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 07.12.2023On December 12 at 11:00, extraordinary sitting of National Assembly 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 on December 12 at 11:00, by the RA NA President’s decision an extraordinary sitting of the Natio...  07.12.2023Parliament continues work of regular sittings At the regular sitting of the National Assembly on December 7, the deputies observed a minute of silence in memory of the innocent victims of the devastating earthquake in Spitak on December 7, 1988.The Parliament continued the debate of the election of the candidate for the member of the Corruption...  06.12.2023Issue of election for member of Corruption Prevention Commission is under debate At December 6 regular sitting, the National Assembly debated the issue of the election for the member of the Corruption Prevention Commission. Haykuhi Harutyunyan was nominated for the position of the Corruption Prevention Commission by the decision of the Competition Council. The member of the Comp...  06.12.2023Assistance programmes in amount of 47.3 billion drams designed for population forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh: Debate of country’s main financial document continues For the population forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh, assistance programmes in the amount of 47.3 billion drams have been provided in the draft budget in Armenia, which is not the full amount of support for our compatriots forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh. The RA Minister of Finance V...  06.12.2023Nikol Pashinyan: The justice is an institutional phenomenon. What is not institutional, is not justice, it is not jurisdiction On December 6, the parliament continued debating the draft law on State Budget 2024 of the Republic of Armenia. The RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gave a final speech and, particularly, spoke about the jurisdiction which is also of strategic importance.“The greatest expectation of the people, who...  06.12.2023At regular sitting of parliament results of secret ballot held on the previous day presented On December 6, at the regular sitting of the National Assembly the Chairman of the NA Counting Commission Narek Babayan presented the results of the secret ballot of electing candidate for the judge of the judiciary of the corruption crimes’ examination of the Anti-Corruption Chamber of the Court of...  05.12.2023Rustam Bakoyan: Our primary problem is to ensure peace and security of region I highlight the role of the European Parliament and the European Union in issues concerning Armenia. As the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan rightly noticed, the European Parliament spoke the language of truth during all the ordeals that befell the Armenians of the Republic of Armenia and Nagorno-K...  05.12.2023Parliament debates issue of electing member of Audit Chamber In accordance with Article 145 of the Constitutional Law Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs proposed to the National Assembly the candidacy of Hakob Mihranyan nominated by the Civil Contract Faction for the vacant position of...  05.12.2023Sargis Khandanyan meets with delegation led by MEP Geoffroy Didier On December 5, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations met with the delegation led by the Member of the European Parliament Geoffroy Didier.“This is our visit to Armenia. We are here to show our solidarity to Armenia and to the Armenian people in such hard times,” Geoffroy Did...  05.12.2023Member of the European Parliament Geoffroy Didier hosted in NA Standing Committee on European Integration We know how much the Armenian people suffered in recent period. We have come to Armenia to express the solidarity of the citizens of France and the European Parliament to your people, as well as to say that we don’t forget Armenia: The Member of the European Parliament Geoffroy Didier said this duri...  05.12.2023Parliament debates issue of election of candidacies nominated for vacancies of CTR member On December 5, at the NA regular sitting the parliament debated the issue of the election for the member of the Commission on Television and Radio (CTR).The NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture and Sport proposed to the National Assembly in the position of the member of the Commissio...  05.12.2023Issue of election of candidate for judge of judiciary of corruption crimes’ examination of Anti-Corruption Chamber of Court of Cassation The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) proposed the candidacies of Sergey Marabyan, Rubik Mkhitaryan and Manvel Shahverdyan for electing in the vacancy of the judge of the judiciary of the corruption crimes’ examination of the Anti-Corruption Chamber of the Court of Cassation: The issue was debated at t...  05.12.2023Parliament begins work of regular sittings On December 5, the National Assembly began the work of the regular sittings.By the proposal of the NA President Alen Simonyan, the deputies standing with a minute’s silence honoured the memory of the serviceman fallen because of the opened fire by the armed forces of Azerbaijan on the Bardzruni vill...  04.12.202336 items in the draft agenda of regular sittings to be convened on December 5 On December 4, the Council of the National Assembly of Armenia convened a sitting. The Speaker of the Parliament Alen Simonyan presided over it.The draft on making addenda to the agenda of the sixth session of the eighth convocation of the National Assembly and on the agenda of the regular sittings ...  04.12.2023Draft law on Making Addendum to RA Criminal Code submitted by civil initiative not endorsed by Committee The draft proposes to provide for criminal liability for any act by an official regarding accepting or recognizing Nagorno-Karabakh as part of another third republic and denying the Armenian Genocide, regardless of the manner of manifestation, by setting imprisonment for a period of ten to fifteen y...  04.12.2023Official opening ceremony of sitting halls of RA NA Standing Committees takes place Making the work of the National Assembly more convenient and technically equipped permanently exceeds the expected result. We already have such experience, when as a result of cooperation with you gave new breath to our daily work and created additional interest towards National Assembly. The RA NA ...  04.12.2023It is proposed to establish a legal basis to regulate documentation relations of stateless persons It is proposed to establish a legal basis in order to regulate the documentation relations of stateless persons, so that it is possible to make a relevant amendment in the decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of March 2, 2006 on the procedure for documenting stateless persons perman...  04.12.2023Citizen not to be obliged to submit anymore the CMPTLI contract to the Police for decreasing the amount of fine by the initiative In case of not having the Compulsory Motor Third-Party Liability Insurance (CMTPLI) contract the citizens of the Republic of Armenia are fined with 100.000 AMD by the existing regulation. However, there is an encouraging norm, according to which, during 24 hours after recording the circumstance of n...  04.12.2023Legislative initiative abolishes prohibition established by RA Constitutional Court and specifies a number of provisions According to the key rapporteur, the Deputy Director of the RA National Security Service Andranik Simonyan, with the draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Law on Service in National Security Bodies, the ban on membership of trade unions by the employees of national security bodies provid...  