ArmInfo. On December 20th Appointed-Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States Varuzhan Nersesyan met with Honorable Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States.

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ArmInfo. The creation of the Eurasian Economic Union is a truly historic event, the EAEU took place despite various pessimistic forecasts and solves the main tasks  that are set for it.

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ArmInfo.The residents of Echmiadzin the night before, after the court made a decision on the release of General Manvel Grigoryan, they blocked him from entering  the city, thus expressing their attitude towards Grigoryan. Protests  demanding re-arrest continued today.From early morning a group of  citizens blocked the central streets of Echmiadzin. 

ArmInfo. There was no talk of  any increase in gas tariffs.  Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran  Avinyan said this in a conversation with reporters, commenting on  rumours in the Armenian press that during a telephone conversation  Avinyan had discussed the increase in gas prices with his Russian  counterpart.

ArmInfo. The tariff for Russian  gas exported to Armenia is likely to rise from January 1, 2018.  Political analyst Suren Sargsyan stated this at a press conference.

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. All law enforcement  officers have made a significant contribution to ensuring the  security of our country, Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol  Pashinyan stated on December 20 at the official ceremony attached to  the day of the security officials.

ArmInfo. In Yerevan, the  apartment of the Deputy Head of the RA Police Hovhannes Kocharyan was  robbed.

ArmInfo.On December 18, Armenian First Deputy Prime Minister Ararat Mirzoyan took part in the meeting of the steering committee of the electoral assistance program  in Armenia, the press service of the government of Armenia reports.

ArmInfo.Armenian Ambassador to Lithuania Tigran Mkrtchyan on December 17 met with Lithuanian Minister of Economy Virginijus Sinkevicius the press service of the  Foreign Ministry of Armenia reports.

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

ArmInfo.  In 2018 Armenia has experienced a dramatic turnaround, collumnist at Washington Post Frida Ghitis expressed such an opinion. 

ArmInfo. In the capital of Armenia, Yerevan, a fully renovated Children and Youth Creative Center N3 was opened. The opening ceremony of the center was attended  by acting Minister of Nature Protection Erik Grigoryan, Mayor of  Yerevan Hayk Marutyan, UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia Shombi  Sharp and other officials.

ArmInfo. Despite Washington's pressure on Yerevan to reduce relations with Tehran, the Americans perceive the importance of relations with Iran for Armenia. This opinion,  according to the Iranian Agency IRNA, was expressed by the Ambassador  of Armenia to Iran Artashes Tumanyan, speaking at the conference  "Relations between Iran and Armenia: Opportunities and Outflows" on  the eve.The ambassador stated that the recent events in Armenia had  no impact on the foreign policy of the country. 

ArmInfo. The largest faction of the National Assembly of Artsakh will unanimously vote for the draft budget of 2019. This decision was made  at today's meeting of the party.As the head of the party, ex-premier  of Artsakh Araik Harutyunyan, wrote on his Facebook page, the  expenditure part of the project is about $ 230 million, which is able  to ensure the implementation of all the social projects planned by  the current authorities for 2017-2020.

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. The second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, responded to the decision of the Yerevan Civil Court refusing to satisfy the Kocharian's defense against Nikol Pashinyan's claim of honor and dignity, demanding a public apology.

ArmInfo.The condition of 19 year old soldier Andranik Hovhannisyan, who received a gunshot wound to the head, is assessed as critical. This was reported to ArmInfo  correspondent at the Central Clinical Military Hospital of the  Ministry of Defense.