ArmInfo. After genocidal  operations in Artsakh, ethnic cleansing, and expulsion of indigenous  Armenians, Azerbaijan declared war on Armenian values.

ArmInfo. On December 19, 2023, the UN General Assembly at the 48th plenary meeting of the 78th session adopted two resolutions initiated by Turkmenistan - “Strengthening connections between all modes of transport to achieve sustainable development goals” and “The key role of reliable and stable energy connectivity in ensuring sustainable development".

ArmInfo. Team Telecom  Armenia service and sales centers will work with the special schedule  on pre-holiday and public holidays.  In particular, centers that were  open until Friday will be open on Saturdays and Sundays during this  period. At the same time, the main branches on Amiryan Street and  Northern Avenue will be open until midnight on December 30 and until  8:00 p.m. on December 31.

ArmInfo. A dignified peace  is the goal of all of us. Colonel Vahan Sargsyan, the commander of  the Nth military unit, said during a visit to the northeastern  borders of the republic organized by the RA MoD for the media.

ArmInfo. On the eve of the Christmas holidays and further to its ongoing initiative to support Artsakh families sheltered in Shirak region, Ameriabank once again brought together partners around the idea of gifting Christmas Miracle for Artsakh children.

ArmInfo. he FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2023 will take place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan from December 26 to 30.

ArmInfo. Human rights  lawyer Luciana Minassian and Turkish journalist Uzay Bulut addressed  an open letter to the ICRC Yerevan Office on behalf of the family of  the Armenian citizen, Vicken Euljeckjian, who has been kept in Baku  since November 2020. 

ArmInfo. Former ICC Prosecutor General Luis Moreno  Ocampo published his 2nd report on the genocide committed in  Nagorno-Karabakh, highlighting the consistent international practice  of denying this fact. It contains the testimony of former Artsakh  State Minister Artak Beglaryan.

ArmInfo. The South Caucasus Railway company is extending the promotion of free travel for displaced people from Nagorno-Karabakh on commuter trains to the first quarter of 2024.

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.

ArmInfo.For the third year in a row, AraratBank was recognized as the Best Sub-Custodian Bank in Armenia by the professional team of the premium international magazine Global Finance. At its 21st annual Best Sub-Custodian Bank Awards ceremony held on May 30, 2023 in New York, Global Finance announced its selections in seven regions and more than 80 countries, territories and districts.

ArmInfo.Sixty U.S. Senators and Representatives, led by Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Rep. Anna  Eshoo (D-CA), called on congressional leaders to send security assistance to Armenia and provide additional refugee relief aid for Artsakh genocide survivors as part of the national security supplemental funding bill, set to be reviewed as early as next week, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).  

ArmInfo. On December 4, 2024, CHW released its sixth Monitoring Report, its first since the expulsion of over 100,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023. The report details impacts to cultural heritage in the region, documenting the devastating toll that new construction in Shusha/Shushi is causing to Armenian sites and the significant vulnerability of historic Armenian cemeteries in the region. In all, the report documents damage to 4 sites and new threats to 3 more.

ArmInfo.Once a fossil fuel-dependent country, Kazakhstan’s trajectory offers a blueprint for the world. . 

ArmInfo.Chess and Jazz format for the first time introduced in Armenia.

ArmInfo. In her message to Azerbaiajn, Alexandra Xanthaki, U.N. Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, expressed "concerns over allegations of human rights violations in the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding regions, have been the subject of previous communications from Special Procedures, including JUA AZE 1/2023, about the ongoing blockade of the Lachin corridor and its deleterious impact on the exercise of the  numerous human rights, and AZE 3/2021, regarding the intentional destruction of and damage to many cultural heritage sites and objects of religious, historical and cultural importance in the mentioned regions."

ArmInfo.Converse Bank is the underwriter for corporate dram coupon bonds of the Euroterm company  in the amount of AMD 500mln, the public primary placement of which began on November 28. This is noted in the Bank's message, which states that the coupon yield is set at 12.5%, the maturity period is 36 months, and the frequency of coupon payments is provided once every six months. The bonds of this issue mature on November 28, 2026.

ArmInfo. Fabian Salvioli, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice,  reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, urged Armenia to establish comprehensive transitional justice mechanisms to address human rights violations committed in the context of Soviet rule,  autocratic governments, and the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

ArmInfo.On November 20, 2023, IDBank placed registered coupon bonds under the abbreviation AMANLBB2NER4 through a public offering on the following terms:

ArmInfo.Republican presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley joined with Vivek Ramaswamy in forcefully condemning Azerbaijan's ethnic cleansing of Artsakh's 120,000 indigenous Christian Armenians at The FAMiLY Leader Thanksgiving candidate forum in Iowa, a high profile program co-sponsored by the 120,000 Reasons Coalition.