14.06.2019
Vahe Enfiajyan Meets with Inhabitants of Realization Zones
On June 14, the RA NA Deputy Speaker Vahe Enfiajyan received the inhabitants of the alienated territories for building in Yerevan.Vahe Enfiajyan has underlined that he regularly meets with the inhabitants of the realized zones, listen to their problems and recommendations. It has been noted that the...

14.06.2019
Ararat Mirzoyan Receives Delegation Headed by Vice President of FRG Bundestag Thomas Oppermann
On June 14, the RA NA President Ararat Mirzoyan received the delegation headed by the Vice President of the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany Thomas Oppermann.Welcoming the guests in the National Assembly the Head of the Parliament expressed hope that the current visit would give new impe...

13.06.2019
Problems on Lake Sevan Debated
On June 13, in the city of Sevan the RA NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment jointly with the International Republican Institute and the USAID organized a working consultation on the theme The Lake Sevan: Problems and Solutions, wher...

13.06.2019
Item of Fundamentally Improving the RA Law on Advocacy Debated
On June 13, on the initiative of a group of deputies of the RA NA My Step Faction the draft law passed in the first reading a few days ago on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Law on Advocacy, authored by the RA Government was debated in parliament.The member of the NA Standing Committee on Pr...

13.06.2019
Annual Report of Audit Chamber Activity for 2018 Debated
On June 13, the RA NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs moderated by the Deputy Chair Artak Manukyan debated in the second reading the draft law on Amending the RA Law on Consumer’s Crediting and the package of the enclosed draft laws, which presented the deputy of the Bri...

13.06.2019
Lena Nazaryan and Members of Friendship Group Receive Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mexico to Armenia
On June 13, the NA Deputy Speaker Lena Nazaryan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Mexican States to Armenia Norma Bertha Pensado Moreno. The Ambassador has noted with satisfaction the fact that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two coun...

13.06.2019
Members of NA My Step Faction Meet with Candidate for CC Judge
On June 13, the members of the RA My Step Faction met with the candidate for the Constitutional Court (CC) Judge Vahe Grigoryan nominated by the President of the Republic.The candidate presented his biography, detailed his views on the activities of the CC Judge. Vahe Grigoryan answered the deputies...

13.06.2019
NA Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan Meets with Speaker of Riksdag of Kingdom of Sweden Andreas Norlén
On June 12, the delegation led by the Speaker of the National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan visited the Riksdag of the Kingdom of Sweden. The delegation attended the plenary sitting of the Riksdag, where the Swedish MPs welcomed the NA Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan and the representatives of the Armenian Parli...

12.06.2019
Meetings with Ministers of Foreign Sphere of Sweden
On June 11, the delegation headed by the RA NA Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan met with the Minister for International Development Cooperation of Sweden Peter Eriksson.The sides underlined that after the revolution of April 2018 abrupt positive changes in the Armenian-Swedish relations took place. The NA Pr...

12.06.2019
Issues on Income Tax Leveling Discussed
On June 12, the RA NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs moderated by Babken Tunyan touched upon items on the income leveling during working-specialized debate.The RA NA deputies, the RA Deputy Ministers of Finance Arman Poghosyan and Armen Hayrapetyan, the RA CB Council member Martin Galstyan, ...

12.06.2019
Head of the NATO Liaison Office in the South Caucasus Hosted in Parliament
On June 12, the RA NA Deputy Speaker Vahe Enfiajyan received the Head of the NATO Liaison Office in the South Caucasus Rosaria Puglisi.The guest has noted that the goal of the visit is to get acquainted with the viewpoints of the parliamentary factions on the ongoing processes in Armenia. Rosaria Pu...

12.06.2019
Budgetary Debates Continue in Parliament
On June 12, the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs moderated by Mkhitar Hayrapetyan and Mane Tandilyan was held. At the sitting the executive paper of the expenditures allocated to the ...

12.06.2019
Members of Bright Armenia Faction Meet with CC Judge\'s Candidate Vahe Grigoryan
On June 12, the members of the RA NA Bright Armenia Faction met with the Candidate for Judge of the Constitutional Court Vahe Grigoryan.Presenting his biographical data the candidate noted about his activity in case of being elected in that Office. He answered the MPs' questions.Let us note that und...

12.06.2019
Members of Bright Armenia and Prosperous Armenia Factions Meet with SJC Member Candidate
On June 12, the members of the Bright Armenia and the Prosperous Armenia Factions met with Grigor Bekmezyan, the candidate for the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) member nominated by My Step Faction. Presenting his biography and working experience the candidate touched upon his vision of the SJC acti...

