The UK-based Lawyer Monthly Magazine has recognized Ameria, one of the leading companies in the Armenian market of advisory services, as the 2013 Legal Awards Winner in Armenia. The press service of Ameria Group has told ArmInfo that Lawyer Monthly's Legal Awards recognize the achievements of the law firms that are actively developing and enjoy confidence. Over 500 organizations providing advisory services took part in the contest.  

Hyatt Place Armenia hotel has been opened in Yerevan as part of the Hyatt International network.

  Will you please enumerate the most registered events of 2013?

 In the next four years there will be no parties or personalities able to oppose the current Armenian authorities, Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan told journalists on Monday.

The Karabakh settlement still remains one of the key issues of Armenia's foreign policy, chairman of "European integration" NGO, political expert, Karen Bekaryan, said today when summing up the results of the passing year. 

 Four opposition parties, Armenian National Congress (ANC), Heritage, ARFD and Prosperous Armenia, will appeal to the Cassation Court against the results of the voting on the Armenian-Russian gas agreements, he leader of the ANC parliamentary group Levon Zurabyan said.  

 The process of signing Association Agreement between the EU and eastern partners has failed, Director of the Caucasus Institute, Aleksandr Iskandaryan, said at today's press-conference. He said that Ukraine had to be the center of the Association project, but it did not become that because of Russia's strong influence upon the member-states of the "Eastern partnership" programme.  

 VTB Bank (Armenia) announces pre-New Year action on crediting by instalments. As press-service of the bank reported, within the frames of the action, clients, which buy things on the installment plan for 200 thsd AMD and more from 23 December 2013 till 31 March 2014, will get an opportunity to take part in the drawing to be held in April 2014 and win 10 money prizes for 300 thsd AMD each.   

 A regular case of ceasefire regime violation by the Azerbaijani armed forces in the direction of Karabakh was registered on 22 December.

 Over a year of its activities in the Armenian market, Rostelecom has invested about 15 mln USD via its subsidiary GNC-Alfa CJSC, Hayk Faramazyan, Director General of GNC-Alfa, said at today's press conference.   

The parliamentary faction of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is searching for ways to "ramrod" the results of voting on ratification of the Armenian- Russian "gas agreement". RPA Faction Secretary Hovhannes Sahakyan has told media that the ballot committee of the Armenian National Assembly will present the relevant protocol later.    

Construction activities in Yerevan's center serve mostly the interests of oligarchs, President of the Association for Sustainable Human Development Karine Daniyelyan told journalists on Monday.

 The leader of the Armenian National Congress party, first President of Armenia Levon Ter- Petrosyan has explained why there can be no Euromaidan in Armenia.
The key reason why Armenia's refusal to sign an association agreement with the European Union did not result in public disorders is that in Armenia people are not as anti-Russian as in Ukraine. 

Sixteen taxi-service companies were cautioned against overcharging passengers, said Artak Shaboyan, Head of the State Committee for Protection of Economic Competition, speaking at the meeting of the Committee, Monday.  

 "Rostelecom" company is not going to enter the mobile communication market in the near future, Director General of GNC-ALFA  (Armenian subsidiary of "Rostelecom"), Hayk Faramazyan, said at today's press-conference. 

Rostelecom is launching new technological solutions in Armenia. The solutions have no analogues in the republic, Hayk Faramazyan, Director General of GNC- ALFA (Armenian subsidiary of Rostelecom), said at today's press conference.   

Besides such big players at the communication market of Armenia, as ArmenTel, Vivacell-MTS, Rostelecom, Ucom and other big companies, there is still room for representatives of small and medium-sized business. It is especially important that many of them have been functioning in the regions and covering by their activity the “gaps” which are not interesting to the big players from the point of view of their effectiveness. The provider company “Arpinet” working in the Armavir region of Armenia, is one of them. It is a bright sample of the client-oriented company which offers Internet and is going to enter the IP – television segment.

What can you say about the outgoing year 2013?