ArmInfo. A delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, composed of rapporteurs Bernd Vohringer (Germany, EPP/CCE) and Bryony Rudkin (United Kingdom, SOC/G/PD), will carry out a study visit to Yerevan and the municipality of Masis on 19 December 2023 to follow up on Declaration 7 (2023) on "The humanitarian situation in Karabakh and neighbouring cities and regions".

ArmInfo. Armenia will apply for enhanced protection status for the Tatev and the Big Desert of Tatev Monastery Complexes and the Vorotan River Gorge within the framework of the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.

ArmInfo. In the fall of 2022, Ruben Vardanyan renounced Russian citizenship, moved to Nagorno-Karabakh and, from November 4, 2022, headed the government of the unrecognized republic. After his resignation from this position in February 2023, he remained to live in Artsakh, Forbes writes.

ArmInfo. The issue of closing Russian television channels is not being discussed, Minister of High-Technology Industry Robert Khachaturyan said in a conversation with reporters on December 18 in parliament.

ArmInfo. Minister of Education,  Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan and Minister of Finance  Vahe Hovhannisyan met with the Head of the European (EU) Delegation  to Armenia, Ambassador Vassilis Maragos, to discuss the education  component of the EU budget support program.

ArmInfo. Below is a  statement by Josep Borrel, EU High Representative of the EU for  Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: 

ArmInfo. COP28 was held  this year in Dubai, in a country also criticized for its dependence  on hydrocarbons, mass media report. 

ArmInfo.Armenia intends to purchase Indian Akash surface- to-air anti-aircraft missile systems, reported by the EurAsian Times.

ArmInfo.Despite the limited time, the United States will do everything possible to organize a meeting in Washington between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan before the end of the year. James O'Brien, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs , stated in an interview with Voice of America (VOA).

ArmInfo. Ambassador-at-Large Edmon Marukyan announced a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of  Armenia and Azerbaijan - Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov - in Washington in January 2024.

ArmInfo.Members of the European Parliament (EP) welcome the Armenian government's readiness  to move closer to the European Union. This was discussed at the EP meeting on December 13.

ArmInfo.Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has today upgraded IDBank's long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to B1 from B2 and changed the outlook on these ratings to stable from positive.

ArmInfo. The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention is deeply concerned by threats to  the integrity of the Armenian Quarter in East Jerusalem. 

ArmInfo. The General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia received a report of a crime on the  case of the detention by military police of the 102nd Russian military base of RF citizen Dmitry Setrakov, allegedly living in Gyumri.

ArmInfo.Given the various challenges facing the Eastern Partnership region over the past few  years, including upheavals in the security architecture and humanitarian challenges, consistency in the organization of Eastern Partnership (EaP) ministerial meetings is welcome, Armenia's FM  Ararat Mirzoyan stated at a meeting in the format of the EU Council of Foreign Ministers in Brussels.

ArmInfo."We started the day with informal exchanges with Foreign Minister of Armenia, Mr  [Ararat] Mirzoyan," Josep Borrel, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, stated at following the Eastern Partnership Foreign Affairs Ministerial meeting. 

ArmInfo.On December 11, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Head of the Delegation of  France to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Bertrand Bouyx. The Head of the RA NA delegation to PACE Ruben Rubinyan also attended the meeting, the press service of the RA NA  reports.

ArmInfo. Entrusting the organization of the #COP29 to Azerbaijan would be a dishonor for the  international community, an insult to the Armenians, to Artsakh, and an admission of failure for the climate.  President of the Regional French official: Entrusting  COP29 to Azerbaijan would be dishonor  for int'l communityCouncil of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur , Renaud Muselier, wrote on his  X page.

ArmInfo. In his speech at the ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned Armenia, emphasizing the courage of the latter to join the Rome Statute.

ArmInfo. Over 120 political parties, NGOs, media outlets, and heads of local government bodies of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) signed an appeal to the international community on the occasion of the Day of the Referendum on Independence, the Constitution Day of the Republic of Artsakh, and the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights marked on 10 December.