12.06.2019
Amendments to Law on Social Security Disability and Addendum to Labor Code Debated
On June 12, at the sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Health Care and Social Affairs moderated by Narek Zeynalyan the draft law on Amending the RA Law on Social Security Disability in the RA authored by the NA Bright Armenia Faction was debated in the first reading. The NA deputy Srbuhi...

12.06.2019
Delegation Headed by Ararat Mirzoyan Visits Uppsala
On June 11, the delegation headed by the NA Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan left for the city of Uppsala in Sweden, first visited Uppsala University Library. The Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University Anders Malmberg and the Library Director Professor Lars Burman presented the Armenian medieval manuscripts a...

11.06.2019
Ararat Mirzoyan Meets with King of Sweden
The delegation led by the Speaker of the RA National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan is in the Kingdom of Sweden on an official visit. On June 11, within the framework of the visit the delegation of the parliament met with the King of Sweden His Excellency Carl XVI Gustaf.After the meeting a private conver...

11.06.2019
Executive of State Financial Allocations for 2018 to Health Care and Social Spheres Debated
On June 11, at the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Health Care and Social Affairs and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs moderated by Narek Zeynalyan and Mane Tandilyan the Annual Report on the Execution of the RA State Budget for 2018 was debated, which related to the implem...

11.06.2019
Executive Papers of Real Estate Cadastre and Urban Development Debated at Joint Sitting of Standing Committees
On June 11, at the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs moderated by Babken Tunyan and Mane Tandilyan the debate of the Annual Report on the Execution of the RA State Budget for 2018 was continued. The executive papers of the...

11.06.2019
Parliament Park of Armenia Enriched with a New Kind of Tree
The Parliament Park of Armenia was enriched with a new kind of tree, sequoia. On June 11, the initiator of the tree planting organized in the public part of the NA Park was the surgeon-oncologist Vahagn Hambardzumyan, who received his education and worked in the U.S. and now returning to the Motherl...

11.06.2019
Agenda Items of Armenian-Tajik Cooperation Discussed
On June 11, the RA NA Vice President Lena Nazaryan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to Armenia Imomuddin Sattorov.During the meeting the sides touched upon the agenda items of bilateral cooperation and perspectives of development.The interlocuto...

11.06.2019
Vahe Enfiajyan Receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tajikistan to Armenia
On June 11, the RA NA Vice President Vahe Enfiajyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to Armenia Imomuddin Sattorov.During the meeting the sides have documented that the Armenian-Tajik relations effectively develop, but we should make efforts for...

11.06.2019
Timur Urazayev: Kazakhstan is Concerned about Effective Cooperation with Armenia
On June 11, the members of the RA NA Armenia-Kazakhstan Friendship Group met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Armenia Timur Urazayev.The Head of the Friendship Group Vagharshak Hakobyan underlined the importance of the consistent strengthening of...

10.06.2019
Debates of Annual Report on Execution of RA State Budget for 2018 Continue in RA NA Standing Committees
On June 10, at the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs moderated by Vladimir Vardanyan and Mane Tandilyan the Annual Report on the Execution of the RA State Budget for 2018 was debated, which related to the revenue an...

10.06.2019
Parliamentary Hearing on Theme RA Chairmanship Year in EEU: Challenges and Opportunities in RA Legislative Body
On June 10, on the initiative of the RA National Assembly Standing Committee on Regional and Eurasian Integration parliamentary hearing on the theme the RA Chairmanship Year in EEU: Challenges and Opportunities in RA Legislative Body was held. About 130 representatives from the government, the diplo...

10.06.2019
Parliament Ends Work of Extraordinary Sitting
On June 10, the RA National Assembly continued the work of the extraordinary sitting.The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Tigran Khachikyan presented for debate in the second reading and completely passing the draft law on Amending the RA Law on Normative Legal Acts. The parliament debated the dra...

07.06.2019
At Extraordinary Sitting Parliament Passes Amendments Being Designed in Tax Code
On June 7, under the Article 100 of the RA Constitution and the Article 41 of the constitutional law the NA Rules of Procedure an extraordinary sitting of the RA National Assembly was convened by the initiator's established agenda.By the decision made by the parliament on the first day of the extrao...

07.06.2019
Launch of Rafayil Zinurov’s Book in Parliament
On June 7, in the RA National Assembly the launch of the book RF state, public figure, writer, legist, sculptor Essays on New and Newest History of Armenia in Russian Historiography, where deputies, historians, Experts on Armenian Studies, scientists and journalists were present. The Chair of t...

