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 30.06.2022National Assembly Finishes Work of Extraordinary Session The parliament again debated the issue of the election of a candidate nominated for the vacant position of a judge of the judicial composition in the crime investigation of the Anti-Corruption ...  30.06.2022Sergey Chichoyan and Karen Bisharyan Elected Candidates for Judges of Judicial Composition of Investigation of Corruption Cases of Anti-Corruption Chamber of Court of Cassation On June 30, the National Assembly continued the work of the extraordinary session.The Chairman of the Accounting Committee of the National Assembly Narek Babayan presented the results of the secret ballot of the candidates for the judges of the judicial composition of the investigation of the corrup...  29.06.2022Issue of Election of Candidate Nominated for a Vacant Position of a Judge of Judicial Composition of Investigation of Corruption Crimes of Anti-Corruption Chamber of Court of Cassation Debated At the extraordinary session convened on June 29, the parliament debated the issue of the election of Candidate Nominated for a vacant position of a judge of the judicial composition of the investigation of the corruption crimes of the Anti-Corruption Chamber of Court of Cassation.The Supreme Judici...  29.06.2022Hovhannes Avagyan, Karen Bisharyan and Nelly Harutyunyan Nominated for Vacant Position of Judge of Judicial Composition in Crime Investigation of Anti-Corruption Chamber of Court of Cassation The parliament debated the issue of the election of a candidate nominated for the vacant position of a judge of the judicial composition in the crime investigation of the Anti-Corruption Chamber of the Court of Cassation ...  29.06.2022Artak Krkiasharyan Elected as a Candidate for a Judge of Judicial Composition of Corruption Crime Investigation of Anti-Corruption Chamber of Court of Cassation At June 29 extraordinary session, the Chairman of the NA Accounting Committee presented the results of the election of the candidates nominated for the vacant position of the judge of the judicial composition of the corruption crime investigation of the Anti-Corruption Chamber of the Court of Cassat...  29.06.2022SJC Nominates Candidacies of Lusine Abgaryan, Karen Batikyan and Sergey Chichoyan for a Vacant Position of a Judge of Judicial Composition of Investigation of Corruption Crimes of Anti-Corruption Chamber of Court of Cassation The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) nominated candidacies of Lusine Abgaryan, Karen Batikyan and Sergey Chichoyan for a vacant position of a judge of the judicial composition of the investigation of the corruption crimes of the Anti-Corruption Chamber of the Court of Cassation.The SJC member Davit Kh...  29.06.2022Anna Vardapetyan Elected RA Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan was elected RA Prosecutor General with 70 votes in favour of her candidacy. The Chairman of the NA Accounting Committee Narek Babayan informed about that at NA extraordinary session convened on June 29.70 deputies out of NA 107 deputies took part in the voting: all of them voted for...  29.06.2022Parliament Debates Issue of Election of Candidate for Judge of Judicial Composition of Corruption Crime Investigation of Anti-Corruption Chamber of Court of Cassation The Supreme Judicial Council nominated the candidacies of Lilit Grigoryan, Artak Krkiasharyan and Mushegh Harutyunyan for the vacant position of the judge of the judicial composition of the corruption crime investigation of the Anti-Corruption Chamber of the Court of Cassation. The item was debated ...  29.06.2022Candidate for RA Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan: The punishment should not be late, the punishment should be proportionate The position of Prosecutor General, in general, is of crucial importance in the law enforcement system. For the first time in the history of Armenia, a woman candidate is running for this position. Anna Vardapetyan can embody the new image of the Prosecutor’s Office, the Prosecutor’s Office, which i...  29.06.2022Hakob Arshakyan Hosts Representatives of Ramgavar Liberal Party On June 29, the RA NA Vice president Hakob Arshakyan received the delegation led by the Chairman of the Central Board of Ramgavar Azatakan/Liberal Party Michael Kharabian.Welcoming the guests, Hakob Arshakyan congratulated them on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Party, highlighted ...  29.06.2022RA NA President Receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Armenia On June 29, the President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Armenia Joel Lion. Alen Simonyan congratulated him on his appointment as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to the Republic of A...  29.06.2022Alen Simonyan Receives Delegation Led by Chairman of Central Board of Ramgavar Liberal Party On June 29, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Chairman of the Central Board of Ramgavar Azatakan/Liberal Party Michael KharabianThe RA NA President congratulated the attendees on the 100th anniversary of Ramgavar Liberal Party, wishing them active and effective activities. Alen Simonyan...  29.06.2022Extraordinary Session to Be Convened by the Consent of Council On June 29, the NA Council convened an extraordinary sitting presided over by the President of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan,The Council agreed to convene the extraordinary session of the National Assembly on June 29, 2022 at 11:00, according to the agenda and within the time frame ...  29.06.2022On June 29 at 11:00, by NA President’s Decision Extraordinary Session of National Assembly to Be Convened Taking as a basis the initiative of the National Assembly deputies on convening the extraordinary session of the National Assembly and the NACD-044-L decision of 29 June 2021 of the National Assembly Council, being led by Article 100 of the Constitution and Article 44 of the Constitutional Law the R...  28.06.2022Eduard Aghajanyan: We will be faithful to the high standard in the parliamentary field and we will supplement the agreements with concrete content due to our joint efforts On June 28, Eduard Aghajanyan, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, the Head of the NA delegation to the OSCE PA, chaired an online coordinating meeting of the heads of delegations of the CSTO member states to the OSCE PA – Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Fede...  28.06.2022Armenia and United Kingdom Have Great Opportunities for Expanding Cooperation in the Sphere of Defence: Ambassador John Gallagher On June 28, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee Defense and Security Andranik Kocharyan met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland John Gallagher, the Special Defence Advisor of the United Kingdom to Georgia and Armenia...  28.06.2022Arsen Torsoyan Meets with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania to Armenia The parliamentary cooperation between the two countries has a history of many years. I am ready to continue the parliamentary cooperation as a head of Armenia-Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia Friendship Group. The deputy of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Arsen Torosyan said about that during the meeting...  28.06.2022Ruben Rubinyan Meets with Delegation Led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland On June 28, the Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia Ruben Rubinyan met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Marcin Przydacz and the delegation led by him.The Head of the NA Friendship Group Armenia-Poland Arusyak Julhakyan and the Chair of the Standing...  28.06.2022Parliament Elects Candidates for Judges of Judicial Composition of Investigation of Civil Cases of Anti-Corruption Chamber of Court of Cassation On June 28, the National Assembly continued the work of the extraordinary session.The Chairman of the Accounting Committee of the National Assembly Narek Babayan informed the results of the secret ballot of the candidates for the judges of the judicial composition of the investigation of the civil c...  28.06.2022Anna Vardapetyan Nominated for Position of RA Prosecutor General The RA NA Civil Contract Faction, guided by the RA Constitution, the Constitutional Law “Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly”, nominated Anna Vardapetyan as a candidate for the position of Prosecutor General. The Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Vladimir Varda...  