04.12.2023Debate of NA Draft Statement on Hayakve initiative postponed for revising in voting phase The draft statement of the National Assembly, which elaborated and put into circulation the RA NA Armenia Faction, is agreed with the RA NA With Honor Faction, which refers to the agenda item proposed by Hayakve civil legislative initiative. For the first time we have successful precedent, when nece...  04.12.2023An attempt is made by the initiative to regulate the problems regarding the citizens who have not done mandatory military service It is proposed by the package of drafts to set that the citizens who has not received citizenship of the of the Republic of Armenia (RA) by the order established by law after turning 27 are subject to conscription for mandatory military service and those who have done military service in the armed f...  04.12.2023Legislative initiative aimed at regulating circulation of arms and ammunition On October 5, 2022, the RA National Assembly adopted, and on October 26, 2022, the RA President signed the Law on the Regulation of Arms Circulation, which officially entered into force on June 1, 2023 and represents one of the important achievements of the regulation of public relations and the dev...  04.12.2023Rustam Bakoyan meets with Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq to Armenia Our two countries turned to a new phase of development of relations, and during the last three years, special dynamics is noticed in the Armenian-Iraqi relations. The Head of the RA NA Armenia-Iraq Friendship Group Rustam Bakoyan said this at the meeting held with the Charge d’Affaires of the Embass...  04.12.2023Amendments and addenda to law on Diplomatic Service The adoption of the draft law is conditioned by the necessity of ensuring continuity of the activity of the Foreign ministry, the rise of efficiency, ensuring the laws prescribed by the Constitution with authorizing norms, as well as harmonizing with legislation on public service: The RA Deputy Fore...  04.12.2023Executive proposes to separate financial asset management from tangible asset management There are two types of reserves of precious metals and stones: State and national. At the proposal of the Executive, the Ministry of Finance will stop managing the state reserve, and this function will be transferred to the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. The latter should...  04.12.2023Ara Mkrtchyan: Types of punishments for crime recidivism will be specified, problems arising in practice will be solved It has been more than a year since the new Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes came into force in the Republic of Armenia. As a result of the application of the Codes, a number of practical problems have emerged, which were not yet noticeable at the time of adoption. Therefore, the Ministry of Jus...  01.12.2023Zaruhi Batoyan takes part in G7 Parliamentary Workshop on Population, Demography and Fertility On December 1, the deputy of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Zaruhi Batoyan took part in the G7 Parliamentary Workshop on Population, Demography and Fertility held in Rome. She received the invitation from the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF). Issues on gender e...  01.12.2023Debate in NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport On December 1, in the parliament the NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport at the request of the teachers of a number of schools of Yerevan organized a debate on the issues regarding the salary and voluntary attestation.The teachers touched upon the rate ove...  01.12.2023Restoration of Armenian-Hungarian diplomatic relations highlighted On December 1, the Head of the NA Armenia-Hungary Friendship Group, the member of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Hripsime Grigoryan highlighted the restoration of the Armenian-Hungarian diplomatic relations at the meeting with the delegation led by the deputy of the National Assembly of the Republ...  30.11.2023Committee approves candidates nominated for vacancies of CTR member On November 30, at the regular sitting the RA NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture and Sport debated the issue on proposing candidacies of Hasmik Hakobyan and Nune Hakhverdyan nominated by the RA NA Civil Contract Faction for the vacancies of the RA Commission on Television and Radio...  29.11.2023Lithuanian MPs visit Yeraskh border areas On November 29, the members of the Lithuania-Armenia Friendship Group being in Armenia on a three-day visit accompanied by the Head of the RA NA Armenia-Lithuania Friendship Group Arsen Torosyan visited the border areas of Yeraskh border community of Ararat Marz.The representatives of the Observatio...  29.11.2023Hakob Arshakyan: Without science, it is impossible to have progress at all On November 29, the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan took part in the conference titled Armenia’s National Research and Innovation System: Transforming Challenges into Revival organized by the Gituzh initiative. “Without science, it is impossible to have progress at all. The identity of the stat...  29.11.2023Executive proposes new regulations in Law on Protection of Ozone Layer On November 29, at the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection, the new regulations proposed in the Law on the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Code on Administrative Offenses were debated in the first rea...  29.11.2023It is proposed to regulate commercial network-suppliers’ relations In recent years, the activity of large commercial networks has been developing and expanding at a rapid pace. The entry of trade networks has had a positive effect from the viewpoint of the consumers’ interests, on the one hand, by increasing the quality of service, ensuring the conditions of storag...  29.11.2023Endorsement to draft laws presented for debate in second reading On November 29, at the regular sitting the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs debated in the second reading and endorsed a number of draft laws.The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Armenuhi Harutyunyan reminded the attendees regarding the draft law on Amending the RA Code on Administrative Offen...  29.11.2023RA local companies to be supplied raw material for working which will extend the production period The purpose of the draft is to create favourable conditions to promote deepening of foreign trade, recycling longer production chains, ferrous and non-ferrous metals for the goods of strategic importance. The Deputy Minister of Economy Narek Teryan said at November 29 sitting of the Standing Committ...  29.11.2023It is designed to review rate of state duty for motor vehicles The necessity of the adoption of the draft is conditioned by the solution of the problems caused during the payment of the rates for the use of the state duty being levied for the temporary storage of the goods.The Deputy Chairman of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) Artur Manukyan said this at Nove...  29.11.2023Committee postpones debate of legislative packages in second reading up to two months At November 29 sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Health Care, the debate of two legislative packages On Medical Assistance and Service to the Population and On Public Health and the enclosed laws included in the agenda in the second reading was postponed up two months. The Committee Chair N...  29.11.2023Committee debates amendments being designed in RA Code on Administrative Offences and the enclosed law It is established by the Article 170.3 of the RA Code on Administrative Offences that the state and community taxes for not paying to the budget responsibility is set in the amount of from ten times to twenty times of the minimum salary. It is designed by the draft to recognize the Article 170.3 of ...  29.11.2023Lithuanian parliamentarians visit Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex On November 29, the delegation led by the Head of the Lithuania-Armenia Friendship Group Raimundas Lopata being in Armenia on a three-day visit, accompanied by the Head of the RA NA Armenia-Lithuania Friendship Group Arsen Torosyan visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex.The Lithuanian parliamentar...  