ArmInfo. According to a survey of Gallup international, 53.3% of Yerevan residents positively assess the changes in the capital of Armenia over the past year. Director of  the Gallup International Association in Armenia Aram Navasardyan  stated this on December 27 at a press conference.

ArmInfo. Mayor Hayk Marutyan  lits the lights of the main New Year tree, after which a festive  salute began in the capital. Before lighting the lights on the New  Year  tree, Hayk Marutyan addressed the residents of Yerevan who  gathered in the square, and called on all the children to make a  wish, promising that that it will come true.

ArmInfo. All lists of employees  of the Yerevan Municipality and the organizations reporting to it  should be revised. This was announced by Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan  during a regular meeting.He noted that it is necessary to have a  complete list of employees and their positions in order to identify  those who do not attend their work.

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ArmInfo. The program of New Year's holiday events is prepared. This was reported to the mayor of the capital Hayk Marutyan during a meeting at the Yerevan City Hall.

ArmInfo. In the Russian military base(RMB)stationed in Armenia, the commander of the formation, Colonel Vladimir Yelkanov, summed up the combat training  of the units of the Gyumri and Yerevan military garrisons for the  2018 year of training.

ArmInfo. The Yelk Faction drafted a bill providing for the opening of the territory and the park adjacent to the National Assembly building to the public. About  this from the rostrum of the parliament said the deputy from the Yelk  faction Hovik Agazaryan.

ArmInfo. A wide range of issues of the Armenian-Russian defense cooperation was discussed on July 20 during a meeting between Armenian Defense Minister David Tonoyan and Deputy Chief of the Southern Military District, General Vladimir Stekhov, as well as Colonel Vladimir Yelkanov, commander of the 102nd Russian military base in Armenia. The latter was accompanied by the  commander of the joint group of forces (forces) of the Armed Forces  of Armenia and Russia Tigran Parvanyan.

ArmInfo. The incident in Panik village is a provocation directed against the Armenian-Russian cooperation and against the new Armenian authorities. This was  announced by Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan at a  government meeting on July 19.

ArmInfo.  Defense Minister David Tonoyan received on July 18 the charge d'affaires of Russia in Armenia Andrei Ivanov, the military and military air attache of the  Russian Federation in Armenia Yevgeny Bulavintsev and the commander  of the Russian military base, Colonel Vladimir Yelkanov. According to  the press service of the Defense Ministry, during the meeting the  parties discussed the incident that took place on 17 July in Panik  village of Shirak region of Armenia with the participation of Russian  servicemen. Minister Tonoyan demanded detailed information about what  happened.

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ArmInfo.Servicemen of the Russian military base stationed in Armenia for the first time took part in the military parade dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the  celebration of the proclamation of the First Republic and Victory in the Sardarapat battle.

ArmInfo.Six public organizations  of Armenia issued a statement expressing their concern over the  severe verdict of the court of general jurisdiction of Armenia  against the hero of the Artsakh war Zhirayr Safilyan and his  associates accused of illegal storage and use of weapons and  ammunition.

ArmInfo. The National Security Service of Armenia identified the identity of a citizen who left a suspicious box under a tree on December 24 in the courtyard of  the building of the National Polytechnic University of Armenia.

ArmInfo."I had the opportunity to participate in the first event" Mandarin ", which was held in tangerine in 2013. Today, we are holding our first such event in Armenia, the most important thing in this event is to give children joy and provide them with a festive New Year mood," December 26 at the event "Mandarin" said the general director of JSC Kapan mining Dmitry Ushkov.

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ArmInfo."In the evening of November 15, a member of the political association" New Armenia "Gevorg Safaryan was beaten in his cell at the" Nubarashen  "penitentiary," Safaryan's lawyer Tigran Hayrapetyan said in a conversation with ArmInfo correspondent.

ArmInfo.The faction of the opposition bloc "Yelk", which on the eve of introducing the draft of the republic's withdrawal from the Eurasian Economic Union, will present a draft law on the establishment of a temporary commission to study the pros and cons of Armenia's accession to the EEU in the coming days. Edward Marukyan, secretary of the faction, stated this from the rostrum of the parliament.

ArmInfo. Armenian CEC published the preliminary data from  143 polling stations. According to data published by CEC, RPA leads leaving others behind  with essential gap with votes taken at 16325 or  55,58% the second place is taken by Tsaroukyan bloc - 6767 or 23,4%,Dashnaktsutyun  - 2871 or  9,77%, Yelq - 1259 votes or 4,29%, Armenian Renaissance - 934 or 3,18 % , ORO bloc  - 595 or 2,03%, Congress - NPA bloc  - 321 votes, or 1,09%, Free democrats  - 183 or 0,62%, Communist party 117 votes or  0,4 %.

ArmInfo. Armenian CEC published the preliminary data from 71 polling stations.