28.06.2022RA NA President Receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Syria On June 28, the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Syrian Arab Republic Nora Arisian. The NA President congratulated the latter on being appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of...  28.06.2022Alen Simonyan Receives Delegation Led by Alexey Godeyev On June 28, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the RF Federal Assembly Alexey Gordeyev.The President of the National Assembly stressed that adequate work is underway in the further development of the Armenian-Russian allied relat...  28.06.2022NA Standing Committee to Convene Extraordinary Sitting On June 28, at 10:00 the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs will convene an extraordinary sitting in the hall 314....  27.06.2022Supreme Judicial Council Nominates Gevorg Gyozalyan, Vahe Rafayelyan and Lusine Avagyan for Vacant Position of Judge of Judicial Composition in Civil Cases of Anti-Corruption Chamber of Court of Cassation The issue of the election of a candidate nominated for the vacant position of a judge of the judicial composition in civil cases of the Anti-Corruption Chamber of the Court of Cassation was debated at the NA ...  27.06.2022Parliament Elects Candidates for Judges of Administrative Chamber of Court of Cassation At June 27 extraordinary session, the Chairman of the Accounting Committee of the National Assembly Narek Babayan presented the results of the secret ballot of the candidates for the judges of the Administrative Chamber of the Court of Cassation.Liana Hakobyan, Artsrun Mirzoyan and Kristine Mkoyan w...  27.06.2022Candidacies of Artur Davtyan, Naira Hovsepyan and Aghasi Mkoyan Nominated for the Vacant Position of the Judge of the Judicial Composition of Examination of Civil Cases of Anti-Corruption Chamber of Court of Cassation The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) nominated the candidacies of ArturDavtyan, Naira Hovsepyan and Aghasi...  27.06.2022Issue of Election of Candidate Nominated for the Vacant Position of the Judge of the Judicial Composition of Examination of Civil Cases of Anti-Corruption Chamber of Court of Cassation The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) nominated the candidacies of Liza Grigoryan, Karen Tumanyan and Liparit Melikjanyan for the vacant positions of the judge of the judicial composition of the examination of the civil cases of the Anti-Corruption Chamber of the Court of Cassation. The parliament deba...  27.06.2022Issue of Election of Candidate Nominated for Vacant Position of Judge of Administrative Chamber of the Court of Cassation Debated The deputies debated the issue of the election of a candidate nominated for the vacant position of a judge of the Administrative Chamber of the Court of Cassation in the extraordinary session convened on June 27. The Supreme Judicial Council nominated as candidates Hakob Grigoryan, Kristine Mkoyan a...  27.06.2022SJC Nominates Candidacies of Artur Arakelyan, Ara Babayan and Artsrun Mirzoyan for the Vacancies of Judge of Administrative Chamber of Court of Cassation On June 27, at the NA extraordinary session the issue of the election of the judges of the Administrative Chamber of the Court of Cassation.The member of the Supreme Judicial Court Davit Khachaturyan presented the biographical data and the passed path of Artur Arakelyan, Ara Babayan and Artsrun Mirz...  27.06.2022RA NA President’s Statement on Resignation Letter of NA Deputy Artur Davtyan Pursuant to Article 155.1 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Artur Davtyan submitted his resignation letter on June 27.Pursuant to Article 155.2 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of ...  27.06.2022Parliament Convenes Extraordinary Session On June 27, on the deputies’ initiative, the National Assembly convened an extraordinary session. The parliament debated the issue of the election of a candidate nominated for the vacant position of a judge of the Administrative Chamber of the Court of Cassation. The Supreme Judicial Council nominat...  27.06.2022Sisak Gabrielyan: The centuries-old Armenian-Georgian relations, especially the cultural ties, are continuous. On June 27, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport Sisak Gabrielyan met with Eliso Bolkvadze, the Chairperson of the Culture Committee of the Parliament of Georgia. She is in our country on an official visit. From the Armenian side, the deput...  27.06.2022NA Council Convenes Extraordinary Sitting On June 27, presided over by the Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia Hakob Arshakyan, an extraordinary sitting of the NA Council was convened. The Council agreed to convene the extraordinary session of the National Assembly on June 27, 2022 at 11:00, according to the agenda and within...  27.06.2022NA Extraordinary Session to be Convened on June 27 at 11:00 Taking as a basis the initiative of the National Assembly deputies on convening the extraordinary session of the National Assembly and the NACD-043-L decision of 27 June 2021 of the National Assembly Council, being led by Article 100 of the Constitution and Article 44 of the Constitutional Law the R...  25.06.2022Delegation Led by Alen Simonyan Meets with Austrian Parliamentarians The delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan met with the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of the Republic of Austria and the Parliamentary Group Austria-South Caucasus within the framework of the official visit to Vienna. The RA NA President noted that tod...  24.06.2022Alen Simonyan Meets with President of National Council of Austria Wolfgang Sobotka On June 24, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan being on an official visit in Vienna met with the President of the National Council of the Republic of Austria Wolfgang Sobotka. After leaving a note in the Book of Honorary Guests Alen Simonyan-Wolfgang Sobotka private talk followed, then - the extended...  24.06.2022Regular Meeting of NA Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs-IFES Working Group is Held On June 24, within the framework of the “Political Accessibility and Inclusion” Project, the regular meeting of the NA Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs-IFES (International Foundation for Electoral Systems) Working Group was held. The component of the “Political Accessibility and Inclus...  24.06.2022Throughout the Last Ten Years 97% of Judgements Delivered by the ECHR Have Not Been Executed by Azerbaijan: Eduard Aghajanyan The member of the Armenian delegation to PACE Eduard Aghajanyan gave a speech at PACE regular session. The speech, particularly reads:“Dear colleagues,On 13th of September 2021, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution, where amongst other things it stated, and I quot...  24.06.2022Vladimir Vardanyan Gives a Speech at PACE Regular Session The member of the RA NA delegation to PACE Vladimir Vardanyan gave a speech at PACE regular session. The MP said in his speech:“Thank you, Madame Chair,It used to be said, “the best way of defense is attacking someone” and, unfortunately, trying to keep the calm situation in this Hemicycle until now...  24.06.2022Armenian and Greek MPs Discuss Issues of Mutual Interests in Tsaghkadzor Arman Yeghoyan, the Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration of the RA National Assembly, the deputies Arsen Torosyan, Mikayel Tumasyan and Aleksey Sandikov met with the MPs of the Hellenic Parliament Christos Dermentzopoulos, Anna-Mani Papadimitriou and Maria-Alexandra Kefala. ...  23.06.2022Armen Gevorgyan’s Speech at Plenary Session of PACE Summer Session At June 23 Plenary Meeting the member of the RA NA delegation to PACE Armen Gevorgyan delivered a speech at the PACE Summer Session during the discussion on The Control of Online Communication: A Threat to Media Pluralism, Freedom of Information and Human Dignity.“Thank you, Madam Chair,Social netwo...  23.06.2022You Can Observe Austria as a Reliable Partner: President of the Federal Council of Austria Said to Alen Simonyan On June 23, the President of the Federal Council of the Republic of Austria Christine Schwarz-Fuchs received the delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan being in Austria on an official visit.The RA NA President noted in his talk that during last years, positive dynamics of development of...  23.06.2022Legislative Initiative is Aimed at Improving the Electoral System: Vahagn Hovakimyan The legislative package is aimed at solving the problems emerged after the reforms implemented in the Electoral Code. The Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Vahagn Hovakimyan said about that during the parliamentary hearings held on June 23. The draft law on Making ...  