"You contradict yourself by saying that the Ethics Committee is supposed to be an apolitical body," Aram Manukyan said.

Should the media have published the wiretapped conversation between MPs Levon Zurabyan and Vartan Oskanian?

"All the accusations addressed to the NSS are fabricated and groundless," the NSS press service told Azatutyun Radio Station.

"There is nothing sensational in the meeting [with Levon Zurabyan] and in the content of our conversation," he wrote on his Facebook account.

President Barack Obama has chosen Senator John Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton as US Secretary of State.

The agenda of the Convention included the presidential nomination issue and Serzh Sargsyan was nominated as a presidential candidate. At the Convention Serzh Sargsyan made a statement.

Secretary General Thorbjǿrn Jagland will attend the meeting.

We concluded that the role of the Santa Claus should be entrusted to the opposition. I think that our people will live better in that case, said Galust Sahakyan.

Three more opposition activists would have been in prison today besides Tigran Arakelyan, if their lawyers had not filed an appeal to the Court of Cassation.

They discussed Armenia's democratic challenges in the pre-election period as well as its foreign policy priorities overall.

"We are still considering the issue," Aram Manukyan said on Friday.

Armenia and EU would sign a visa facilitation agreement on December 16.

The paper was also sent to Prime Minister, Minister of Justice, Head of the Police and Prosecutor General.

Aghazaryan is going to eliminate the majoritarian electoral system after becoming the country's president.

Urikhanyan says the decision made by BHK Leader Gagik Tsarukyan cannot affect the party's current or future activities

We respect any civilized decision taken by the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK). Any decision made by the party is their internal matter, said Mr Sharmazanov.

"Taking into consideration the new political situation, HAK will express its position after consultations," said HAK Spokesman Arman Musinyan

"I do not want to speak about this. Since the political developments of the past few months were left behind-the-scenes, I cannot give a final assessment," said Ruben Hakobyan.

HAK Leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan is not participation in the meeting.

BHK Leader Gagik Tsarukyan said he would not nominate his candidature in February's presidential election.

"People wanted to be armed with shovels and stakes and attack but democracy is a long way to pass," said Zoya Tadevosyan

"Do not address the question to me. You had better ask the question to others. The issue of Gagik Tsarukyan's nomination will be clarified till the end of the day," said Roza Tsarukyan.

The hearings are initiated by the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.

They call on the international community not to turn a blind eye on the blatant violations of human rights and democratic freedoms by the Armenian authorities