28.11.2023Davit Arakelyan meets with representatives of Staff of National Assembly of France The Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Agreement signed by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan and the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of France Yaël Braun-Pivet has created wide range of opportunities to develop the bilateral relations between the Parliaments and the Staffs of our sta...  28.11.2023Exhibition titled The Armenian Historical-Cultural Trace in Baku opened in Parliament The Armenians’ forced migration from Azerbaijan began from February 27, 1988 with massacres of Sumgait, continued in Baku, then - in other cities of Azerbaijan. At that time, not having proper assessment of the international community, the ethnophobic and aggressive policy pursued by the authorities...  28.11.2023Members of Lithuania-Armenia Friendship Group hosted in Parliament I welcome you in the National Assembly of Armenia. I am glad the you have come to Armenia. Such meetings promote developing the bilateral relations, give opportunity discussing regional issues: The Head of the RA NA Armenia-Lithuania Friendship Group Arsen Torosyan said at the meeting with the membe...  28.11.2023Hakob Arshakyan gives an opening speech at Energy Week Armenia 2023 event: Energetics is basis of industrial development, prosperity, economic progress, security and sovereignty of states The RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan gave an opening speech at the Energy Week Armenia 2023 event on November 28.In his welcoming speech, the RA NA Vice President expressed his conviction that in Armenia, as in the whole world, there is great interest in the energy sector. According to him, ener...  28.11.2023Alen Simonyan to Head of Lithuania-Armenia Friendship Group: We expect the support of the Western countries in making democracy more resistant On November 28, the President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the Head of the Lithuania-Armenia Friendship Group Raimundas Lopata.At the meeting the Armenia-Lithuania friendly relations based on similar historical experience were highlighted.Alen Simonyan und...  27.11.2023Rustam Bakoyan: We should protect children’s rights, restoring their right to attend school We should protect the children’s rights, restoring their right to attend school: The Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan said during the working discussion convened on November 27. The core of the discussion was the issue of th...  27.11.2023Rustam Bakoyan: Most of you are now NA employees, who fulfill their duties with high efficiency On November 27, the Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan met with the participants of the Young Professionals’ Parliamentary Program passing an internship in the parliament.The deputy presented to the participants of the Program...  27.11.2023Committee votes for addendum being proposed to law on Customs Regulations The addendum being proposed to the law on Customs Regulations was debated in the second reading procedure at the sitting of the Standing Committee on Regional and Eurasian Integration Committee.The Deputy Chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee Ashot Muradyan reminded that the purpose of the regu...  27.11.2023Committee endorses Hakob Mihranyan’s candidacy for the vacancy of Audit Chamber Member At November 27 sitting, the RA NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs debated the issue on proposing the candidacy of Hakob Mihranyan represented by the NA Civil Contract Faction for the vacancy of the RA Audit Chamber and the candidate for that position to the National Asse...  27.11.2023Report on implementation of nine-month 2023 state budget debated in Head Committee The economies of the main partner countries of the Republic of Armenia continue to grow positively. The economic growth of the nine months of 2023 is in a positive range, but in some countries there is a slowdown in growth rates, in some countries we also have an acceleration. The Deputy Minister of...  27.11.2023Exhibition to be organized in National Assembly On November 28, at 13:00 in the foyer adjacent to the NA Session Hall exhibition titled ‘The Armenian Historical-Cultural Trace in Baku’ will take place on the initiative of the NA deputy Vilen Gabrielyan. ...  27.11.2023Proposed amendments to Law on Internal Audit debated The legislative initiative proposes to remove the contradiction in the laws on the Civil Service and the Internal Audit, as well as to set certain exceptions for the appointment of the Head of the Internal Audit Department.The Deputy Chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee Artur Manukyan said thi...  24.11.2023Parliamentary hearings on agenda item proposed by Hayakve civil initiative Hayakve civil initiative proposed a draft of addenda to the RA Criminal Code, according to which, criminally punishable acts with special norm are characterized the recognition of Nagorno Karabakh in any other state and refusal from the recognition of the Armenian Genocide or downplaying its danger ...  23.11.2023Armenian parliamentarians take part in joint extraordinary meeting of CSTO PA Standing Commissions On November 23, the joint extraordinary meeting of the CSTO Standing Commissions on Political Affairs and International Cooperation and on Socioeconomic and Legal Issues was held in the video conference format, where the Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security Armen Khac...  23.11.2023Heriknaz Tigranyan meets with delegation led by UN Special Rapporteur Fabian Salvioli I highly appreciate the importance of the UN Special Rapporteur’s mandate and the mission of visiting Armenia in this period full of challenges. The Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs Heriknaz Tigranyan said this during the meeting with the delegation led by the UN Spe...  23.11.2023RA Deputy Minister of Justice: All bankruptcy proceedings to be carried out electronically and some urgent problems arisen in the legal practice to be solved The necessity of the adoption of the legislative initiative is conditioned by the large-scale amendments made to the law on Bankruptcy entered into force in April 2020, many problems emerged in the legal practice, the imperative of the introduction of the electronic justice tools and stems from the ...  23.11.2023Initiative clarifies issues regarding management of gifts given to public servants and persons holding public positions According to the RA Deputy Minister of Justice Karen Karapetyan, the legislative initiative proposes to establish regulations concerning the management of the property received by the public servants and persons holding public positions which became state property.It was noted that the range of gift...  23.11.2023Tax body to get an opportunity of applying for f compulsory bankruptcy on physical persons The main purpose of the adoption of the draft is the compliance of the regulations established by the Tax Code with respect to the emergence of the tax obligations of the regulations of the current law on Bankruptcy. It refers to the obligations during the bankruptcy proceedings, emerging before tha...  23.11.2023Endorsement to package of draft laws debated in second reading In case of the adoption of the drafts, the efficiency of verification of authenticity of documents will be raised, the additional expenses will be reduced, the order of refusing the notary activities towards the person in search will be comprehensively regulated and the framework of the persons carr...  23.11.2023Alen Simonyan receives Ambassadors accredited in RA The RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the EU resident and non-resident Ambassadors accredited in Armenia on November 23. In his opening speech at the meeting, the RA NA President noted that the European Union continues to be a primary partner supporting the reform agenda being implemented by Ar...  23.11.2023RA Deputy