23.06.2022Sona Ghazaryan’s Speech at PACE Plenary Session The member of the RA NA delegation to PACE Sona Ghazaryan gave a speech at PACE Plenary Session.“At the beginning of the 20th century, the movement for women’s right to vote was spreading worldwide, and I am very proud to say that Armenia already was having success. In 1919 the first direct parliame...  23.06.2022Representatives of World Bank Hosted in Parliament On June 23, Arsen Torosyan, the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction, met with the representatives of the World Bank Tania Dmytraczenko, Adanna Deborah Ugochi Chuwuma and Toomas Palu.Welcoming the guests, Arsen Torosyan highlighted the continuous support provided by the World Bank for the reforms...  22.06.2022Meeting-Discussion is Held with Representatives of Central Bank on Gevorg Papoyan’s Initiative On June 22, on the initiative of the Chair of the Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs of the National Assembly a meeting-discussion was held with the representatives of the Central Bank, where the NA deputies also took part.During the meeting the current state of the economy...  22.06.2022NA President’s Statement on Nomination of Candidates for Vacancies of Judges of Court of Cassation Pursuant to Article 166.3 of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia and Article 143.2 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the Higher Judicial Council nominated 3 candidates for 10 vacancies of the judges of the Court of Cassation.The following candidates w...  22.06.2022Blindness Towards Particular Violations of Our Core Principles Lead to Global Catastrophes Vladimir Vardanyan The member of the RA NA delegation to PACE Vladimir Vardanyan gave a speech at PACE Plenary Session.The speech, particularly reads:“Honorable chair,For many years we deemed that we finally enjoy peaceful and tranquil times in Europe. We did believe, that due to the Second World War tragic experience...  22.06.2022Hatred is a Poison Similar to Mercury; It is Very Hard to Collect Once It Spills Over: Sona Ghazaryan The member of the RA NA delegation to PACE Sona Ghazaryan gave a speech at PACE Plenary Session.“I highly appreciate the report, well-penned and very much on time. Political parties, among other actors, are responsible for combatting hate speech, racism, and xenophobia. However, what we often see to...  21.06.2022Hayk Konjoryan Meets with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands The Head of the NA Civil Contract Faction Hayk Konjoryan met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Armenia Nico Schermers.The perspectives of the development of the inter-parliamentary ties between Armenia and the Netherlands and t...  21.06.2022Armen Gevorgyan’s Speech at PACE Plenary Session The permanent member of the RA NA delegation to PACE Armen Gevorgyan delivered a speech at PACE Plenary Session during the discussion on “Recent challenges to security in Europe: what role for the Council of Europe?”“Mr President,In the past decades our organisation has tried to pursue issues like m...  21.06.2022RA NA President’s Statement on Resignation Letter of RA NA Deputy Artur Vanetsyan Pursuant to Article 155.1 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan submitted his resignation letter on June 21.Pursuant to Article 155.2 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure o...  21.06.2022Internal Governance of Chamber of Advocates to Be Reviewed Implementation of the reforms in the sphere of advocacy is designed by the activity programme of the RA Government 2021-2026 and the strategy of the judicial-legal reforms as an important strategic goal: the RA Deputy Minister of Justice Grigor Minasyan said during the June 21 extraordinary sitting ...  20.06.2022Announcement Being Led by Article 177.1-2 of the Constitution, as well as Articles 8 and 145 of the RA Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, by the decision of 16.06.2022 of the Civil Contract Faction of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Anna Vardapetyan was nominated...  17.06.2022Information on Holding Parliamentary Hearings The NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs convenes parliamentary hearings on June 23, at 11:00, in the hall 334 of the National Assembly to debate the package of draft laws on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Constitutional Law the RA Electoral Code and the related ones (P-301-17.06.2...  17.06.2022Ruben Rubinyan Receives Secretary General of the Council of Europe On June 17, the Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia Ruben Rubinyan received the delegation headed by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Marija Pejčinović Burić.At the meeting the deputy of the Civil Contract Faction Eduard Aghajanyan and the deputy of ...  17.06.2022Staff of the National Assembly Donates 43 Units of Moveable Property to Shurnukh Village Municipality 43 units of moveable property were donated to Goris Community of Syunik Marz from the National Assembly for providing property means of newly constructing building of Shurnukh Village Municipality. The Chair of the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs of the National A...  17.06.2022Proposed Amendments to Electoral Code to Be Debated in Parliamentary Hearings According to the decision of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly made on June 17, parliamentary hearings will be held on June 23, at 11:00, the topic of which is the debate of the bill on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Constitutional Law the Electoral Cod...  16.06.2022Members of NA Armenia-Iran Friendship Group are in Iran On June 16, the Head of the RA NA Armenia-Iran Friendship Group Gevorg Papoyan, the members of the Group Mariam Poghosyan, Narek Babayan and Rustam Bakoyan met with the members of the IRI Majles Iran-Armenia Friendship Group.The sides highly appreciated the friendly relations of the two states, whic...  16.06.2022Alen Simonyan Meets with IRI Minister of Foreign Affairs On June 16, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan being in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) on an official visit met with the IRI Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.After the exchange of greetings, the sides spoke about 30-year diplomatic relations, which launched the development pro...  16.06.2022Status is Not End in Itself, and We Shall Not Forget the Essence of the NK Conflict: Arusyak Julhakyan From the beginning and always the Artsakh issue has been observed by the Republic of Armenia as an issue of right and security. The prime Minister has said that what has always been on the basis of the conflict: we are going to the direction of the protection of rights and security of the Artsakh Ar...  15.06.2022We are a Friend of Difficult Days for Our Friends: IRI President Says at the Meeting with Alen Simonyan The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi received the delegation led by the NA President of the Republic of Armenia.At the meeting the talk was held on Armenia-Iran multilateral friendship, which is anchored on the centuries-old friendship, historical and cultural close relations ...  15.06.2022At the Invitation of Chair of RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, Head of Delegation to OSCE PA Eduard Aghajanyan, Delegation Led by OSCE PA President is in Armenia At the invitation of the Head of the RA NA delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Eduard Aghajanyan, the delegation led by the OSCE PA President Margareta Cederfelt arrived in Armenia. The delegation includes the OSCE PA Special Repres...  15.06.2022Conclusions on State Budget Execution for 2021 of RA Central Bank and RA Audit Chamber in NA Regular Sittings According to the Governor of the Central Bank Martin Galstyan, the Central Bank was guided by presenting assessments on the performance to ensure medium-term debt stability, fiscal policy orientation and position, as well as to promote long-term growth. In terms of macro-environment in 2021, after t...  15.06.2022Debate of Annual Report of RA State Budget Execution for 2021 Continues At the NA June 15 regular sitting, the debate of the annual report of the state budget execution for 2021 continued. The member of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs Arusyak Manavazyan presented the endorsement of the Committee on the annual report.The deputy noted t...  15.06.2022Parliamentary Briefings to Be Held The parliamentary briefings following the NA regular sittings will be held on June 16, at 11:00 in the NA hall 334. The NA Civil Contract Faction will take part in the briefings....  