Armenak Dovlatyan, an activist of the Let's Pay 100 AMD movement is ready to buy all the microbus lines in Yerevan, improve the quality of public transport services and at the same time retain the current tariffs unchanged. Dovlatyan expressed his readiness during the Public Council's hearings in Mashtots Park in Yerevan.     

 During the July 31 hearings in Mashtots Park, Head of the Public Council of Armenia Vazgen Manukyan called on the Let's Pay 100 AMD movement activists to join efforts and to start a fair fight.   

 Activists, holding picket in front of Yerevan mayor's office, will set a tent, an activist, Argishti Kiviryan, said during today's discussion organized at the territory of the Mashtots park. 

At today's briefing Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan did not rule out new raising of variable fare.

He said that a commission is being set up to study the created situation in the transport sector. It will also discuss easy conditions of passage for students and socially vulnerable citizens. He also added that a single payment system for the passage with tickets should start functioning. "It is also necessary to find the ways for improvement of the transport services quality", - Margaryan said.

The Public Council of Armenia has accepted the proposal of the Let's Pay 100 AMD movement and will hold the hearings on the transport problems in Mashtots Park on Tuesday.

Palais de l'Elysee has responded to the French-Armenian Association's petition regarding adoption of a bill penalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, which was one of French President Francois Hollande's campaign promises.   

According to Nouvelles d'Armenie, after several months of expectation, the Armenia Association received a response from the staff of the French President on July 23.   

Today, the maximum buying rates at commercial banks of Yerevan were 409 drams for 1 dollar, 541drams for 1 EUR and 12,4 drams for 1 Russian ruble. The minimum selling rates stood at 410 drams for 1 dollar, 544 drams for 1 EUR and 12,5 drams for 1 Russian ruble .                           

The well-known Armenian showman Mark Saghatelyan passed away on Tuesday at 12:30 pm Yerevan time, Nairi Medical Center told ArmInfo. To note, on July 30 Saghatelyan was taken to Nairi Medical Center with a diagnosis of acute leukemia.  

Zaruhi Postanjyan, member of the PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, has applied to the PACE leadership to take immediate measures to bring Acting Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin to responsibility for extension of xenophobia and racism and to start investigating the fact of denigration of Hrachya Harutyunyan's honor and dignity by the legal structures and representatives of medical institutions, who had invested Harutyunyan with a housecoat before taking him to the court. 

The rumors about the well-known Armenian showman Mark Saghatelyan's death have nothing to do with the reality.  

 In August 2013 Air Armenia CJSC will make its first regular Yerevan-Moscow-Yerevan passenger flight, Air Armenia CEO Arsen Avetisyan told ArmInfo. 

Despite the media reports that the business of Armenian entrepreneur, Arzni Group owner Gevorg Afandyan is stagnating, Arzni Group continues its production activities and has reduced its output to a small extent only. Alik Khachikyan, Chief Financial Officer at Arzni Group, has told ArmInfo that Arzni Group (Byurakn LLC) keeps on producing mineral water under the AYG brand, as well as the PAPA CARLO lemonade. The company's output has dropped by 5% over year. Khachikyan has not specified the financial indices of the company.  

STAR trade chain will shortly launch the bankruptcy procedure by legal means. ArmInfo has been told by reliable sources working with the trade chain that the restructuring of STAR, which was a large trade chain once, has been completed and is restricted to division of the chain into separate food stores.    

In mid Sept 2013 the General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia will announce a tender for three Armenian air carriers, Nelly Cherchinyan, Spokesperson of the Department, told ArmInfo's correspondent. 

Status and authorities of the commission being set up in Yerevan mayor's office, that should deal with transport problems, need to be clarified, an opposition member of the Yerevan Council of Elders, Stepan Safaryan, said at today's press-conference. 

With the approval of Armenia's Healthcare Ministry, physicians go on taking extra payments from parents in medical providers for examining and treatment of children, press-service of Ombudsman's office reported. 

 According to the preliminary data, Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Armenia is scheduled at the end of September - beginning of October 2013, a diplomatic source from Russia told Arminfo. 

 On the night of the 29th/30th July Yerevan Mayor's office involved road police against activists of the movement "We pay 100 drams", an activist, Gor Arakelyan, told Arminfo correspondent. 

On the threshold of the Railman Day, CJSC "South Caucasus Railway" (SCR) has announced about holding of a large-scale action. 

 Armavia national air carrier of Armenia has suspended the bankruptcy procedure and started paying its debts to the lenders, the company's press service reports.    
The source says that the debts to both the employees and the lenders are gradually being redeemed. The debts to some banks have already been repaid. The company does not specify the total amount of the debts and the repayment schedule. The company does not report whether Armavia is going to return to the air service market after repaying all its debts and to participate in the tenders. Armavia launched the bankruptcy procedure on 1 April 2013 and stopped its flights.