Minister of Justice: Legislative initiative is aimed at the rise of efficiency of correctional officer’s continuous education The necessity of the adoption of the draft is conditioned by the training of the correctional officers and ensuring the procedure of the special education efficiency rise.The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Levon Balyan said this at November 23 regular sitting of the NA Standing Committee on State and...  23.11.2023Alen Simonyan discusses the perspectives of development of Armenian-Iraqi friendly relations with President of Iraq On November 23, the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan hosted the delegation led by the President of the Republic of Iraq Abdullatif Jamal Rashid.During the p...  22.11.2023Mariam Poghosyan: Voluntary work is an opportunity for young people to express themselves and gain experience The member of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Mariam Poghosyan highlighted the public interest in the draft law on Voluntary Work, introducing proposals and views among young volunteers at the meeting with the young volunteers held on November 22.The focus was on the issues regarding the bill on Vo...  22.11.2023Parliament debates and adopts a number of drafts in second reading The National Assembly debated a number of draft laws in the second reading at the extraordinary sitting convened on November 22.The draft law on Amending the Law on the RA Budgetary System and the attached package of draft laws was presented by the RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration an...  22.11.2023National Assembly resumes the addendum being proposed in 2023 State Budget At November 22 extraordinary sitting the parliament resumed the debate of the bill on Making Addendum to the law on 2023 State Budget of the Republic of Armenia.The RA Minister of Finance Vahe Hovhannisyan presented the final version of the draft.“Beginning from 2023 the residents of Nagorno Karabak...  21.11.2023Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs debates drafts in second reading at extraordinary sitting It is designed that from now on, all the transactions regarding the donation of immovable properties will be subject to notarization. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Justice Ara Mkrtchyan during the extraordinary sitting of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs held on November...  21.11.2023Committee endorses draft laws debated in second reading The purpose of the legislative package is to expand the scope of community budget management and to enable community authorities to make independent decisions: The RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Vache Terteryan stated this at the extraordinary sitting of the RA N...  21.11.2023Norm of exempting import and alienation of electric vehicles from VAT to be extended until January 1, 2026 The Executive proposes to extend the legal norm of exempting the import and alienation of electric vehicles from value added tax (VAT) until January 1, 2025. The deputy Arsen Torosyan proposed to extend the privilege until January 1, 2026, which was accepted by the Government.The Deputy Minister of ...  21.11.2023Our compatriots forcibly displaced from NK opportunity to be given for execution of the right to their pensions and allowances by legislative initiative The problem is to give an opportunity to make use of the guarantees of social protection - execution of the right to pensions, allowances to our compatriots forcibly displaced from Nagorno Karabakh, for which the Government will have relevant authorities. The ...  21.11.2023Financial Redrisbutions of RA State Budget for 2023 to be addressed to showing support to citizens forcibly displaced from NK On November 21, at the extraordinary sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs convened for the second time the draft law on Making Addendum to the law on RA State Budget for 2023 was debated and endorsed. It will give an opportunity to the Government to redistri...  21.11.2023Executive proposes to extend tax relief for electric vehicles for another year The adoption of the initiative is conditioned by the necessity to extend the current legal norm for one more year on exempting the import and alienation of electric vehicles from value added tax (VAT): the RA Deputy Minister of Economy Narek Teryan said this presenting the proposed addendum to the T...  21.11.2023Government proposes to set notarization mandatory demand for the real estate donation contracts The Executive proposes to make legislative amendment, setting notarization mandatory demand for the real estate donation contracts without exception for the real estate donation contracts.The draft law on Amending the Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia was debated in the first reading at the NA e...  21.11.2023Legal bases to be created for recognizing the entrepreneurs’ state accounting and legal persons’ state registration It is proposed by the legislative initiative to create legal bases for recognizing the individual entrepreneurs’ state accounting, on which the date in the information system are not included, but there are no notes in the state united registration book. The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Ara Mkrtchy...  21.11.2023It is proposed to create an Environmental Protection Service The draft law on the RA Environmental Protection Service proposes to regulate the relations regarding the features of the environmental protection service of the state authorized body performing the functions of state control over the application of legislation in state forests, forest lands and spe...  21.11.2023It is proposed to define a new notion in RA Water Code In order to define a new notion in the Water Code, the Government proposes to amend the draft law on Making Addendum to the Water Code of the Republic of Armenia and fix the notion of ‘closed circulating system.’ The RA Minister of Environment Hakob Simidyan said this during the NA extraordinary sit...  21.11.2023Narek Mkrtchyan: Our compatriots forcibly displaced from NK should have opportunity to make use of their social guarantees in RA Our compatriots forcibly displaced from Nagorno Karabakh should have opportunity to make use of their social guarantees in the Republic of Armenia and received pension and allowance by the established order of the RA legislation. Taking into consideration the great number of our forcibly displaced c...  21.11.2023Executive proposes addendum to law on State budget of the Republic of Armenia for 2023 At the end of September 2023, more than one hundred thousand citizens were forcibly displaced from Nagorno Karabakh (NK). Meanwhile, many of our NK compatriots remained in Armenia, having no opportunity to return to their native settlements. During the executive of the state budget for 2023 to ensur...  21.11.2023It is proposed to expand resources of reserve fund of administrative part of community budget The Executive proposes to expand the resources of the reserve fund of the administrative part of the community budget, allocating 5 to 30% of the revenues of the administrative part of the community budget instead of 5 to 20%.According to the RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infr...  21.11.2023RA Deputy Minister of Finance: An opportunity to be given to Government by the initiative to redistribute 3 percent, 77.7 billion AMD within the framework of the state budget for 2023 During the execution of the state budget the Government, by its establishment order, about three percent of the total sum of the allocations established by law on the stat budget of the year, the sums of allocation established by on them can redistribute, if other thing is not envisaged by the law o...  20.11.2023Meri Galstyan Receives Konstantine Vardzelashvili, Head of OSCE/ODIHR Democratization Department On November 20, the Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Meri Galstyan received the Head of the Democratization Department of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Konstantine Vardzelashvili and the Democratic Governance Officer Nina Chanturia...  