15.06.2022Ruben Rubinyan Receives Delegation Led by OSCE PA President On June 15, the RA NA Vice President Ruben Rubinyan received the delegation led by the OSCE PA President Margareta Cederfelt that arrived in Armenia on a working visit.The Head of the Armenian delegation to OSCE PA Eduard Aghajanyan and the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on European Integration ...  15.06.2022Armen Khachatryan’s Question to Gnel Sanosyan: Why has the newly repaired road become impassable? The question of the NA deputy Armen Khachatryan was related to the section of the newly repaired Tatev-Aghvani road in Syunik.“Why is the asphalt of the newly repaired Tatev-Aghvani road almost completely destroyed and the given section has become impassable?” the deputy Armen Khachatryan asked. The...  15.06.2022Is it Possible that Revise of Electricity and Gas Tariffs Will Be? Babken Tunyan During the NA-Government Q & A session the deputy of the Civil Contract Faction Babken Tunyan was interested in the considerable evaluation of the dram in recent period. towards dollar compared with the beginning of the year. According to him, compared with the beginning of the year the dram was app...  15.06.2022Zaruhi Batoyan is Interested in the Issue of Compensation for the Damage of Pilots with Disabilities Zaruhi Batoyan’s related to the protection of the violated rights of the pilots with disabilities of the Armenian Airlines dissolved organization, who were deprived of the monthly payments of the damage compensation. Zaruhi Batoyan was interested in the phase of the work being done in solving the pr...  15.06.2022Lena Nazaryan’s Question on Drinking Water Problem in a Number of Villages On June 15, during the NA-Government Q & A session the deputy Lena Nazaryan inquired the Minister of the Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Gnel Sanosyan about the drinking water problem in a number of villages. The deputy underlined that there are villages, where women fetch drinking wat...  15.06.2022Delegation Led by OSCE PA President Hosted in Parliament On June 15, the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Taguhi Tovmasyan met with the delegation led by the OSCE PA President Margareta Cederfelt being in Armenia on a working visit. The members of the RA NA delegation to OSCE PA Lilit Galstyan (Armenia Faction) and...  15.06.2022Parliament Passes Debated Bills On June 15, the National Assembly debated in the second reading the draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the law on Diplomatic Service authored by the deputies of the NA Civil Contract Faction Vladimir Vardanyan, Hripsime Grigoryan and Arpine Davoyan. The key rapporteur Vladimir Vardanyan i...  15.06.2022RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan Delivers a Speech on Discussion of Annual Report of State Budget Execution for 2021 On June 15, in the National Assembly the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan delivered a final speech during the discussion of the annual report of the state budget execution for 2021.In his final speech the Prime Minister thanked the participants for the concerned debates of the budget execution report ...  15.06.2022ESCS Ministry Implemented 21 Budget Programmes with 196 Measures in 2021 The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports (ESCS) implemented 21 budget programmes with 196 measures in 2021. In general, 174.8 billion AMD was spent, ensuring 97.7% for 95% of a planned indicator in 2020. The ESCS Minister Vahram Dumanyan informed about this at the NA regular sitting co...  15.06.2022State Budget Execution of RA Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure for 2021 Debated The RA Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure implemented 22 programmes of the state budget with 160 measures in 2021. The expenditures amounted to 201.4 billion AMD or 94.5% of a planned indicator. The increase in expenditures compared to the previous year is mainly due to the im...  15.06.2022Members of Delegation of OSCE PA Visit Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex On June 15, the delegation led by the OSCE PA President Margareta Cederfelt visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex accompanied by the Head of the RA NA delegation to the OSCE PA, the deputy of the Civil Contract Faction Eduard Aghajanyan and the member of the RA NA delegation to the OSCE PA, t...  15.06.2022Parliament Debates Annual Report on RA State Budget Execution for 2021 The state budget for 2021 was approved and implemented in accordance with the goals of the Government action plan. The fiscal policy implemented within these borders was aimed at guaranteeing macroeconomic stability, increasing growth and development potential, resolving priority issues through soci...  15.06.2022Alen Simonyan is in Islamic Republic of Iran on an Official Visit At the invitation of the President of the Majles of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan is in Iran on an official visit. On June 15, the delegation led by Alen Simonyan met with the President of the IRI Majles. Thanking the President of the ...  14.06.2022Eduard Aghajanyan Meets with Members of Delegation Led by Deputy State Secretary, MFA of the Republic of Latvia Andzejs Vilumsons On June 14, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Eduard Aghajanyan met with the delegation led by the Deputy State Secretary, MFA of the Republic of Latvia Andzejs Vilumsons. The Third Secretary, East Europe and Central Asia Division Niklavs Neimanis, the Ambassador Extraordinary...  14.06.2022Results on Audit of Audit Chamber on Use of Funds Collected by Hayastan All-Armenian Fund and Transferred to State Budget to Be Presented by the End of Month The Audit Chamber has not completed the process of studying the use of funds collected by the Hayastan All-Armenian fund and transferred to the RA state budget. “We will probably have the results of the audit by the end of this month,” the Chairman of the Audit Chamber Atom Janjughazyan noted, answe...  14.06.2022Committee Endorses the Bill Envisaging Amendments to the Law on Diplomatic Service On June 14, at the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs the draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the law on Diplomatic Service authored by the deputies of the NA Civil Contract Faction Vladimir Vardanyan and Hripsime Grigoryan was debated in the second reading. Today the draft l...  14.06.2022New Law on Customs Regulation with Related Package Debated On the eve of joining the EAEU, the Law on Customs Regulation was urgently adopted in 2014. The experience has shown that there are problematic episodes in this sphere. The new Customs Code of the Customs Union was adopted after that, which revised the scope of issues to be regulated by the national...  14.06.2022Executive Body Proposes Amendment to Judicial Code Lasting period passes from the consumption of dispute of the inner-state instances and the inner judicial act until the final act of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The planning of the of the ECHR judgment condition until 15-year of statute of limitations in case of disclosing disciplinar...  14.06.2022NA Delegation Takes Part in the Youth Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the CIS Member States and in the CIS Youth IPA Meeting During the Youth Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the CIS Member States held in Saint Petresburg the member of the RA delegation, the rapporteur of the Forum, the deputy Lilit Minasyan voiced the fact of the double bombing of the Saint Ghazanchetsots Church by Azerbaijan on October 8, 2020, as a consequ...  14.06.2022Arnak Avetisyan: More flexible mechanisms for state property management, alienation and privatization will be introduced The parliament debated the issue on approving the 2021 annual report on the implementation of the Privatization of State Property program for 2017-2020. ...  14.06.2022Resource of Spacecraft Capacity of Retransmitters of RF Military Importance is Provided to Parties At June 14 NA regular sitting the draft law on Ratifying the Agreement on Use of Military Satellite Communication Systems and Their Further Enhancement...  