07.06.2019
Executive Papers of State Budget for 2018 Concerning Economy Debated
On June 7, at the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs moderated by Babken Tunyan and Mane Tandilyan the Annual Report on the Execution of the RA State Budget for 2018: the executive papers of the revenues and expenditures of...

07.06.2019
Delegation Led by Ararat Mirzoyan is To Leave for Kingdom of Sweden
On June 10-13 the delegation led by the Speaker of the RA National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan will be in Sweden on an official visit.Within the framework of the visit the meetings of the RA National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan with the King of Sweden His Excellency Carl XVI Gustaf, the Speaker of the Rik...

07.06.2019
Vladimir Vardanyan Meets with Resident Representative of UN Development Programme to Armenia
On June 7, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Vladimir Vardanyan met with the Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to Armenia Dmitry Mariyasin.The sides discussed the programmes being implemented in our country within the framework of the U...

07.06.2019
Ararat Mirzoyan’s Statement on Nomination of SJC Member Candidate and Holding of Election
Under paragraph 2 of Article 144 of the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Armenia the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, My Step faction of the National Assembly nominated Grigor Bekmezyan as a candidate of the Supreme Judicial Council member.Under paragraph 5 of Article 144 of the Con...

07.06.2019
Ararat Mirzoyan Signs Protocol
The RA NA President Ararat Mirzoyan signed the relevant protocol on suspending the parliamentary authorities of the NA deputy Narine Khachaturyan....

07.06.2019
On June 7 at 13:00, Extraordinary Sitting of National Assembly to Be Convened
By the decision of the RA NA Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan, under Article 100 of the RA Constitution and Article 41 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, on the initiative of the RA Government on June 7 at 13:00, an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly will b...

06.06.2019
Representatives of NGO European Students’ Forum Association of Yerevan in Parliament
On June 6, the deputy of the RA NA My Step Faction Hayk Konjoryan met with the members of the consortium program Youth Social Integration through Social Entrepreneurship of the Youth NGO of the European Students’ Forum Association of Yerevan, who are head experts of the leading institutions of Georg...

06.06.2019
Naira Zohrabyan Meets with Ambassador of Russia to Armenia
On June 6, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Naira Zohrabyan met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the RF to the Republic of Armenia Sergey Kopirkin.The Ambassador discussed with naira Zohrabyan, the key member of the RA...

06.06.2019
Amendment and Addenda to RA Law on Police
At June 6 extraordinary sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security the draft law on Making Amendment and Addenda to the RA Law on Police authored by the RA Government was debated in the second reading and endorsed. According to the Deputy Head of the RA Police Hovhannes Kocharya...

06.06.2019
Andranik Kocharyan Meets with International Committee of the Red Cross Delegation in Armenia
On June 6, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security Andranik Kocharyan met with the Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross Delegation in Armenia Claire Meytraud. Andranik Kocharyan highlighted the mission of the organization and expressed hope that the further ...

06.06.2019
Budgetary Debates Continue at Joint Sittings of RA NA Standing Committees
On June 6, at the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committees on European Integration and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs moderated by Arman Yeghoyan and Mane Tandilyan the annual report on the RA State Budget Execution for 2018 was debated. The Minister of Finance Atom Janjughazyan not...

06.06.2019
Parliamentarians Touch upon Executive Indices of Previous Year of Foreign Sphere Allocations
On June 6, at the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committees on Foreign Relations and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs moderated by Ruben Rubinyan and Mane Tandilyan the annual report on the RA State Budget Execution for 2018 was discussed.The RA Minister of Finance Atom Janjughazyan as...

06.06.2019
Issues on Tourism Development Discussed
On June 6, the deputy of the RA National Assembly Hripsime Grigoryan hosted the delegation of the German Travel Association. More than 4500 tourist agencies, hotel networks and air companies join the structure.The RA NA deputies Tatevik Hayrapetyan and Viktor Yengibaryan took part in the meeting.Iss...

06.06.2019
At Extraordinary Sitting of RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs
At June 6 extraordinary sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, which moderated Vladimir Vardanyan, the legislative draft designing amendments to the RA Law on Normative Legal Acts authored by the Government was debated.The RA First Deputy Minister of Justice Artak Asatry...

06.06.2019
Import of Electromobiles to Be Exempted from VAT Proposed
At June 6 extraordinary sitting moderated by Babken Tunyan, the RA NA Standing Committee considered the draft law on Making Addendum and Amendment to the RA Tax Code authored by the RA Government in the second reading.The RA Deputy Minister of Environment Irina Ghaplanyan informed that after the fir...