20.11.2023Zaruhi Batoyan shares her work experience with young specialists of National Democratic Institute In what sphere you work, it is important that you do your job with love and devotion: the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Zaruhi Batoyan said this during the meeting with the participants of the Young Professionals Parliamentary Program of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) on November ...  20.11.2023Legislative initiative is aimed at increasing competitiveness of Armenia as a tourist country The necessity to improve the legal field arose from the need to specify the requirements for tourism activities and services and define control measures in the conditions of dynamic development and new challenges typical of the tourism field. The RA Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan said this at th...  20.11.2023Ruben Rubinyan receives Chairperson of Committee on European Integration of Georgian Parliament On November 20, the Vice President of the National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan received the Chairperson of the Committee on European Integration of the Georgian Parliament Maka Botchorishvili, who was in Armenia to attend the Autumn Meeting of the OSCE PA.The Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Europe...  20.11.2023On November 21, at 11:00 extraordinary sitting of National Assembly On November 21, at 11:00 extraordinary sitting will be convened by the RA NA President’s decision, Articles 100 of the RA Constitution and 41 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure, at the Government initiative by the initiator’s established agenda....  19.11.2023Maria Karapetyan: The corrupt regimes do not use these weapons for legitimate defense; these corrupt regimes use these weapons to defend their corrupt regimes The member of the RA NA delegation to the OSCE PA Maria Karapetyan gave a speech at the second session of the OSCE PA Autumn Meeting being held in Yerevan, where the mechanisms of joint fight against corruption and the security threats were discussed.“Thank you very much Madam Vice-President, Dear c...  19.11.2023Work of OSCE PA Autumn Meeting Ends At Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex the OSCE PA Autumn Meeting continued. At November 19 session the issues of protecting minorities and people affected by conflict were discussed.The Vice President of the OSCE PA Daniela De Ridder highlighted the preservation of the humanitarian law nor...  19.11.2023Artur Hovhannisyan gives a speech at OSCE PA Autumn Meeting: The best way to protect human rights is democracy, and the best environment is peace At November 19 sitting of the OSCE PA Autumn Meeting the issues of protection of human rights and minorities’ rights in the zones of conflicts. In this context the member of the RA NA delegation to the OSCE PA Artur Hovhannisyan gave a speech.“Ladies and Gentlemen,It is my pleasure to welcome everyo...  19.11.2023Lilit Galstyan gives a speech at OSCE PA Autumn Meeting being held in Yerevan At the OSCE PA session the member of the RA NA delegation to the OSCE PA, the representative of the Armenia Faction Lilit Galstyan reminded her colleagues that our calls to the international community fell on deaf ears, and it was not possible to prevent the disaster in Nagorno Karabakh.“Dear collea...  19.11.2023At OSCE Autumn Meeting issues on the importance of prevention of corruption discussed To reach success in combatting corruption the strengthening of democratic institutions, the elaboration of effective mechanism through comprehensive, sometimes, also “painful” reforms are of key importance. The Head of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Konstantine Vardzela...  19.11.2023Anna Mkrtchyan meets with members of the delegation of Finland to OSCE PA: If Azerbaijan violates the norms of international law, then it should be accountable for it The deputy of the RA NA With Honor Faction, the Head of the Armenia-Finland Friendship Group Anna Mkrtchyan discussed the current situation created around Armenia, the existing challenges and problems with the members of the delegation of Finland to the OSCE PA led by the Head of the Finland-Armenia...  19.11.2023OSCE PA MPs visit Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex On November 19, the MPs of Italy and Croatia being in Armenia to take part in the works of the Autumn Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly taking place in Yerevan visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex.The guests laid flowe...  19.11.2023Political issues debated in OSCE PA Autumn Meeting The participants of the OSCE PA Autumn Meeting expressed their concern about the forcible displacement of the Armenians from Nagorno Karabakh and condemned it, expressing support to those who suffered from aggression ...  19.11.2023Parliamentary delegation takes part in the IPA CIS sessions in different formats The delegation of the National Assembly took part in the sessions of the Interparliamentary Assembly (IPA) of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in different formats in Bishkek.The session of the IPA CIS Council was held in the Residence of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic.The Speaker ...  19.11.2023Ruben Rubinyan Receives U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson On November 19, the Vice President of the RA National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan received the U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson.Welcoming the U.S. Congressman being in Armenia within the framework of the OSCE PA Autumn Meeting, Ruben Rubinyan highly appreciated Armenia-USA partnership relations.Thanking the ...  18.11.2023We should reflect on how the OSCE can find lasting solutions for peace across the region On November 18, the Autumn Meeting of the OSCE PA took place in Yerevan.At the Autumn Meeting the RA NA President Alen Simonyan gave a welcome speech.The RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan touched upon the international and regional problems in his speech.The OSCE PA President Pia Kauma also welcomed...  18.11.2023RA NA President Alen Simonyan: Start of OSCE PA Autumn Meeting was successful On November 18, in the National Gallery of Armenia a solemn reception was organized for the ISCE PA delegates by the President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simonyan. The RA NA President addressed a welcoming speech to the participants of the event:“Distinguished Madam President,Dear delegates, c...  18.11.2023Lilit Minasyan gives a speech at OSCE PA Autumn Meeting: Today peace is mandatory During the Autumn Meeting of the OSCE PA being held in Yerevan the member of the RA NA delegation Lilit Minasyan gave a speech.“Dear colleagues, Welcome to Armenia. Hope you will enjoy the hospitality of our country. We have all gathered here to discuss the role of the OSCE PA in conflict regions. H...  18.11.2023Sargis Khandanyan gives a speech at OSCE PA Autumn Meeting: Despite the wars and crises of the past we strongly believe that our region needs real, sustainable, and lasting peace The work of the OSCE PA Autumn Meeting began in Yerevan. The Head of the RA NA delegation to OSCE PA Sargis Khandanyan gave a speech in the discussion on the theme regarding security problems and challenges in the OSCE region.“Madam President, dear colleagues,First of let me join President of the Na...  18.11.2023OSCE PA MPs visit Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex On November 18, the MPs of France, Cyprus and Sweden being in Armenia to take part in the works of the Autumn Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly taking place in Yerevan visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex.The guests laid flowers at the Eternal Fire perpetuating the memory of the Armenia...  