14.06.2022Guarantee and Right to be Provided for Adjusting Workplace to the Persons with Disabilities The NA deputy Zaruhi Batoyan presented the legislative initiative aimed at the necessity of the protection of the working rights of the persons with disabilities, the specification of the legal bases, the inner-state legislation harmonization. According to the author, it stems from the RA Constituti...  14.06.2022NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs to Convene Extraordinary Sitting The NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs will convene an extraordinary sitting on June 14 at 16:00, in the hall 314....  14.06.2022Executive Body Specifies the List of Facilities of Special Regulation Separated for Urban Development Activities The executive body regulates with the proposing amendments to the law on Urban Development the powers of the community in case of availability of the spatial planning documents, the duties and the legal relations with the authorized body of the urban development sphere, as well as provides the parti...  14.06.2022Sectoral Legislation is Harmonized with EAEU Common Rules The parliament debated in the first reading the legislative package on Amending the Law on Medical Aid and Service for Population, on Making Addenda to the Law on Licensing and on Making Addenda and Amendments to the Law on State Duty at the regular sitting convened on June 14.The RA Deputy Minister...  14.06.2022Agreement Aimed at Fighting Against Illegal Migration The parliament debated the draft law on Ratification of the Protocol between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Poland on the Implementation of the Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the European Union on Readmission of Persons Residing without...  14.06.2022Legislative Amendments to Exercise the Rights of Persons with Disabilities The legislative regulation proposed by the NA deputy Zaruhi Batoyan is conditioned by the need to make regular road transport in our country inclusive and accessible, to create legal bases for exercising the rights of persons with disabilities, as well as the fulfillment of obligations of the Republ...  14.06.2022Initiatives Regulating a Number of Spheres Debated in the Second Reading At June 14 sitting, the National Assembly debated a number of drafts in the second reading.During certain administrative proceedings with functioning regulations the citizen has the right to be informed and take part in the administrative proceedings on his/her part, and without his/her presence the...  14.06.2022Parliament Begins Work of Regular Sittings On June 14, the National Assembly convened the last regular sittings of the session. According to the NA decision, the NA draft statement on the Armenian-Azerbaijani – Armenian-Turkish relations submitted by the NA Armenia and With Honor Factions was not included in the agenda of the session. The He...  13.06.202222 Items to Be Included in the Draft Agenda of NA Regular Sittings On June 13, the NA Council convened a sitting presided over by Alen Simonyan.The members of the Co...  13.06.2022Annual Report on Activities of RA Audit Chamber for 2021 Debated The RA Audit Chamber conducted 94 audits in 2021, 72 of which - within the framework of the first part of the 2021 action plan of the Audit Chamber, 19 of which - within the framework of the audits approved by the risk-based methodology of the second part of the action plan, and 3 - within the frame...  13.06.2022RA State Budget Execution for First Quarter of 2022 Debated According to the RA Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan, the developments of our economy of 2022 were conditioned by the events going on in the world. In the first quarter of 2022 in the economies of the main partner countries economic growth was noticed, but conditioned by the Russian-Ukrainian ...  13.06.2022Procedures Regulating the Readmission of Persons Residing Without Permission in EU Countries The Agreement being debated at June 13 sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations gives an opportunity to set and implement common procedures with all EU member states in the issues of readmission of the persons residing without permission on the territories of the parties.The draft l...  13.06.2022After Economic Downturn Due to Pandemic and 44-Day War, RA Economy Entered Stage of Recovery in 2021 The RA Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan noted that after the economic downturn due to the pandemic and the 44-day war in 2020, the RA economy entered the stage of recovery in 2021, registering 5.7% economic growth. The economic growth was accompanied by the recovery in domestic demand. There w...  13.06.2022Effective Mechanisms of Subjecting to Disciplinary Responsibility to the Judges Led to Fundamental Violations of Human Rights and Freedoms to Be Introduced The Judicial Code, especially with amendments of March 25, 2020, essentially improved the disciplinary responsibility regulations, but need for the improvement of disciplinary responsibility institute is available, especially, in case of fundamental violations of human rights in the context of subje...  13.06.2022It is Designed to Form Taxation Stable and Predictable Tax Environment of Mining Sphere On June 13, at the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs the legislative revised package on Making Addenda and Amendments to the Tax Code of the Republic of Armenia and on Amending the Law on State Duty was debated.According to the RA Deputy Minister of Finance Arman Poghosyan, the subject of th...  13.06.2022NA Standing Committees to Convene Sittings The sitting of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs will take place on June 13, at 12:00, in the hall 314.The Standing Committee on Foreign Relations will convene an extraordinary sitting on June 13, 14:00, in the hall 414.On June 13, at 11:00 in the hall 214 the extraordinary sitting o...  11.06.2022RA NA President Meets with CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović The RA NA President Alen Simonyan met with the CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović within the framework of the working visit to Strasbourg.“You are a reliable counterpart, with whom warm cooperation had been established already before you being elected as CoE Commissioner for Huma...  10.06.2022Conclusion of Audit Chamber on Results of Audit of Budget Expenditures Conditioned by New Coronavirus Pandemic in Ministry of Health Joint Presented at Sitting of NA Standing Committees on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs and on Health Care There was one item on the agenda of the joint sitting of the Standing Committees on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs and on Health Care of the RA National Assembly. The current conclusion of the Audit Chamber on the results of the audit of the budget expenditures conditioned by the new coronav...  10.06.2022Artur Hovhannisyan Expresses His Gratitude on Behalf of RA NA to Czech Colleagues for Being Next to Armenian People The Head of the Friendship Group Armenia-Czech Republic Artur Hovhannisyan and the Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Meri Galstyan had a number of meetings with their Czech colleagues within the framework of the three-day visit.They particularly, met with the Vice Presid...  10.06.2022Implementation of Armenia-European Union Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement Highlighted “The implementation of the Armenia-European Union Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement is very important for Armenia. I think that we have a lot to do, we should make sure that the principles of implementation of the agreement are followed,” the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on P...  10.06.2022Members of Delegation Armenia-Switzerland Friendship Group Were in Switzerland on a Working Visit On June 6-9, at the invitation of Switzerland-Armenia Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group of the Swiss Parliament the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, the Head of the NA Armenia-Switzerland Friendship Group Eduard Aghajanyan, members of the Friendship Group Vladimir Vardanya...  10.06.2022Artur Hovhannisyan and Meri Galstyan Meet with First Vice President of Senate of Czech Republic Jiří Růžička The Head of the Friendship Group Armenia-Czech Republic Artur Hovhannisyan and the Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Meri Galstyan met with the First Vice President of the Senate of the Czech Republic Jiří Růžička within the framework of the visit to Pragu...  