05.06.2019
Executive Papers of Budgetary Allocations and Programmes of RA Emergency Situations, Police and NSS for 2018 Debated
At June 5 joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committees on Defense and Security and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs moderated by Andranik Kocharyan and Mane Tandilyan the executive papers of the annual report on the RA State Budget Execution for 2018 of the financial means and programmes ...

05.06.2019
Debates of Annual Report on Execution of RA State Budget for 2018 Begin in RA NA Standing Committees
On June 5, at the joint sitting of the RA National Assembly Standing Committees the debates of the annual report on the Execution of the RA State Budget for 2018 in the RA NA Standing Committees began, and the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the RA NA Deputy Speakers Lena Nazaryan and Alen Simony...

05.06.2019
Works of Joint Sitting of Armenian-Russian Inter-Parliamentary Committees Summed Up
At June 5 press conference, the member of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Anush Begloian and My Step Faction, Sos Avetisyan (My Step Faction) Arman Babajanyan representing Bright Armenia Faction and the Secretary of the Prosperous Armenia Faction Arman Abovyan presented details abo...

05.06.2019
Ararat Mirzoyan Takes Part in the 4th Summit of Parliament Speakers of Central and Eastern Europe
On June 5, the 4th Summit of Parliament Speakers of Central and Eastern Europe began in Warsaw.During the last several years this format is a peculiar platform by the parliament of Poland for responding the challenges facing Europe, as well as discussing issues of mutual interest.By the joint invita...

05.06.2019
Ruben Rubinyan Meets with Head of Parliamentary Friendship Group of Poland with Armenia in Warsaw
On June 4, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, the Head of Armenia-Poland Parliamentary Friendship Group Ruben Rubinyan met with the Head of the Friendship Group of Poland with the RA NA Tadeusz Woźniak in Warsaw.During the meeting the sides discussed issues regardin...

04.06.2019
Parliament by Voting Passes Debated Bills
On June 4, the RA National Assembly continued the work of the regular sittings and by voting passed the bills debated on the previous day.Under the constitutional law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly the parliament made a decision to hold the RA NA additional sitting on the same day, ...

04.06.2019
Ararat Mirzoyan Meets with Marshal of the Sejm of Poland Marek Kuchciński
On June 4, the Speaker of the RA National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan being in Warsaw to take part in the 4th Summit of Parliament Speakers of Central and Eastern Europe met with the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Marek Kuchciński. The Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreig...

04.06.2019
Vagharshak Hakobyan: Armenia-Kazakhstan Inter-Parliamentary Ties Laid on New Bases
At June 4 press conference, the Head of the RA NA Armenia-Kazakhstan Friendship Group Vagharshak Hakobyan and the Group members Edvard Andreasyan, Mikayel Melkumyan, Anush Begloian presented details about the visit to the Capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan from May 22-24.The Head of th...

03.06.2019
Parliament Continues Work of Regular Sittings
On June 3, the RA National Assembly continued the work of the regular sittings. The parliament by voting passed the legislative initiatives debated in the previous sittings, afterwards continued the debate of the interrupted item, the RA draft law on Making Addendum to the RA Tax Code authored by th...

03.06.2019
Delegation Led by Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Parliament
On June 3, the members of the RA NA delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) led by Hayk Konjoryan met with the delegation led by the Ambassador Rudolf Michalka, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Sout...

01.06.2019
Festive Events Dedicated to International Day for Protection of Children
On June 1, on the occasion of International Day for Protection of Children in the National Assembly Park and in the part adjacent to Baghramyan Avenue a series of joyful and interesting events were organized for children of the capital and arrived from the marzes of the republic and Artsakh. Th...

31.05.2019
Delegation Led by Ararat Mirzoyan is to Leave for Poland
On June 3-5, the delegation led by the Speaker of the RA National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan will be in Warsaw to take part in the 4th Summit of Parliament Speakers of Central and Eastern Europe. The speech of the Head of the Parliament is designed in the Summit.Within the framework the NA Speaker’s m...

31.05.2019
Members of RA NA Prosperous Armenia and Bright Armenia Factions Meet with CoE Delegation
On May 31, the representatives of the RA NA Prosperous Armenia and Bright Armenia Factions met with the delegation led by the CoE Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law Christos Giakoumopoulos. The Head of the Council of Europe Office in Yerevan Natalia Voutova also attended the meeting.Th...

31.05.2019
Parliament Continues Work of Regular Sittings
On May 31, the RA National Assembly continued the work of the regular sittings. The MPs by voting passed the bills debated on the previous day.By the proposal of the RA NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security the debate of the draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Law on Militar...

