ArmInfo.A number of intellectuals and experts decided to form a working group that will develop approaches to resolve the Karabakh conflict and present them  to the Prime Minister, the head of the foreign ministry and the OSCE  Minsk Group co-chairs.

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.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.

ArmInfo. The government intends in the near future to restructure debts on loans of several thousand officers and warrant officers of the Armenian Armed Forces.   The Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan wrote about this  on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo.President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is convinced that the unification of Baku and Kiev efforts in the framework of multilateral initiatives will affect "the  restoration of the territorial integrity of both Azerbaijan and  Ukraine," Interfax-Azerbaijan reports.

ArmInfo. Having considered the draft law on amending and supplementing the law on the "Structure and Functioning of the Government," the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Supreme  Body expresses deep concern about a number of proposed amendments.The  ARFD report received by ArmInfo, in particular, states: "The  Government's initiative to unite ministries, reorganize and dissolve  a number of government bodies without developing a concept, proper  justification and public discussion does not stand up to criticism. 

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ArmInfo. The borders between Armenia and the Diaspora are erased. This was the day before in Dilijan, speaking before the participants of the "Non-labor"  program ("Potential"), said Acting Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan.According to him, which is given by the press service of  the RA government, the main task of the Armenian authorities is to  create opportunities for all.  

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. In the Yerevan Zoo on the morning of December 12, the carcass of a dead Caucasian bezoar goat was found. "Undesirable events and incidents have persistently  not left us lately," a statement released by the press service of the  Yerevan Zoo said on December 12.

ArmInfo. The mission of the CIS observers assesses the December 9 extraordinary elections to the National Assembly of Armenia open and transparent. They reported this on December 10th at a press conference.

ArmInfo. "We have no right to compare the process of preparation for elections in different countries, we assess the election process in terms of its compliance  with international standards", the OSCE Observer Mission on  Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR / OSCE) in Armenia  told ArmInfo correspondent. Ambassador, Ms.   Urszula Gacek,  responding to a question about her assessment of the preparatory  process for elections in Armenia in comparison with other countries  of the former Soviet Union, in which the Ambassador participated.

ArmInfo.The policy pursued by the current authorities is based on the principle - power at the expense of Artsakh. This was stated on December 4 at a press conference by the candidate of the Republican Party of Armenia David Shahnazaryan.

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. 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.

ArmInfo.NA President Ara Babloyan received the chief specialists of the Ministry of Healthcare and the leaders of the leading medical centers of Turkmenistan.

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ArmInfo. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is grateful to Belarus for the position on the  settlement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.  As BelTA reports,  Aliyev told reporters today after talks with Belarusian President  Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk.

ArmInfo.The main goal of the motor rally in Artsakh was to consolidate the issue of joining  Artsakh to Armenia de jure as a priority in the pan-Armenian agenda.  This is stated in the statement of the''Sasna Tsrer '' party, received by ArmInfo.