18.11.2023Pia Kauma: The citizens of Armenia deserve peace, and it is high time to find new ways for peace Now, it is a crisis situation in many countries, and it is very important that now we have a place where we can discuss security issues. Knowing what happened and what is taking place in Nagorno Karabakh, that issue is very important for the OSCE PA more than ever. The President of the OSCE Parliame...  18.11.2023Nikol Pashinyan gives a speech at OSCE PA Autumn Meeting: We hope to make the South Caucasus a region that delivers good news to the world On November 18, the Autumn Meeting of the OSCE PA was held in Yerevan. The RA Prime Minister, welcomed the holding of the OSCE PA Autumn Meeting in the Republic of Armenia, and noted it takes place at an extremely difficult time, when the world order that has existed in recent decades is showing cra...  18.11.2023Issues of working character discussed at OSCE Standing Committee Meeting Today, on November 18, the work of the OSCE PA began. In the morning the Standing Committee Meeting of the Assembly was held, where issues of working character were discussed. The reports of the OSCE PA President, the Secretary General, the Treasurer, as well as the results of summer works of the wo...  18.11.2023Speech by RA NA President at Autumn Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Honourable Mr Prime Minister, Distinguished Madam President,Dear delegates, guests, Ladies and gentlemen,I welcome you in the capital of the Republic of Armenia Yerevan, It is a greatest honour for the National Assembly of th...  18.11.2023November 18-20 OSCE PA Autumn Meeting takes place in Yerevan On November 18-20, the Autumn Meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) under the theme “OSCE in Times of Crisis: Role of the PA in Responding to Internal and External Challenges” began.About 300 deputies of the delegations of 47 countries a...  17.11.2023Alen Simonyan to Paula Cardoso: Armenia is interested in cooperation with different spheres with Portugal On November 17, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Head of the delegation of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic Paula Cardoso. “The fact that in recent period the contacts between our countries have activated on multi-lateral platforms, is very important. Recently I had an honour to...  17.11.2023Ambassador of Korea to RA NA President: I am looking forward to opening of Korean Embassy in Armenia On November 17, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the RA Lee Dohun. The NA President congratulated the Ambassador on the assumption of the diplomatic mission in the RA and wished him success.The parties emph...  17.11.2023Artur Khachatryan: Budget is not just accounting, it is policy Budget is not just accounting, it is policy. The sector that is more important to the Government, gets more money. We see that with a 16% increase in the budget, the official expenditures for the Ministry of Defense will increase by only 7%, the allocations in the field of military industry w...  17.11.2023Tigran Abrahamyan: US lexicon has become rather tough: it is possible that sanctions will be imposed on Azerbaijan During the parliamentary briefings following the regular sittings the RA NA Secretary of the RA NA Faction With Honor Tigran Abrahamyan touched upon the draft law on RA State Budget for 2024 debated the day before. The parliamentarian noted that one of the prior problems of any Government is to ensu...  17.11.2023Alen Simonyan Receives Delegation Led by OSCE PA President Pia Kauma On November 17, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the OSCE PA President Pia Kauma that arrived in Yerevan on the occasion of the Autumn Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA).The RA NA President highlighted the fact of holding the OSCE PA Autumn Meeting, the p...  17.11.2023Artur Hovhannisyan: US, EU our colleagues express their support to agenda for peace Naturally, we evaluate the refusal of Azerbaijan negative, we call on to return to more constructive, more effective field of discussions. The US, EU our colleagues definitely stand next to the agenda for peace, expressed their support to the agenda of peace, and we hope that by our international co...  16.11.2023Tatevik Gasparyan gives a speech in the Forum held in Reykjavík: Let us stand together and exert our utmost efforts towards the establishment of peace On November 11-15, the deputies Tatevik Gasparyan, Lilit Kirakosyan and Arusyak Manavazyan took part in the Global Forum in Reykjavík. Among other issues Tatevik Gasparyan also touched upon the regional problems.“I plead all of you to join the Crossroads of peace project, the implementation of which...  16.11.2023Minister of Labor and Social Affairs gives a speech during debate of next year’s state budget Within the framework of the debate of the draft law on the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia for 2024, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Narek Mkrtchyan touched upon the budgetary allocations and the programmes to be implemented in the field of labor and defense of the Ministry led by h...  16.11.2023Parliament adopts by voting bills debated in second reading At November 16 sitting, the National Assembly debated in the second reading and adopted by voting a number of legislative initiatives.Presenting the draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the law on Financial Equalization the RA Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Vache ...  16.11.2023NA factions expressed their positions on state budget draft for coming year Artur Khachatryan presented the viewpoint of the NA Armenia Faction regarding the 2024 RA state draft budget. Touching upon the Crossroads of Peace project, he noted that there is no calculation of economic expediency behind the project. According to Artur Khachatryan, Armenia alliance has thoroughl...  16.11.2023RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan: A historic budget of historic times was presented The RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in his final speech on the 2024 budget draft, described the main financial document as a historic budget of historic times. The Head of the executive body pointed out a number of reasons: The revenue part of the budget more than doubles compared to 2018, increa...  15.11.2023Delegation Led by Hakob Arshakyan Receives President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar Al-Assad On November 15, the delegation led by the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan met with the President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar Al-Assad.Thanking the President of the Arab Republic of Syria for the invitation and warm reception, the RA NA Vice President noted that Armenia highlights and hig...  15.11.2023Members of Government give speeches within the debate of coming year state budget The RA Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan touched upon the current cooperation of Armenia with the international colleagues and the programmes to be implemented within the framework of the debate of the draft law on State Budget of the Republic of Armenia for 2024, which are directly or indirectly...  15.11.2023Gevorg Papoyan: 2024 state budget is largest in history of Armenia in terms of expenditure and revenue The state budget is first of all a political document and only then a financial one. Why political, because the state budget first of all reflects the political commitments and policies undertaken by the current Government and the ruling Faction that is its political support: The Chair of the Standi...  