10.06.2022RA NA President Alen Simonyan Meets with CoE General Secretary Marija Pejčinović Burić On June 10, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan being in Strasbourg on a working visit met with the Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić. The sides talked about the procedure of solving some issues voiced at the previous meeting. In particular, the implement...  10.06.2022Executive Body Specifies Order of Giving Land and Architectural Plan Tasks for Construction It is set by the law on Urban Development that from January 1, 2024 it will not be allowed to provide land and architectural tasks for the construction without urban development programme documents of the community by the established order.By the legislative initiative of the Government the order of...  10.06.2022Fight Against Illicit Drug Trafficking is Intensifying On June 10, the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security debated in the second reading the legislative package on Making Addendum to the Law on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic (Psychoactive) Substances and on Making Addenda to the RA Criminal Code. According to the RA Deputy Head of Police Ara ...  10.06.2022Hakob Arshakyan Discusses Issues on Armenian-Russian Allied Relations with Special Representative of RF President On June 10, the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan received the Special Representative of RF President on International Cultural Cooperation, the RF Former Minister of Culture Mikhail Shvydkoy.The Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport Sisak Ga...  10.06.2022Arnak Avetisyan: The funds received from the privatization of state property amounted to 407 million 547 thousand AMD in 2021 “In 2021, the state-owned shares of 2 companies were prioritized through a classic auction and the state-owned share of 1 company was prioritized through direct sale. The funds received from the privatization amounted to 407 million 547 thousand AMD, out of which 294 million AMD was transferred at t...  10.06.2022Endorsement to Agreement on Use of Miliatry Satellite Communiation Systems and Their Further Enhancement The purpose of the Agreement on use of military satellite communication systems and their further enhancement is the strengthening of management reliability of the armed forces of its participant states and the organization of the cooperation ties between the armed forces, which is implemented inclu...  10.06.2022It is Proposed to Reduce Fines for Not Having CMTPL “It is proposed to reduce the fines for driving a car without a Compulsory Motor Third Party Liability (CMTPL) contract,” Armen Khachatryan noted during the debate of the draft law in the first reading on Making Amendment and Addendum to the RA Code on Administrative Offenses. This draft authored by...  09.06.2022NA Standing Committees Convene Extraordinary Sittings On June 9, the RA NA Standing Committees convened extraordinary sittings. The NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection debated in the second reading and endorsed the draft law on Making Addendum to the RA Land Code. The legisl...  09.06.2022RA NA President Alen Simonyan Meets with Mayor of Strasbourg Jeanne Barseghian On June 9, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan being in Strasbourg on a working visit met with the Mayor of Strasbourg Jeanne Barseghian.Thanking the Mayor of Strasbourg for the warm reception, the RA NA President noted that he was glad to see our compatriot in such post.The sides discussed details ab...  09.06.2022Alen Simonyan Meets with PACE Secretary General in Strasbourg On June 9, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan being in Strasbourg on a working visit met with the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis.He highly appreciated the key role of the Council of Europe and PACE and the effective con...  09.06.2022Legislative Drafts to Ensure Authorizing Norms “Authorizing norms on the provision of services through state certificates, as well as authorizing norms for creating Centers for Independent Living were set,” the RA Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Tatevik Stepanyan noted at the NA extraordinary sitting held on June 9 during the debate ...  09.06.2022Legislative Amendment to Adopt Sectoral Strategies The deputies debated in the first to the second readings and adopted the addendum proposed by the executive body to the Law on Structure and Activities of the Government at the extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly convened on June 9. “The process of developing and adopting strategies envis...  09.06.2022Payments for Deals More Than 300.000 AMD Should Be Made in Non-Cash Way The law on Non-Cash Transactions passed on January 18, 2022 will enter into force form July 1 according to which, the payments for more than 300.000 AMD should be made in non-cash way. It relates to the deals of property alienation, use, fulfilment of work and rendering services, and its price excee...  09.06.2022State to Provide Support Card the Persons Who Appeared in Difficult Situation of Life The Government proposes to set one more type of social security institution – tiny community houses. As the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Anna Zhamakochyan has informed, the structure will provide specialized care and social services to the persons with mental health, intellectual prob...  09.06.2022Amendments are Aimed Simplification and Facilitation of Activities of Economic Entities The proposed amendment to the Law on Trade and Service is aimed at the implementation of the economic policy programs adopted by the Government. The legislative initiative was debated in the first reading at the NA extraordinary sitting convened on June 9. According to the current regulations, the e...  09.06.2022NA Extraordinary Sitting Held On June 9, the parliament convened an extraordinary sitting. A number of drafts included in the agenda will be debated by a special procedure. The debate of the drafts in the second reading will be held after the adoption in the first reading within 24-hour. ...  08.06.2022As a Result of Unification It is Proposed to Form 5 Communities – 141 Settlements Since 2016, 72 programmes of the communities’ unification was carried out, as a result of unification of 908 communities, 72 communities were formed. Analyses were made in the united communities on the programme priorities of the community clusters, by which it became clear that the programme succee...  08.06.2022Government Makes Addendum to RA Land Code The plots of land being property of the state and community can be given by the donation contract and by the right of free property for implementing social, charitable or investment programmes: the RA Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Anna Zhamakochyan underlined and added that at present ...  08.06.2022Expenses Under Responsibility of Ombudsman’s Staff Increased by 12.6% “The Ombudsman’s Staff performed the reserved functions in 2021,” the RA Human Rights Defender Kristinne Grigoryan noted, presenting the State Budget Execution of the RA Human Rights Defender for 2021. It was debated at the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Socia...  08.06.2022Addendum and Amendments to the Law on Non-Cash Transactions On January 18, 2022 the package of the draft laws to the law on Non-Cash Transactions and the enclosed draft laws was passed and will enter into force. However, certain legislative gaps emerged, which are intended to make addendum to the draft law on Making Addendum and Amendments to the law On Non-...  08.06.2022Government Initiates Amendments to the Law on the Rights of the Child The executive body proposes addenda and amendments to the law on the Rights of the Child. The proposing amendments for the functioning of sub-legislative acts will provide authorizing norms.At June 8 sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs the Deputy Min...  08.06.2022Vahe Ghalumyan: Enlargement process plays an important role in the development of the communities “Since 2015, as a result of the amendments to the Law on Administrative-Territorial Division, 5 stages of community unification have been carried out. As a result of it, 908 communities of Armenia were united, becoming 79 enlarged communities. The most extensive process was carried out in 2021, 441 ...  