31.05.2019
Ararat Mirzoyan Receives High Ranking Delegation of Council of Europe
On May 31, the President of the RA National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan received the high ranking delegation of the Council of Europe. The Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law Christos Giakoumopoulos, the Secretary of the Venice Commission Thomas Markert, the Head of Justice and Legal ...

31.05.2019
Extraordinary Sitting of RA NA Standing Committee and Security Held
On May 31, an extraordinary sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security was held, where the draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Law on Military Service and Serviceman’s Status was debated in the second reading and endorsed. MP Sasun Mikayelyan’s presented recomme...

31.05.2019
Joint Sitting of RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations and the RF FA FC Committee on International Affairs Held in Moscow
On May 30, the delegation led by the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations was in Moscow to take part in the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations and the RF FA FC International Affairs Committee.The NA deputies Anush Begloian (My Step Faction), Sos ...

31.05.2019
Ararat Mirzoyan’s Statement on Nomination of Constitutional Court Judge and Holding Election
Under Paragraph 1 of Article 166 of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia and Article 213 the President of the Republic nominated Vahe Grigoryan for the vacancy of the Constitutional Court Judge.Under Paragraph 5 of Article 141 of the Constitutional Law the Rule sof Procedure of the National A...

31.05.2019
NA President’s Statements on Creating Investigative Committees
Statement on Creating Investigative Committee Under Paragraph 2 of Article 20 of the RA Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, by the demand of at least one third of the deputies’ general number the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security will carry out the authori...

31.05.2019
Ararat Mirzoyan’s Statement on Resignation of NA Deputy Narine Khachaturyan
On May 30, under the Paragraph 1 of Article 155 of the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Armenia the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly the deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Narine Khachaturyan presented resignation.Under Paragraph 2 of Article 155 of the Rules ...

31.05.2019
We Invite You to Festive Events on International Day for Protection of Children
On June 1 at 12:00, on International Day for Protection of Children, the National Assembly organizes an event which will take place in the Parliament Park and Baghramyan Avenue. Theatrical groups, Hayordats/ Armenian Sons’ Houses, Musical Groups, Educational-Cultural Complexes and clowns will take p...

30.05.2019
Ruben Rubinyan’s Meeting with Special Adviser of the UN Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng
On May 28, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Ruben Rubinyan and the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the UN Mher Margaryan and the Special Adviser of the UN Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng in New York.The sides touched upon Armenia's act...

30.05.2019
MP Arusyak Julhakyan Conducts Regular Open Lesson
On May 30, within the framework of Open Doors programme the RA NA deputy Arusyak Julhakyan met with the students, lecturers of Yerevan Juridical-Economic and Managing College Educational Complex and pupils and teachers of Karnut Secondary School of RA Shirak Marz, who visited the parliament.The MP t...

29.05.2019
Parliament Begins Work of Regular Sittings
On May 29, the RA National Assembly began the work of the regular sittings. The parliament debated the item of including the draft laws that received negative conclusion by the Head Committees in the draft law of the agenda of the second session of the RA NA 7th convocation.By the legislators’ decis...

29.05.2019
Ashot Ghulyan Sends Congratulatory Address to Ararat Mirzoyan on Republic Day
“Dear Mr Mirzoyan,Dear friend,I warmly congratulate you and the RA NA our colleagues on Republic Day.More than a century ago the Armenians’ resoluteness and the unbending will of fighting gave birth to the First Republic of Armenia, fixing the lost right to dispose its own destiny through centu...

29.05.2019
Pupils and Teachers of Town of Vardenis of RA Gegharkunik Marz
On May 29, within the framework of Open Doors programme the pupils and teachers of N 2, 3, 4 Basic Schools and Hamazasp Hambardzumyan Senior Schools of the town of Vardenis of Gegharkunik Marz visited the parliament.The guests took a tour in the parliament building, observed the work of the regular ...

29.05.2019
Members of RA NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs Meet with Responsible People of GoodWin Bet
On May 29, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs and the Committee members met with those responsible of GoodWin Bet Ltd. Meanwhile, the employees expressed their complaint over draft laws on Amending the RA Laws on Lotteries and on Winning Games, Games Via Internet and Casin...

28.05.2019
Address by RA NA President Ararat Mirzoyan on Republic Day
“Dear compatriots, in these days of 1918 the Armenian people, impoverished by the genocide, hunger, epidemics, abandoned by the allies, coming out for a most real battle between life and death and unbelievable heroic deed in Sardarapat, Bash-Aparan and Gharakilisa and stopped the Turkish troops’ adv...

