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

ArmInfo.On the part of the Investigation Committee of Armenia, there are constant injections of unfinished information regarding the inspection process at South  Caucasus Railway CJSC. This is stated in the statement of the SCR,  received by ArmInfo.

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.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. New elements are being introduced into the justice system in Armenia that causes our deep concern. This is stated in the statement of the "Group of alternative projects" received by ArmInfo.

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.

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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. 

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ArmInfo. The irreconcilable  fight against corruption will continue. This was stated by the  director of the National Security Service Arthur Vanetsyan, speaking  at the solemn meeting dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the  creation of security agencies.  According to Vanetsyan, studies have  shown that corruption was pyramid-shaped in many state bodies.   "Corruption undermines the security of the state, negatively affects  the activities of state bodies, the country's image," he said.

ArmInfo. The State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia calls upon the owners of paid parking lots to pay the licensing tax established by law.

ArmInfo.For more than 25 years since the collapse of the USSR, Tsovak community in Gegharkunik region had had no outdoor lighting system. Over time, all the infrastructures had worn out.

ArmInfo.Upon abuse of authority former deputy  minister of transport, communications and information technology,  framework of the case of the South Caucasian Railway (SCR), the  Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia opened a criminal  case. As noted in the official report of the Department of the  Investigative Committee, in the course of a comprehensive  investigation into the case of abuses committed during the operation  of the South Caucasian Railway CJSC, factual data on alleged abuses  by the RA Ministry of Transport, Communications were revealed. 

ArmInfo. Artur Baghdasaryan leaves the active policy and the post of party "Orinats  Yerkir". This became known during the extraordinary congress of the  party, which was attended by the leaders of the party's territorial  structures from Yerevan and from all regions of Armenia.

ArmInfo. VTB Bank (Armenia)  announces the launch of a new service - Savings Account, which will  bring the owner income up to 9.92% per annum at a rate of 9.5%.As the  press service of the bank reports, the rates on the Cumulative  Account in drams range from 1.5% to 9.5% per annum, depending on the  period and amount."Unlike a term deposit, by opening a savings  account at VTB Bank (Armenia), a client can withdraw funds or  replenish a savings account at a convenient time, an unlimited number  of times, without losing the interest already accrued," the source  noted.

ArmInfo.The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia continues to reveal new cases of  non-fulfillment of contractual obligations to the RA Ministry of  Defense by supplying companies.Thus, according to the materials of  the case, in the period from 2013-2015 with the same company for the  repair of various parts of the same technical means 3 agreements with  the Ministry of Defense were signed. 

ArmInfo. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko does not understand why Armenia stands against the Belarusian candidate for the position of CSTO Secretary General. 

ArmInfo. Our policy in Armenia is unchanged - the strengthening of an independent, democratic and prosperous Armenia, which will live in peace with its neighbors. The new US Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy stated this  at the Senate hearings.

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.