08.06.2022Person’s Functionality System Assessment to Be Introduced The state and local self-government bodies and officials are authorized to carry out actions for which they are authorized by the Constitution or laws. In the laws in force a need of providing certain authorized norms emerged, hence certain editorial proposals were presented for passing the sub-legi...  08.06.2022Ruben Rubinyan Receives Delegation Headed by President of CoE Venice Commission On June 8, at the meeting with the delegation headed by the President of the Venice Commission Claire Bazy Malaurie, the RA NA Vice President and the Head of the Armenian delegation to the PACE Ruben Rubinyan highlighted the official visit of the newly elected President of the Venice Commission to A...  08.06.2022Hakob Arshakyan Takes Part in the Event Titled ‘The Birth of New Post’ On June 8, the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan attended the event titled ‘The Birth of New Post’ organized by HayPost, during which the work done, the achievements and the digitalized process by the Company in the last period are summed up. It was announced about the ‘electronic legally reliabl...  08.06.2022Executive Body Proposes to Improve Conditions of Activities of Economic Entities “According to the current procedure, a person who wants to be engaged in the organization of trade centers, markets for consumer and agricultural products, submits a notification to the RA Ministry of Finance,” the RA Deputy Minister of Finance Armen Hayrapetyan noted at the extraordinary sitting of...  08.06.2022It is Proposed to Unify Process of Adopting Strategies Envisaged by Legal Acts The process of developing and adopting strategies envisaged by legal acts is defined in a non-uniform way, as there are no special legal regulations on the adoption of already developed strategic acts. Taking into account the fact that while adopting strategies in practice, problems arise related to...  08.06.2022Legal Bases of Flexible Policy in the Sphere of Social Support to Be Created Support card of the persons appeared in the hard situation of life will be provided, responding to their prior needs and providing food, clothes and property of first necessity. The amount of money for different social groups and situations will be different: it will be set by the Government.The RA ...  08.06.2022Judges of Constitutional Court and Court of Cassation to Have Decent Salary The Government proposes to make 80% surcharge for a judge, Vice President and President of the Constitutional Court, and to establish an increase in the official rate for judges of the Court of Cassation (including the President and the Chairman of the Chamber) at the amount of 50%, as a remuneratio...  07.06.2022NA Staff Permanently Highlights Strengthening of Employees’ Professional Capacities The RA NA Staff permanently highlights the strengthening of the employees’ professional capacities. On June 4-5, with that purpose within the framework of the joint effective cooperation with the International Republican Institute (IRI) two-day outgoing regular course titled ‘External and Internal C...  07.06.2022Performance of Activities of Public Radio and Television Company and Office of High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs for 2021 Presented “In 2021, the Council of Public Broadcaster implemented the budget program Radio and TV Broadcasting with 6 measures,” the Chairman of the Council of Public Broadcaster Ara Shirinyan noted at the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committees on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport...  07.06.2022Budgetary Allocations of Spheres of Science, Education, Culture, Sports, Diaspora, Youth and Information for 2021 Are Discussed In 2021, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports implemented 194 measures of 21 programmes, and its actual budget was about 174 billion 809 million AMD, the use of the adjusted plan was 97.7%, by 2.3 percent more compared with the previous year. The RA Minister of Finance Tigran Khach...  07.06.2022NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan Receives Delegation of Islamic Republic of Iran The Vice President of the RA National Assembly Hakob Arshakyan and the Head of the Friendship Group Armenia-Iran Gevorg Papoyan met with the delegation headed by the first Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee for National Security and Foreign Policy of the Majlis of the Islamic Republic of Iran...  07.06.2022It is Planned to Introduce Insurance System in Healthcare Sector “The Ministry of Health implemented 12 programs with 53 measures in 2021. The annual plan was about 114 billion 496 million AMD, however, according to the adjusted plan, it was 159 billion 191 million AMD. This was due to the funding of measures to fight against the coronavirus pandemic. 157 billion...  06.06.2022Active Engagement in EAEU Work and Cooperation is One of the Priorities of Economic Policy Pursued by Armenia In 2021, a plan of events for the implementation of the mutual recognition process was discussed and agreed with the colleagues in the mutual recognition process of electronic digital signatures. The Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan informed about this at June 6 joint sitting of the Standing C...  06.06.2022CSTO PA Council Meeting is Held in Yerevan On June 6, at Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex the meeting of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO PA) was held.Thanking the Armenian side for the hospitality, the Chairman of the CSTO PA and RF FA State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin in ...  06.06.2022Grants Received from European Union Amounted to 4 Billion 875.4 Million AMD “Grants received from the European Union amounted to 4 billion 875.4 million AMD in 2021, which amounted to 39.4% from official grants received during the year. The total amount of official grants amounted to 12 billion 380 million AMD,” the Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan noted at the joint ...  06.06.2022Speech by RA NA President Alen Simonyan at CSTO PA Council Meeting Dear colleagues, I am glad to welcome you.Colleagues, last year Armenia assumed the chairmanship of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). I would like to inform you, in general, about the procedure of the implementation of priorities of the chairmanship of the Republic of Armenia to th...  06.06.2022In 2021, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Worked to Strengthen Cooperation with International Colleagues “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs implemented 6 programs in 2021, for which 17.1 billion AMD was allocated from the RA state budget, the performance was 98.1%. Expenditures on programs implemented under the responsibility of the Ministry increased by 1.4% or 240 million AMD compared to the previous y...  06.06.2022NA President Alen Simonyan Receives Speaker of RF FA State Duma The RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the Speaker of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin being in Armenia within the framework of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Council meeting. After the private talk they joined the enlarge...  06.06.2022I Have Returned to My Native Places, Here Everything is Familiar to Me and I Will Never Forget Mount Ararat: Speaker of Mazhilis of Kazakhstan Says to Alen Simonyan During Their Talk On June 6, the RA NA President received the delegation led by the Speaker of the Mazhilis of the Republic of Kazakhstan that arrived in Armenia within the framework of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Council.Welcoming his colleague, Alen Simonyan thanked him for being in Armenia on the crucial days ...  06.06.2022Parliamentary Hearings to Be Held The RA NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment organizes parliamentary hearings on the RA draft law on Amending the Law on Administrative-Territorial Division of the Republic of Armenia on June 8, at 11:00....  04.06.2022Hovik Aghazaryan Leaves for Kazakhstan Within the Framework of CSTO PA Observation Mission The member of the RA NA delegation to the CSTO PA Hovik Aghazaryan left for Nur-Sultan to take part in the referendum of the constitutional amendments to be held in Kazakhstan on June 5 within the framework of the Observation Mission of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.Within the framework of the imp...  03.06.2022Sargis Khandanyan Takes Part in Regular Meeting of the OSCE PA Young Parliamentarians’ Network The deputy of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Sargis Khandanyan took part in the regular meeting of the young parliamentarians’ network of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which took place in Parliament of Andorra on June 2-3.Issues concerning and the role of the youth in the elaboration and implem...  