28.05.2019
Republic Day Celebrated: Parliamentarians Take Part in Festive Events Held in Sardarapat
101 years passed from the battles of Gharakilisa, Bash Aparan and Sardarapat, where our people’s fate was resolved and the First Republic of Armenia was born. On May 28, on the occasion of Republic Day the RA NA President Ararat Mirzoyan, the NA Vice President Alen Simonyan, deputies, the RA NA Chie...

27.05.2019
Members of NA Prosperous Armenia Faction Meet with CC Judge Candidate
The members of the RA NA Prosperous Armenia Faction met with the candidate for the vacant seat of the RA Constitutional Court Judge Artur Vagharshyan proposed by the President of the Republic. The candidate presented his biography, touched upon the steps to be taken in case of being elected, talked ...

27.05.2019
Alen Simonyan Hosts Ukrainian Journalists, Bloggers and Representatives of Civil Society
On May 27, the RA NA Vice President Alen Simonyan received the journalists, bloggers and representatives of public-political organizations who had arrived from different countries of Ukraine.The meeting-discussion went on in the atmosphere of dialogue and dispute. The guests were interested in the s...

27.05.2019
Meeting with Members of German Bundestag
On May 27, the members of the RA NA Prosperous Armenia Faction met with the delegation led by the Member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Faction of the German Bundestag, the Deputy Chairman of Germany-South Caucasus Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Steffen Kotré. Assessing the character and...

27.05.2019
Representatives of NA Factions Meet with Candidates of Members of RA Public Services Regulatory Commission
On May 27, the members of the RA NA Prosperous Armenia, My Step, Bright Armenia Factions met with the candidates of the members of the RA Public Services Regulatory Commission Mesrop Mesropyan, Kamo Sargsyan, Sergey Aghinyan and Seda Shahinyan.The representatives of the political forces got acquaint...

27.05.2019
Issues on Fight against Plagiarism Discussed
On May 27, the RA NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport convened an extraordinary sitting, having on the agenda the item The Legislative Possible Solutions of Fight against Plagiarism.The Chairman of the Higher Education Qualification Committee Smbat Gogyan ...

27.05.2019
RA NA Council Convenes Sitting
On May 27, the sitting of the RA NA Council, presided over by the Speaker of the Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan, was held. The draft laws on making addenda to the agenda of the second session of the seventh convocation of the National Assembly and the draft laws of the regular sittings to be convened on...

27.05.2019
At Sitting of RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs
At May 27 sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs moderated by Vladimir Vardanyan the bill on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA law on Compulsory Enforcement of Judicial Acts authored by the RA Government and the presented package of bills enclosed to it. The key spe...

24.05.2019
Endorsement to Tax Reforms
At May 24 extraordinary sitting moderated by Babken Tunyan the RA NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs continued the debate of the draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Tax Code and the package of the enclosed draft laws.The RA Deputy Minister of Finance Arman Poghosyan presented...

24.05.2019
Ararat Mirzoyan’s Speech during Parliamentary Hearing Titled “The Perspectives in the Application of Transitional Justice Instruments in Armenia”
Let me express my gratitude to you for responding to my appeal and providing such representational participation in this hearing. I can confidently insist that during recent period and especially in the last days one of the themes of the greatest interest being in the RA public dialogue, perhaps is ...

24.05.2019
Bills on Provision of Information Security, Military Service Discussed
On May 24, the RA NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security moderated by Andranik Kocharyan debated the draft law on Ratifying the Agreement on Cooperation of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which presented the Head of the RA National Security Service Art...

24.05.2019
NA President Convenes Parliamentary Hearing on the Theme “The Perspectives in the Application of Transitional Justice Instruments in Armenia”
On May 24 at 10:00, on the initiative of the President of the National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan parliamentary hearing will be held in the Session Hall of the National Assembly titled “The Perspectives in the Application of Transitional Justice Instruments in Armenia.” One can find the conceptual sum...

23.05.2019
At Sitting of RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs
At May 23 sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs moderated by Vladimir Vardanyan the bill on Making Addendum to the Law on Judicial Acts Compulsory Enforcement was debated `in the first reading. The deputy Anna Karapetyan and the representative of the Government, the RA D...

23.05.2019
Seminar-Discussion on Legal Problems of Cooperation between Parliament and Audit Chamber
On May 23, the RA NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs jointly with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation) Public Financial Management in the South Caucasus held a seminar-discussion ...

23.05.2019
Draft Laws on Tax System Reforms Debated
At May 23 extraordinary sitting moderated by Babken Tunyan the RA NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs continued the debate of the draft laws on Amending the RA Laws on Lotteries and on Winning Games, Games via Internet Winning and Casinos authored by the deputies Alen Simonyan, Sipan Pashinyan...