15.11.2023Andranik Kocharyan: We can consider state budget of 2024 as a security budget The draft law on the State Budget for 2024 was debated in two regimes: open and closed, at the joint sitting of the Standing Committees on Defense and Security and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs. As a result of debates, I pointed out that the state budget of 2024 can be considered as a se...  15.11.2023Babken Tunyan: Budget creates a basis for continuing long-term and sustainable growth The next year’s budget is planned in the amount of about 3 trillion drams, the revenues - in the amount of approximately 1.6 trillion drams and the deficit - in the amount of approximately 340 billion drams. The deficit is 3.2% of the gross domestic product (GDP). If necessary, the volume of the def...  15.11.2023CB Governor: Tax-budgetary policy to continue providing 7% economic growth in 2024 In the conditions of the principle of providing the purposeful targets of the five-year programme, as well as preserving the positive developments formed for the economy of the Republic of Armenia the in 2024, the tax-budgetary policy will be led by providing 7% economic growth will continue, stress...  15.11.2023Committee endorses next legislative initiative regulating tax sector The NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs debated and endorsed the draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Tax Code in the second reading at the extraordinary sitting of November 15. The key rapporteur, the RA Deputy Chairman of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) Karen Tamazyan state...  15.11.2023Committee endorses the addendum being proposed to the law on Medical Aid and Service of the Population At November 15 extraordinary sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Health Care the draft law designing an addendum to the law on Medical Aid and Service of the Population was debated in the second reading.The RA First Deputy Minister of Health Lena Nanushyan reminded that by the addendum it is pro...  15.11.2023Draft budget is under debate: Despite regional and global huge challenges, in 2024 RA to have great opportunities of raising new quality of development Despite the difficult challenges, joy to everybody, the economy of Armenia displayed and continues displaying a fairly high resistance, including the effective macro-economic policies and equivalent actions being continuously implemented by the Government and the Central Bank. The RA Minister of Fin...  15.11.2023Committee endorses draft laws debated in second reading The purpose of the draft is to extend the validity period of the law for another three years: The RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Vache Terteryan noted, presenting the draft law on Amending the Law on Social Support of Border Communities at the extraordinary sitti...  14.11.2023A draft has been circulated, according to which citizens who are over 27 years of age and have not completed mandatory military service to be exempted from criminal liability The deputy of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Hayk Sargsyan held a press conference. The deputy detailed the draft circulated by him for the journalist community and society. If the proposed amendment is enshrined in the law, it will give the citizens who are over 27 and who have not completed mand...  14.11.2023Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria expresses support to RA territorial integrity, sovereignty, considers unacceptable any violation against them On November 14, the delegation led by the RA NA President Hakob Arshakyan met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic Fayssal Almikdad.At the meeting Hakob Arshakyan underscored the special role of the Armenian community of Syria as an unshakeable bridge of f...  14.11.2023Committee endorses legislative initiatives debated in second reading At November 14 extraordinary sitting, the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security debated in the second reading the draft law on Amending the Law on Defense.The key rapporteur, the Head of Migration and Citizenship Service of the RA Ministry of Internal Affairs Armen Ghazaryan informed that af...  14.11.2023Initiative amends rates of environmental tax calculated for vehicles upon import The initiative proposes to define the features of the value added tax (VAT) calculation in case of sales of light passenger cars at a price lower than the purchase price. Also, the features of the gross income calculation are defined for the same light passenger cars. Environmental tax rates calcula...  14.11.2023Parliament debates drafts concerning postal sector The Republic of Armenia has been a member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) since 1992. The Union is an intergovernmental international organization and has the status of a specialized agency of the United Nations. The Convention was signed on August 26, 2021, entered into force on July 1, 2022 an...  14.11.2023Biometric passports not to be provided in 2024 On January 1, 2017 the term of the of the contract signed with the Polish company supplying the system of biometric passports and identification cards and forms, and conditioned by that work was done on the issuance of biometric passports and identification cards in Armenia, introducing the moderniz...  14.11.2023Ministry of Internal Affairs to be established as an authorized body performing functions assigned to police with adoption of draft The problem arose with the formation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Taking into consideration the fact that the Police and the Passport Service provide support to the Ministry of Defense during the conscription, the function is currently assigned to two subordinate bodies of the Ministry of In...  14.11.2023Mandatory requirement of CPD certificate for medical professionals forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh to be postponed until January 1, 2025 It is proposed not to extend the mandatory requirement to have a continuing professional development (CPD) certificate to the mid-level and senior medical professionals forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh after September 19, 2023, until January 1, 2025. The First Deputy Minister of Health Lena ...  14.11.2023It is proposed to extend the term of implementation of social support programme functioning in border communities 82 border settlements of 23 communities make use of the social support programme operating from 2015. The validity period of the law was extended twice. The validity period of the law terminates from January 1, 2024, conditioned by which it is proposed to extend the term of law for 3 more years. To ...  14.11.2023Initiative proposes to allocate an additional 5 million drams to each of border settlements of communities With the amendments in the law on Financial Equalization, it is proposed that communities with low income potential, as well as remote, high-mountainous communities with a certain sex-age composition of the population will have the opportunity to receive more subsidies thanks to the coefficients.Acc...  14.11.2023National Assembly debates a number of draft laws in second reading It is proposed to design responsibility for the organizations carrying out the preservation of the material values of strategic stock reserve, in case of not submitting within the terms or order established to the authorized body the reports established by the Government on the goods included in the...  14.11.2023Parliament begins work of regular sittings On November 14, the National Assembly began the work of the regular sittings.By the proposal of the NA President Alen Simonyan, the deputies standing honoured with minute’s silence the memory of the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Matevos Asatryan, who prematurely passed away. The deputy sud...  13.11.2023Delegation led by Hakob Arshakyan meets with Speaker of Syrian People’s Assembly of Syrian Arab Republic Hammouda Sabbagh The delegation led by the NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan, which includes the members of the RA NA Armenia-Syria Friendship Group Rustam Bakoyan, Shirak Torosyan and Aren Mkrtchyan, is on a working visit to the Syrian Arab Republic. On November 13, the members of the delegation met with the Speake...  