03.06.2022NA Extraordinary Sitting to Be Convened In accordance with Article 100 of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia and Article 41 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, on the initiative of the Government an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly will be convened by the NA President’s decisio...  03.06.2022State Budget Execution for 2021 of the Agricultural Programmes of the Ministry of Economy Was Discussed The adjusted annual budget was 26 billion 216 million 114.000 AMD for the agricultural programmes of the Ministry of Economy, the performance was 95.38%. On June 3, at the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committees on Territorial Administration Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment ...  03.06.2022Preliminary Discussions of State Budget Report for 2021 Continued In 2021, the Ministry, in general, implemented 22 programmes with 160 measures. The Government allocated 243 billion AMD for their implementation. The expenditure part was 201 billion AMD, the sub0credits – 42 billion AMD. The performance was 94.5%. The Minister of Territorial Administration and Inf...  03.06.2022Extraordinary Sitting of National Assembly is Not Held At June 3 at 16:00 the extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly, relevant number of deputies were not registered.The NA President Alen Simonyan informed that pursuant to Article 51.4 of the constitutional law the NA Rules of Procedure, the registration continues until the registration of the n...  03.06.2022Financial Allocations Provided to Territorial Administration, Nature Protection, Environment and Agriculture The performances of funds allocated from the state budget in 2021 and the implemented programs in the sphere of territorial administration, nature protection, environment, agriculture and a number of other spheres were discussed at the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committees on Territorial Ad...  03.06.2022Ruben Rubinyan Receives EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Armenia highly appreciates the cooperation with the European Union. On June 3, the RA NA Vice President said about this during the meeting with the delegation led by the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar.The Head of the EU Delegation to the Republ...  03.06.2022Parliamentary Hearings To Be Held At the sitting convened on June 3, the RA NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment made a decision to hold parliamentary hearings on administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Armenia on June 8, at 11:00.As the Committee Chai...  03.06.2022Annual Report on State Budget of Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs for 2021 Discussed The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs carried out 17 programs and 123 measures in 2021. The actual annual expenditure was 619 billion 774.1 million AMD, the performance – 98.8%. the RA Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan informed about this at the joint sitting of the NA Standing Committees on...  03.06.2022Alen Simonyan Receives Delegation of Artsakh On June 3, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport Anahit Hakobyan of the Artsakh Republic (AR).Welcoming the Minister, the RA NA President expressed his gratitude for the close cooperation formed between the similar Com...  03.06.2022NA Extraordinary Sitting to Be Convened At the deputies’ initiative, under Article 100 of the RA Constitution and Article 41 of the constitutional law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, on June 3 at 16:00 an extraordinary sitting will be convened by the NA President’s decision. ...  02.06.2022Vahan Naribekyan Presents Expenditures and Performance Indicators of NA Staff for 2021 On June 2, at the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committees on State and Legal Affairs and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs the budgetary allocations and their performances for 2021 were touched upon. The RA NA Chief of Staff, Secretary General Vahan Naribekyan presented the brief desc...  02.06.2022Representatives of Departments Refer to Programs and Measures Implemented in Previous Year 23.6 billion AMD was allocated to the Ministry of Justice from the state budget in 2021. The performance was 83.3%. The RA Minister of Justice Karen Andreasyan said about this. According to the Minister, in 2021, the proceedings and the confiscated money increased due to the efficient work of the Co...  02.06.2022Expenditures of State Administration Bodies Presented The Central Electoral Commission carried out 9 measures within the framework of 1 program in 2021. The performance was 93.9%. According to the pre-approved plan, 1 billion 865.6 million AMD should be allocated to this structure, but the adjusted plan was 6 billion 373 million AMD, in connection with...  02.06.2022Performances for Previous Year of Staffs of RA Prime Minister and President of the Republic Are Presented On June 2, at the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committees on State and Legal Affairs and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs the performances of the budgetary allocations for the previous were discussed.The Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan noted that in the report...  02.06.2022Ombudsman’s Staff Continued its Normal Work in 2021 According to the state budget for 2021, the implementation of one program was envisaged by the Staff of the Human Rights Defender. It includes 5 measures. In fact, the expenditure was 531.3 billion AMD during 2021, the performance – 97.4%. The RA Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan informed about...  01.06.2022Performances Envisaged by Budget for 2021 of Public Services Regulatory Commission and State Committee for Protection of Economic Competition Are Discussed In 2021, 529.7mln AMD was allocated for the implementation of the programme Protection of Economic Competition, which was 98.5 percent of the planned indicator. The Chairman of the Competition Protection Commission Gegham Gevorgyan noted: the expenditures compared with the previous year have grown 2...  01.06.2022Annual Performances and Allocations of the Ministries Economy, Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, the Urban Development Committee Are Discussed On June 1, at the joint sitting of the Standing Committees on Economic Affairs and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs the annual performances on the RA State Budget for 2021 by the Ministries of Economy, Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, Hi-Tech Industry, the Public Services Regu...  01.06.2022Rustam Badasyan: Revenue Growth Recorded for All Types of Taxes in 2021 Despite the consequences of the global economic crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic and the military actions, it was possible to ensure state budget revenues in 2021. The Chairman of the State Revenue Committee said about this during the preliminary discussions of the annual report on State Budge...  01.06.2022Performance of RA Ministry of Hi-Tech Industry Designed by State Budget for 2021 Discussed In 2021 the RA Ministry of Hi-Tech Industry implemented state budget 5 programmes. The expenditures were 6.6bln AMD or 92.3% of the envisaged means. Compared with the previous year the expenditures on the implementing programmes with the responsibility of the RA Hi_tech Industry decreased by 21.4% o...  01.06.2022Civil Service System to Be Introduced in Supporting Structural Sub-Units in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs The law on Diplomatic Service was adopted in 2001. A need emerged to upgrade the sphere and update the service, presenting the amendments and addenda being proposed in the law the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Vladimir Vardanyan said. The draft law on Making Amendm...  01.06.2022Preliminary Discussions of Report on State Budget Execution Continued at NA Standing Committees In the reporting year, the Ministry of the Territorial Administration and Infrastructure carried out 22 programmes with 130 events. From the beginning 131 events were designed to carry out. 201bln 372mln AMD was spent in fact for their implementation, the performance was 93.8%. The Minister of Finan... |
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