of the Center.

ArmInfo.Renowned Spanish coach Gines Melendez has been appointed Technical Director of the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) and will take up his duties on January 1, 2019, the official site of the FFA informed.  Melendez will  coordinate the work of various age teams of Armenia, as well as  develop a program for the development of youth football, women's  football and football hall.

ArmInfo. On these days, information is being circulated on the  composition of the new  Cabinet of Armenia.

ArmInfo. The Government of Armenia intends to consistently implement reforms aimed at the institutional development of democratic institutions, in this context  it is important to cooperate with USAID. About this December 18,  taking the Deputy Administrator of the USAID Bureau for Europe and  Eurasia Brock Birman, said Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

ArmInfo. The domestic political events in Armenia did not affect and did not change the strategic relations between the two countries, Russian Ambassador to Armenia  Sergey Kopirkin told at press conference on December 18.

ArmInfo. In the framework of  his working visit to Georgia, the President of the Republic of  Armenia Armen Sargsyan held a tete-a-tete conversation with the Prime  Minister of Georgia Mamuk Bakhtadze in Tbilisi.

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ArmInfo. Moscow and Yerevan are  currently preparing a document that should guarantee the absence of  foreign military in biolaboratories in Armenia. This was stated by  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, December 17 on the air of  Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda.

ArmInfo. Latvia is ready to share its experience of cooperation with the EU with Armenia and assist in development. About this during the meeting with the Acting  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was told by the newly appointed  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of  Latvia Ingrid Levrentse (residence in Tbilisi).

ArmInfo. Acting Minister of Education and Science of Armenia, Member of the Board of the Civil Contract Party Arayik Harutyunyan, did not rule out that he might end  up in parliament, and also head the parliamentary faction. He stated  this on December 13 in the government.

ArmInfo. The government of Armenia will partially reimburse the cost of studying in a country's higher educational institutions of a certain group of persons.  This  decision was made at a meeting of the executive body on December 13.

ArmInfo.Additional 11.6 million AMD will be allocated from the Government's Reserve Fund for the implementation of a program to provide Armenian students with  subscription tickets for free visits to theaters, cinemas, museums,  concerts and exhibition galleries.  The relevant decision was made on  December 13 at a cabinet meeting.