• The newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to Armenia presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan
    The newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to Armenia Gints Apals (residence in Vienna), presented today his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan. The President congratulated the Ambassador on his assignment, wished him active and efficient work and expressed confidence that during his tenure the Armenian-Latvian relations...
    December 15, 2010 18:44
  • Tigran Sargsyan receives Mark Horton
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received newly appointed head of the IMF Armenia mission Mark Horton. The meeting was attended by Permanent Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Armenia Guillermo Tolosa. During the meeting, the parties described as positive the pace of IMF-GoA cooperation. Tigran Sargsyan thanked the mission for efficacious work. The...
    December 15, 2010 18:41
  • Discussion on tax reform-related agenda
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received the economic team of the World Bank and the representatives of KPMG consulting company. The meeting was attended by Head of the World Bank Armenia Office Jean-Michel Happi. A summary report on reorganization of tax administration-related functions was presented, which comprised the description and evaluation of business processes. During...
    December 15, 2010 18:38
  • Members of CIS Council of Heads of State News Agencies welcomed by the Prime Minister
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received a delegation of CIS Council of Heads of State News Agencies in attendance of the 12th session of the Council. Highlighting the activities carried out by the CIS State news agencies, the Prime Minister said they had a serious political dimension. Meetings like this help trace back developments in the CIS countries and identify the...
    December 15, 2010 17:59
  • Talks on Association Agreement to be continued
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Gunnar Vigand, Director for Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia of EC General Directorate of External Relations, who is in Yerevan to attend the third plenary session of negotiations under the Association Agreement between Armenia and the European Union. The head of government was briefed on the course of the ongoing...
    December 15, 2010 17:55
  • The Prime Minister attends the opening of U-Com headquarters
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended the opening of U-Com headquarters in Yerevan. Cutting off the symbolic ribbon, accompanied by Minister of Economy Nerces Yeritsyan and company director Haik Yesayan, the Prime Minister toured the premises and was introduced to services provided by the company. In cooperation with Ericsson, U-Com has built up a state-of-the-art fiber-optical...
    December 15, 2010 16:08
  • Meeting with JICA representatives
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received a mission from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Welcoming the guests, the Prime Minister said to be highly appreciative of the ongoing productive cooperation with the JICA and thanked them for the programs implemented in Armenia. Pleased with those JICA-assisted serious achievements recorded in Armenia’s energy...
    December 15, 2010 16:07
  • The experience of cooperation was highly evaluated
    From December 6-8 the delegation headed by the Prosecutor General of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan participated in the meeting on “Joining Forces Towards Development Effectiveness Through a Global Alliance to Combat Corruption” organized by the World Bank. During the visit to Washington the Prosecutor General of Armenia had meetings with the high-ranking officials of the...
    December 15, 2010 15:41
  • Karen Karapetyan most likely candidate for Yerevan Mayor
    On December 17, Council of the Alderman will hold elections of Yerevan Mayor. Relaible sources told NEWS.am that Chairman of “ArmRusgazprom” Board Karen Karapetyan will be elected Mayor of Yerevan. Rumors say earlier names of two other nominees were discussed – First Deputy Mayor Taron Margaryan and Derenik Dumanyan, the head of RPA group in the Council of the...
    December 15, 2010 13:42
  • The Daily Telegraph finds Putin will be upset about Kabayeva’s photo on journal covers
    Russian Vogue’s new editor-in-chief  Viktoria Davidova has sparked controversy by revealing that her first cover star is 27 year-old Alina Kabayeva, who won a broze medal in the rhythmic gymnastics at the Sydney Games in 2000 and bettered it with gold four years later at Athens. This fact of her photo on the journal cover surprised the British Daily Telegraph. The latest...
    December 15, 2010 13:08
  • US Court of Appeals Hands A Major Victory to Armenians
    In a stunning development, a federal appeals court handed Armenian-Americans a major legal and political victory last week. It reversed its earlier ruling and decided that a California law extending the deadline for lawsuits against life insurance companies WAS constitutional, after all! The new ruling did much more than assist heirs of Armenian Genocide victims to file...
    December 15, 2010 10:59
  • Official Recognition of Armenian Genocide by Ealing Council
    At full Council meeting of 14th December 2010, Ealing council voted by absolute majority to recognise the Armenian Genocide. The motion moved by Ara Iskandarian a Labour Councillor of Armenian decent, stated: “Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January 2011 is recognition of not only the suffering of those who died in the holocaust but also recognition of all the people who...
    December 15, 2010 10:16
  • Government Council holds a meeting in Government
    The MCA-Armenia Governing Council met in the Office of Government, presided at by GC chairman, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. Before proceeding to the agenda, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan advised that considerable efforts had been exerted since the latest sitting of the Council to ensure that the sums envisaged under the MCA-Armenia program were spent in full The US...
    December 14, 2010 23:12
  • Armenian Military Launches Hotline For Complaints
    In a written statement issued on Monday, the ministry said the 24-hour telephone service is designed to help the Armenian military “rapidly react to problems related to military service and issues preoccupying citizens.” That will also “strengthen the army-society link,” said the statement. “The secrecy of communication is guaranteed,” it added. The hotline...
    December 14, 2010 18:49
  • Armenian teen knifed in Krasnodar
    A 16-year-old Armenian, citizen of Russia, was attacked in the city of Krasnodar (south of Russia) on December 13. The incident occurred while the young man was walking with friends in the center of the city, Yerkramas, newspaper of Russia’s Armenians, reported referring to its sources. An Armenian was attacked and knifed by about 20 young men. He was taken to hospital...
    December 14, 2010 17:44
  • Meetings with domestic producers to be continued
    Chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, a consultative meeting was held today in the Office of Government involving Armenian Manufacturers’ Union board members and the heads of Public Council’s fiscal and economic affairs commission subcommittees. Welcoming the guests, the Prime Minister stated, “I am convinced that this meeting will help us get a clearer idea...
    December 14, 2010 16:51
  • Israeli scholar calls for further struggle for Genocide recongition
    December 14, at an international conference on Genocide, particularly on the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, the Israeli scholar Israel Chain called for forming an association of peoples that survived genocide. The association is supposed to defend the peoples’ interests. “We, Armenians – yes, it is not a slip of the tongue – we, Armenians, have...
    December 14, 2010 16:36