13.11.2023Next meeting coordinating the partners implementing parliamentary support held The accountability and transparency of the works are the main cornerstones, based on which we implement our joint programmes, As the previous years, this year also was full of joint work achievements, and which prepare a basis for the fulfillment of the future new programmes. The Chief of Staff, Sec...  13.11.2023A culture of charity should be formed in Armenia: Working discussion on problems in sector The document introduced to the Committee by the NGOs on the reform policy in the charity sector became the basis of the discussion, where the problems of the sector were pointed out and a number of proposals were presented: The deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Mariam Poghosyan said this durin...  13.11.2023Sargis Khandanyan receives Polish experts On November 13, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan received a number of experts who arrived in Armenia from Poland.The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to Armenia Piotr Skwieciński, the Head of Division, Second Sec...  13.11.2023RA NA Council convenes a sitting On November 13, the Council of the RA National Assembly convened a sitting. The NA Vice President, the Acting NA President Ruben Rubinyan presided over it.The draft on making addenda to the agenda of the sixth session of the eighth convocation of the National Assembly and on the agenda of the regula...  13.11.2023RA National Assembly to host OSCE PA Autumn Meeting On November 18-20, the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia will host the Autumn Meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) under the theme “OSCE in Times of Crisis: Role of the PA in Responding to Internal and External Challenges.”On...  11.11.2023Preparatory works of OSCE PA Meeting to be held in Yerevan started In a few days, Yerevan will become a main platform of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA).300 delegates from 50 countries will arrive in Armenia. The National Assembly will host them. The OSCE PA Autumn Meeting will be held on November 18-20, whi...  10.11.2023Committee debates and rejects collective petition submitted by companies implementing pharmacy activities The NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs debated the petition submitted by seven companies implementing pharmacy activities, which proposes to amend the legal regulations defined by Article 416 of the RA Tax Code on November 10.The Chief Executive Officer of Alfa-Pharm CJSC Mikayel Matsakyan pr...  10.11.2023Government presents legislative proposal to recognize invalid the tax privilege not having wide use It is proposed to recognize invalid the privilege of reducing from the profit tax money the total of the additional salary and the payments equalized to it on new jobs created within the framework of the business programme by the resident profit taxpayers carrying out business programme approved by ...  10.11.2023Arman Poghosyan: 3 trillion 17 billion AMD to be the state budget planned expenditures for 2024 The capital expenditures for 2024 will be about 710 billion AMD. They will exceed by 30 percent the capital expenditures set by the state budget for 2023. As a result, the capital expenditures for 2024 will be 6.8% of the gross domestic product (GDP) growing by 0.9 percent against 2023. The RA Deput...  10.11.2023It is designed to review the rates of environmental tax in transportation The purpose of the draft is the review of the regulations promoting the reduction of the VAT taxation base through the means of transport being classified to the ATG AA 8703 by the organizations or individual entrepreneurs implementing activities in the general taxation system, the prevention of the...  10.11.2023Exempting import of vehicles with electric engine and alienation tax privilege from VAT to be extended for one more year It is proposed to exempt the import of the vehicles working with electric engine and alienation from the value added tax (VAT) from January 1 2024 until January 1, 2025.The RA Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan said this while presenting the draft law on Making Addendum to the RA Tax Code at the sit...  10.11.2023Agreement on expanding cooperation on customs issues between the Governments of Armenia and India debated Bases are created for expanding and strengthening the cooperation between the customs services of Armenia and India by the Agreement on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance on Customs Issues between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of India: The Deputy Chairm...  10.11.2023Proposed amendments and addenda to law on Financial Equalization debated The aim of the draft is to equalize the income capabilities of the communities, taking into consideration the expenditure needs of the communities. The RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Vache Terteryan said this at November 10 sitting of the NA Standing Committee on...  10.11.2023Statement of NA President on nomination of candidates for vacancy of judge of Court of Cassation “In accordance with Article 166.3 of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia and Article 143.2 of the Constitutional Law Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the Supreme Judicial Council has nominated the candidacies of Sergey Marabyan, Rubik Mkhitaryan and Manvel Shahverdyan for the vac...  10.11.2023Residents of about 82 border communities and settlements by draft adoption The adoption of the draft will give an opportunity to the residents of about 82 communities and settlements receiving social support as compensation for gas, electricity, water irrigation, as well as make use of the other compensation programmes by the decision of the RA Government. The RA Deputy Mi...  10.11.2023After adoption, legal acts of city of Yerevan to be published on unified website for publication of normative legal acts The members of the Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection held a minute’s silence in memory of the RA NA deputy, the Committee member Matevos Asatryan.On November 10, the Committee debated the draft law on Making Amendments and...  09.11.2023Issues on competitive healthy environment and the legislation reforms of the tax sphere discussed with ArmCham members I highlight the work with the institutional associations and I congratulate the new Board Members on being elected: The Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs Babken Tunyan said during the work discussion with the members of the NGO the American Chamber of Commerce in Armen...  09.11.2023Senior and mid-level medical professionals forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh to be given opportunity to continue their professional activity until receiving CPD certificate with initiative In order to provide medical care and service according to the current legal regulations, senior and mid-level medical professionals must have a continuing professional development (CPD) certificate, which is a document proving the work permit. In each 5-year cycle, senior healthcare professionals mu...  08.11.2023Gevorg Papoyan: State budget of 2024 is biggest state budget of all time According to the preliminary version of the RA 2024 state budget, the revenues will amount to 2 trillion 676 billion drams, out of which the tax revenues and state duties will amount to 2 trillion 566 billion drams. The RA 2024 state budget expenditures will amount to 3 trillion 17 billion drams, ou...  08.11.2023Initiative endorsed at the Committee: The Public defenders to receive surcharge for overtime work On November 8, the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs convened a sitting, The Deputy Chair of the Committee Rustam Bakoyan moderated it.The deputies in the second reading debated the bill on Making Amendment and Addenda to the law on Advocacy authored by the Governme... |
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