23.05.2019
Amendments and Addenda Being Proposed to the Laws on the Repressed and on Advocacy Discussed
At May 23 sitting moderated by Naira Zohrabyan, the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs debated the draft law on Making Addendum to the RA Law on the Repressed. The RA First Deputy Minister of Justice Artak Asatryan presented the draft law.The Committee member S...

23.05.2019
Head of Parliament Receives Representational Delegation Arrived from Sweden
On May 23, the President of the RA National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan received the representational delegation (the high ranking officials of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency/Sida, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) that had arrived from the Kingdom of Sweden and the Ambassador ...

23.05.2019
Visit of NA Armenia-Kazakhstan Parliamentary Friendship Group to Nur-Sultan
On May 22, the visit of the NA Armenia-Kazakhstan Parliamentary Friendship Group to Nur-Sultan began. Within the framework of the visit the members of the Friendship Group met with the Deputy Speaker of Mazhilis of the Lower Chamber of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Vladimir Bozhko, the He...

23.05.2019
RA NA Delegation to PABSEC Presents Details about Work of Committees
At May 23 press conference, the Head of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) Babken Tunyan, the members of the delegation Vahe Enfiajyan and Artak Manukyan presented details about the works done in Batumi on May 15-16.According to Babke...

23.05.2019
Ruben Rubinyan Has Meetings in Senate of France
On May 22, in Paris the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Ruben Rubinyan had meetings with the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Relations, Defense and Armed Forces of the Senate of France Christian Cambon and the Chair of the Committee on European Affairs Jean Bizet.During ...

22.05.2019
NA My Step Faction Hosts Students of the Royal College of Defence Studies of the United Kingdom
On May 22, the members of the RA NA My Step Faction met with the students of the Royal College of Defence Studies of the United Kingdom being in Armenia on a regional visit in the framework of the visiting educational process.According to the Professor of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom Da...

22.05.2019
Launch of Survey Titled The Investment Environment of Armenia, the Legal Field and the Existing Problems in National Assembly
On May 22, the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs on the initiative of the journalists covering the economic sphere organized the launch of the survey titled The Investment Environment of Armenia, the Legal Field and the Existing Problems in the National Assembly. The event was carried out wi...

22.05.2019
Items on Science and Sport on Agenda of Committee Sitting
On May 22, the RA NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport moderated by Mkhitar Hayrapetyan debated the RA draft law on Making Addendum to the Law on the RA National Academy of Sciences authored by Sergey Bagratyan.The RA Deputy Minister of Education and Scienc...

22.05.2019
Conclusions Presented by RA Audit Chamber Discussed at Joint Sitting of NA Committees
At May 22 joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Health Care and Social Affairs and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs Narek Zeynalyan and Mane Tandilyan, two current conclusions presented by the RA Audit Chamber were discussed.The member of the RA Audit Chamber Davit Chibukhch...

22.05.2019
Extraordinary Sitting of NA Council Convened
On May 22, the RA NA Council convened an extraordinary sitting presided over by the President of the RA National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan.The item on giving consent to the NA deputies’ initiative on Convening the NA Extraordinary Sitting before the term established by Paragraph 7 of Article 41 of th...

22.05.2019
Problems on Regulation of NGOs’ Activities Discussed
On May 22, the NA Standing Committee on protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Naira Zohrabyan and the members met with the representatives of the NGO Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center. Naira Zohrabyan has evaluated the activities of the abovementioned NGO in our country, unde...

22.05.2019
Members of RA NA My Step Faction Meet with Candidate for RA Constitutional Court Judge
The members of the RA NA My Step Faction met with the candidate for the vacant seat of the RA Constitutional Court Judge Artur Vagharshyan proposed by the President of the Republic.During the meeting the candidate talked about his biography, work experience, touched upon his vision of the activities...

21.05.2019
At Sitting of RA NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment
On May 21, at the regular sitting the RA NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment moderated by Varazdat Karapetyan debated and endorsed two legislative initiatives, which would be proposed to be included in the draft law of the agenda of...

21.05.2019
Meeting with Candidate for RA Constitutional Court Judge
The President of the Republic proposed Artur Vagharshyan’s candidacy for the vacant post of the Constitutional Court Judge, with whom the members of the RA NA Bright Armenia Faction met on May 21.The candidate presented his biography and working career, touched upon his vision of the mission impleme...

