ArmInfo.The last working day for Converse Bank’s branches in 2018 is December 29. On that day, the Bank's branches will provide services during the usual working hours, from 10:00 to 14:30.

ArmInfo.Armenian Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan received the Ambassador of Iran to Armenia, Seyyed Kazem Sajjadi, the press service of the Prosecutor General's  Office informs.

ArmInfo.Russian President Vladimir Putin and Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan agreed to step up gas negotiations, the dates are decided because the  situation "runs out of time". Spokesman of Russian President Dmitry  Peskov informed.

ArmInfo.Within the framework of the traditional “Become Santa Claus” project implemented by Converse Bank, yesterday, on December 26, the Bank’s employees visited two settlements in Vardenis region and presented New Year gifts to school children who had requested those gifts in their letters to Santa Claus.

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. According to a survey of Gallup international, 53.3% of Yerevan residents positively assess the changes in the capital of Armenia over the past year. Director of  the Gallup International Association in Armenia Aram Navasardyan  stated this on December 27 at a press conference.

ArmInfo. Never before have the media been so free in Armenia's recent history, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan made such a statement at the New Year's  reception for the media.

ArmInfo. In 2019, another cable car will be built in Armenia.  The head of the State Committee on Tourism of the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments of  the Republic of Armenia Hripsime Grigoryan said this on December 26   at a press conference.  She noted that we are talking about several  tens of millions of dollars.

ArmInfo.The Central Bank of Armenia summed up the results of the regular competition of scholarships named after the first chairman of the Central Bank of  Armenia, Isaak Isahakyan. The press service of the Central Bank told  ArmInfo that 25 students participated in the Competition of  scholarships named after Isahak Isahakyan, of which only 18 make it  into the final, and only 7 of them were declared winners.

ArmInfo. The charge against the former head of the investigation team on the March 1 case of Vahagn Harutyunyan has been amended. The press secretary of the Special  Investigation Service Marina Ohanjanyan reported this.

ArmInfo. Beeline has summed up the results of "Customer Day" and "Customer's Voice" programs, during which the corporate management directly interacted with the  clients, considered their suggestions and helped the customer solve  various problems at the company's sale and customer care offices.

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. RA Council of the Chamber of Advocates condemns the pressure of certain sections of society on judges and lawyers. This is stated in the statement of the  Chamber of Advocates received by ArmInfo.

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.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. Changes are also needed in Artsakh. On December 25 a member of the "Sasna Tsrer" party Zhirayr Sefilyan stated at a press conference.  He noted that changes had occurred in Armenia through national protest, but there were no  such changes in Artsakh.

ArmInfo. Former Armenian Defense Minister Mikael Harutyunyan, accused in the March 1, 2008 case of overthrowing the constitutional order and hiding from the investigation in Russia, is a citizen of the Russian Federation. This was answered to the corresponding request of the Special Investigation Service of Armenia from the authorized structures of Russia.

ArmInfo. On the eve of the completion of the authorities of the Speaker of the National Assembly the RA NA Speaker Ara Babloyan had meetings with the RA President Armen Sarkissian, the RA Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the Supreme Patriarch and the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II.

ArmInfo. On suspicion of murdering a woman and her son in the city of Berd, a 27-year-old resident of Tavush region was detained. The press service of the  Investigative Committee of Armenia reports.

ArmInfo."National Agenda" party established in Armenia.  Representatives of the party's constituent group announced this at a press conference.