ArmInfo. This New Year VivaCell-MTS has prepared a surprise for subscribers of "X" and "Y" prepaid and postpaid tariff plans, the press service of the company informs.

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.

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ArmInfo. Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan published an extraordinary report "On the right to privacy of private, personal and family life of prisoners transferred  to the punishment cell, as well as the freedom of these people to communicate."

ArmInfo. The imperative of guarantees for a fair judicial investigation of each criminal case is the full independence of the judicial system and the protected professional activities of a lawyer. This is stated in the comment of the Defender of Human Rights Arman Tatoyan in connection with the situation related to Manvel Grigoryan.

ArmInfo. Within the framework of the StartHub Armenia project, implemented by Beeline and the Center for Technological Development Foundation, a regular  meeting-discussion of Starthub Offline was held, during which  start-ups had the opportunity to communicate with leading  representatives of the IT field.

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ArmInfo.The State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia convicted the construction companies "Eranav" and "Khach 9" in tax evasion on a particularly large scale.

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. Armenia has temporarily suspended imports of pork from several regions of Russia.  According to the information provided by the State Food Safety  Service of the Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia, from December 14,  2018, the import of live pigs, their genetic materials, pork and  other edible meat products has been temporarily suspended.

ArmInfo.Till January 31, 2019, (inclusively) when buying a number of smartphone models by “Samsung”, “iPhone”, “Honor”,  “Xiaomi”, “Alcatel” and “Nokia” at VivaCell-MTS services centers, the customers get a chance to use “Y” tariff plan for 30 days.

ArmInfo.Copies of video materials related to the early parliamentary elections held in  Armenia on December 9 may be provided on a paid basis. This is stated  in the press service of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo.  The renewed Republican Party will continue to play its significant role in the  political field of Armenia, Deputy Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia Armen Ashotyan stated it live on his Facebook page.

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ArmInfo.The government of Armenia has to decide to accept the "gift" from General Manvel Grigoryan and the former head of the Armenian customs Armen  Avetisyan, or to go on the way of confiscation. The chairman of the  State Property Management Committee Narek Babayan told reporters on  December 6.

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ArmInfo.The German bank KfW will provide Armenia with a grant of 23.2 million euros for the implementation of the program of biodiversity conservation and stable  local development. Ceremony The signing of the grant agreement took  place yesterday in the presence of Acting Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan. The document was signed by Acting Minister of Finance of  Armenia Atom Janjughazyan, , Acting Minister of Nature Protection  Eric Grigoryan and Director of the Regional Office of KfW Bank Klaus  Weigel.

ArmInfo. The reputable  US-based S&P Global Ratings assigned Ameriabank 'B+/B' long- and  short-term issuer credit ratings with stable outlook. As the press  service of the bank informs, Ameriabank is the first Armenian company  rated by S&P Global Ratings. So far, S&P Global Ratings has not  assigned a sovereign rating to the Republic of Armenia.   According to S&P Global Ratings, the Armenian sovereign's  creditworthiness reflects a constraint on the ratings on Ameriabank.  Meaning that Ameriabank's stand-alone credit profile (SACP) rated  'bb-' is one notch higher than its final 'B+' long-term rating.  

ArmInfo. VTB Bank (Armenia) opened its 69th branch - "Tigran Mets", which is located in the building of the Yerevan Railway Station at the address: Tigran Mets  Avenue86. The press service of the bank told ArmInfo that the opening  of the Tigran Mets branch was held in a solemn atmosphere. General  Director, Chairman of the Directorate of VTB Bank (Armenia) Ivan  Telegin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the RA Sergey  Kopyrkin, and General Director of SCR Company Sergey Valko, in the  presence of the Bank's guests and customers, cut the ribbon of the  new branch.

ArmInfo. On the margins of the 52nd meeting of the PABSEC General Assembly, held in Yerevan from November 27 to 28, ArmInfo correspondent talked with the Secretary General of the organization representing Azerbaijan, Asaf Hajiyev,  about the Karabakh conflict, regional problems and the work of the  organization.