• RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan to Leave on an Official Visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    On March 13-15 the delegation headed by RA NA Speaker will leave for London on an official visit. It comprised of the MPs Arman Sahakyan, Karine Atchemyan, Araik Grigoryan, Karen Avagyan, the NA Chief of Staff Gegham Gharibjanyan, Meetings are scheduled in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the Speaker of the House of Commons,...
    March 12, 2011 20:44
  • President Sargsyan participated at the “Programs and problems for agriculture development in Armenia in 2011” forum
    Today, in Tsakhkadzor President Serzh Sargsyan participated at the “Programs and problems for agriculture development in Armenia in 2011” forum, which was also attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, National Assembly, Public Council, Armenian State Agriculture University, officials responsible for agriculture in the territorial administrations,...
    March 12, 2011 18:55
  • 22-aged man jumps from Yerevan bridge
    A young man committed a suicide on Saturday jumping from the Kievian Bridge in Yerevan. Mikael Vasilyan, 22, committed a suicide at 8:00 a.m. local time, police informed   News-NEWS.am. Forensic examination will be carried out, an investigation is underway.
    March 12, 2011 17:56
  • 2011 National Competitiveness Fund activity areas discussed
    The 19th sitting of Armenia’s National Competitiveness Fund Board of Trustees was held in the Office of Government, presided at by BOT chairman, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. After discussion and approval of previous sitting’s minutes, new member of the Board of Trustees Raul de Lutzenberger who is the head of EU delegation to Armenia was introduced to the meeting...
    March 12, 2011 16:26
  • Tigran Sargsyan to pay working visit to Brussels
    On March 15, 2011, a Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan-led delegation will be off to Brussels on a 3-day working visit. The delegation will comprise Chief of Government Staff David Sargsyan, Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan, Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan, Chief Economic Adviser to Republic of Armenia President Aram Gharibyan, as well as Deputy Minister...
    March 11, 2011 22:41
  • Vartan Oskanian – Interview
    Q. Mr. Oskanian, for the government of Armenia today, the main challenge is inflation and control of prices on goods. The government proposes to implement changes in the “Law on Trade and Services”; the goal of which is to control price increases on essential goods. The Prime Minister has admitted that such a practice is not desirable and rarely applied, yet on...
    March 11, 2011 21:45
  • President Serzh Sargsyan sent a letter of condolences to the Emperor of Japan Akihito
    Today, President Serzh Sargsyan sent a letter of condolences to the Emperor of Japan Akihito which states: “Your Majesty, I was deeply shocked with the news of a dreadful natural disaster which shuddered Japan. I convey my sincerely condolences to You and friendly people of Japan on numerous victims and devastating damage. I am confident that resolute steps taken by...
    March 11, 2011 21:21
  • President Serzh Sargsyan’s remarks at the meeting on the priorities of the economic policy
    I have invited you today so that we together adjust our objectives. It is not about reviewing our previous programs or indices set by the budget. The work is underway to meet these goals; we should make that work more efficient and display a more principled approach. I am talking about setting new priorities under current conditions, necessitated by the external negative...
    March 11, 2011 21:07
  • President Sargsyan invited a meeting on the priorities of the economic policy
    President Serzh Sargsyan invited today a meeting on the priorities of the economic policy. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Tigran Sarkissian, Head of the Presidential Administration Karen Karapetian, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorkian, Head of the Central Bank Arthur Javadian, Ministers of Economy, Finance, Agriculture,...
    March 11, 2011 20:59
  • The State keen on renewing national traditions
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended today a ceremony of rewarding the winners of the exhibition – competitions organized in the Office of Primate of the Ararat patriarchal diocese on the occasion of the feast of Saint Sargis, chaired by Vicar of the Ararat patriarchal diocese, Archbishop Navasard Kchoyan. The event was also attended by members of the board of...
    March 11, 2011 20:49
  • MCA-Armenia SNCO Governing Council meets in Government
    The Governing Council of Millenium Challenge Account-Armenia SNCO met at the Office of Government, presided at by GC Chairman, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The Council has discussed and approved a package of application and attached documents for the 19th disbursement under the program to be submitted to the MCC for endorsement. Under the mentioned request, the MCA-Armenia...
    March 11, 2011 16:32
  • Stabilization of retail prices targeted
    A cabinet sitting was held today under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan The meeting took note of the 2010 national report on activities against human trafficking. The government approved a package of draft amendments to the law on trade and services and the code of administrative offences of the Republic of Armenia. The amendments envisage the government’s...
    March 10, 2011 15:06
  • NKR PRESIDENT, “FORMATION OF THE INDEPENDENT ARTSAKH STATE FULLY CORRESPONDS TO THE PRINCIPLES AND NORMS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW”
    President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (Republic of Artsakh) Bako Sahakian, who is on a working visit to Paris, made a speech at the conference called ’17 years after the establishment of the 1994 cease-fire: what has Nagorno Karabakh achieved today?, which took place at the Institute for International Relations and Strategic Researches. According to the Central...
    March 10, 2011 13:59
  • The delegation headed by the ARM MoD minister left for Brussels
    The delegation headed by the ARM MoD minister Seyran Ohanyan left for Brussels on 8th of March to participate at the session of the ministers of defence of the countries taking part in the NATO operations in Afghanistan. Seyran Ohanyan is to have bilateral meetings with the ministers of Defence of the partner countries as well as with senior officials of the EU.
    March 10, 2011 12:30
  • President Valdis Zatlers hosted a state dinner in honor of the President Sargsyan, who is in Latvia on official visit
    The President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers and Mrs. Lilita Zatlers hosted a state dinner in honor of the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, who is in Latvia on official visit. *** Speech of President Serzh Sargsyan at the official dinner hosted by the President of Latvia in honor of the President of Armenia Mr. President, Mrs. Zatlers, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am greatly...
    March 10, 2011 11:01
  • In Riga President Serzh Sargsyan met with the Speaker of the Parliament of Latvia Mrs. Solvita Aboltina
    Today, after a meeting with the President of Lativa Valdis Zatler, President Serzh Sargsyan laid a wreath at the Monument of Freedom. Later, the President of Armenia arrived to the Parliament of Latvia. At the meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament Mrs. Solvita Aboltina, President Serzh Sargsyan spoke about the Armenian-Latvian interparliamentary cooperation. The parties...
    March 9, 2011 19:56