21.05.2019
At Sitting of NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs
On May 21, at the sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs moderated by Mane Tandilyan the bill on Making Addenda to the RA Law on Insurance and Insurance Activity and the enclosed presented package of bills were debated. The key speaker, the RA Deputy Chairm...

20.05.2019
Delegation Led by Ararat Mirzoyan Takes Part in CSTO PA Council Visiting Sitting
On May 20, the delegation led by the RA NA Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan took part in the in the visiting sitting of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Council. The NA Deputy Speaker Alen Simonyan and the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security Andranik Kocharyan were in the delegation.Bef...

20.05.2019
Speaker of RA National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan Meets with Speaker of Mazhilis of Parliament of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin
On May 19, the Speaker of the National Assembly being in Bishkek to take part in the visiting sitting of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Council met with the Speaker of Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin.Welcoming his colleague Ararat Mirzoyan has expressed co...

20.05.2019
RA NA Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan Meets with Chairman of RF Federal Assembly State Duma Viacheslav Volodin
The Speaker of the National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan being in Bishkek to take part in the visiting sitting of the CSTO PA Council had a meeting with the Chairman of the RF Federal Assembly State Duma Viacheslav Volodin. Recording with satisfaction the fact of the meeting the sides emphasized the imp...

17.05.2019
Report of Observation Mission on 2018 Parliamentary Snap Elections Discussed
On May 17, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Vladimir Vardanyan met with Alexander Shlyk, Head of the Election Department of the Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR) and ODIHR Electi...

17.05.2019
Students of John Kennedy School of Government of Harvard Kennedy School in National Assembly
On May 17, the students of Kennedy School of Government of Harvard Kennedy School visited the National Assembly, and the deputy of the RA NA My Step Faction Hamazasp Danielyan met with them. The goal of the visit is to get acquainted with the ongoing reforms in our country, the developments and...

17.05.2019
Sitting of RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Convened
On May 17, moderated by Ruben Rubinyan the regular sitting of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations was held. The deputies in the first reading debated the bill on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Law on Diplomatic Service. The key speaker, the RA Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Grig...

17.05.2019
Delegation Led by Ararat Mirzoyan is To Leave for Bishkek
On May 19-20, the delegation led by the Speaker of the RA National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan will be in the Kyrgyz Republic to take part in the visiting sitting of the CSTO PA Council.The NA Deputy Speaker Alen Simonyan and the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security Andranik ...

16.05.2019
RA NA Standing Committee on Health Care and Social Affairs Convenes Regular Sitting
At May 16 sitting, moderated by Narek Zeynalyan the RA NA Standing Committee on Health Care and Social Affairs in the first reading procedure debated the draft law on Making Addendum to the RA Labor Code authored by the deputy of the RA NA Prosperous Armenia Faction Tigran Urikhanyan.The idea of the...

16.05.2019
Students Take Part in Discussion of Tax Reforms
On May 16, the members of the RA NA Standing Committee Hayk Gevorgyan and Gevorg Papoyan met with the students of YSU Faculty of Economics and Management. The theme of the discussion was the tax reforms of our country.During the upcoming regular sittings the amendments being proposed to the RA Tax C...

16.05.2019
Problems on Drug Turnover Debated in NA Standing Committee on Health Care and Social Affairs
On May 16, on the initiative of the NA Standing Committee on Health Care and Social Affairs a working discussion was organized on the theme The Problems on Medicine Turnover in the Republic of Armenia. Representatives of the RA Ministry of Health Care, Academician E. Gabrielyan Scientific Centre of ...

16.05.2019
Naira Zohrabyan Receives Representatives of Human Rights Watch Organization
On May 16, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Naira Zohrabyan received the Deputy Director for Disability Rights Division at Human Rights Organization Jane Buchanan and the Associate Director of Europe and Central Asia Division Giorgi Gogi...

16.05.2019
Delegation of National Assembly of Artsakh Republic Visits Yerablur Military Pantheon
On May 16, the President of the Parliament of Artsakh Republic, the members of the Inter-Parliamentary Committee on Cooperation between the parliaments of the Republic of Armenia and Artsakh Republic visited Yerablur Military Pantheon and paid tribute to the memory of the Armenian sons who died for ...

16.05.2019
Speech by RA NA Vice President Vahe Enfiajyan at 52nd Meeting of PABSEC on Economic, Commercial, Technological and Environmental Affairs Committee in Georgia
Dear colleagues,Ladies and gentlemen,Let me welcome all the participants and guests in this hall on behalf of PABSEC on Economic, Commercial, Technological and Environmental Affairs Committee, express my confidence that today’s work will promote the development and strengthening of cooperation in ou...