ArmInfo.The Investigative Committee revealed serious abuses on the part of a number of contractors engaged in construction work commissioned by the Armenian  Ministry of Defense.

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.  

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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.

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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.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. In Armenia, the shooting of the mystical series "Evil Touch" was completed. The production of the shooting process was carried out by the Russian-  American company Blitz Film in collaboration with the Armenian  Academy Films and American Associated television.

ArmInfo.According to preliminary data, no Armenian citizens or Armenians were injured in the train crash in Ankara, this is reported by the Armenian Foreign  Ministry in Twitter.

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.There is a decree on the dismissal of the Minister of Defense, Commander of the Artsakh Defense Army Levon Mnatsakanyan, but it has not been signed yet.   This was reported to ArmInfo by a source in the Presidential  Administration of Artsakh. He found it difficult to say how the  processes will develop further, but said that according to  preliminary information, the Pashinyan-Sahakyan meeting should take  place.

ArmInfo. According to preliminary data, there are no Armenian and Armenian citizens among the victims of the shooting in Strasbourg.

ArmInfo. Sir Alan Duncan, Minister of State for European and American Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, welcomes the results  of the parliamentary elections held in Armenia. This is reported on  the Facebook page of the British Embassy in Armenia.

ArmInfo.A criminal case on bribery and embezzlement on a large scale, with abuse of office, was taken at the IC of Armenia in the Yerevan school number 192. This was  reported by the press service of the Investigation Committee (IC) of Armenia.

ArmInfo.In the future, the Artsakh Republic intends to completely abandon the use of gasoline, diesel fuel and compressed gas. The leader of the ruling party in the  republic "Free Motherland", the former prime minister of Artsakh,  Araik Harutyunyan wrote about this on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo.The United States congratulates the people of Armenia on the conduct of their December 9 parliamentary elections, the press statement of US Department of  State reads. 

ArmInfo.The "We" election bloc, which gained 2% of the votes in the elections to the National Assembly of Armenia on the eve, expressed its regret that the  election campaign in the country took place in the absence of  meaningful ideological and programmatic struggle.

ArmInfo. The Central Election Commission at a meeting on December 10 summarized the preliminary results of the early parliamentary elections held  yesterday.  Following the meeting, the CEC signed a protocol.

ArmInfo. There will be 132 lawmakers in the new parliament of Armenia, while in the current National Assembly this number is 105.

ArmInfo. Only the first stage of the velvet revolution has ended in Armenia. The leader of the winning "My Step" bloc, the acting Prime Minister of the Republic  of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated this at a press conference dedicated to the results of the early parliamentary elections held on December 9.