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 28.03.2025Mariam Poghosyan meets with students undergoing internship in Parliament On March 28, the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Mariam Poghosyan met with the students of the Faculty of International Relations of Yerevan State University undergoing internship in parliament. The meeting was held in Q&A session.The students were interested in the priorities of Armenia’s f...  28.03.2025Parliamentary Briefings: Armenia Faction Artur Khachatryan from the Armenia Faction participated in the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings. The MP first gave an introductory speech and then answered the journalists’ questions. ...  28.03.2025Parliamentary Briefings: With Honor Faction The Secretary of With Honor Faction Tigran Abrahamyan gave an introductory speech during the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings and then answered the questions from the media representatives....  28.03.2025Parliamentary Briefings: Civil Contract Faction During the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings, the Secretary of the Civil Contract Faction Artur Hovhannisyan and the Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Arman Yeghoyan answered the journalists’ questions....  28.03.2025Delegation led by State Secretary of MFA of Montenegro Periša Kastratović hosted in Parliament The Head of the NA Armenia-Montenegro Friendship Group Arsen Torosyan, the members of the Group Gegham Manukyan and Mariam Poghosyan met with the delegation led by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Periša Kastratović.Welcoming the guests, Arsen Torosyan highli...  28.03.2025Schedule of sittings of RA NA Standing Committees The Standing Committee on Defense and Security will convene sittings on March 21 at 11:00, on March 24 at 11:00 in Hall 414.The Standing Committee on European Integration will convene an extraordinary sitting on March 24 at 9:30, at Hall 214.On March 24 at 14:00, the sitting of the Standing Committe...  27.03.2025Legislators vote for giving consent to initiate criminal prosecution against NA deputies Taron Margaryan and Hovik Aghazaryan The Chairman of the NA Counting Commission Narek Babayan informed that the RA Prosecutor General submitted a petition to give consent to initiate criminal prosecution against the NA deputy Taron Margaryan. Secret ballot was held, in which the RA NA 67 deputies out of 107 took part. There were 67 bal...  27.03.2025All arrestees to undergo a medical examination: Draft law debated and adopted in first reading As a result of the adoption of the bill, proper medical examination of arrestees in the Republic of Armenia and complete recording of its results will be ensured based on unified standards. As a result, it will be possible to more effectively investigate alleged cases of torture and other forms of i...  27.03.2025Legislative body addresses issue of electing a member of Audit Chamber The Parliament debated the issue of electing a member of the Audit Chamber at the sitting of March 27.In accordance with Article 145 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs proposed to the National...  27.03.2025Issue of electing member of Corruption Prevention Commission debated On March 27, at the regular sitting the National Assembly debated the issue of electing a member of the Corruption Prevention Commission.The NA Vice President Ruben Rubinyan informed that based on the decision of the Competition Council, Marianna Baghinyan was nominated for the vacant position of a ...  27.03.2025Issue on giving consent to initiate criminal prosecution against MP Taron Margaryan debated On March 27, at the regular sitting the parliament debated the NA draft law on Giving Consent to Initiate Criminal Prosecution against the deputy of the National Assembly Taron Margaryan, The RA Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan presented the issue for debate.The Prosecutor General quoted a number...  27.03.2025Parliament continues debate of consent to initiate criminal prosecution of Hovik Aghazaryan The National Assembly continued the debate of the issue of consent to initiate criminal prosecution of the deputy of the eighth convocation of the National Assembly Hovik Aghazaryan at the sitting of March 27.The Secretary of the NA Armenia Faction Artsvik Minasyan noted in his speech that the submi...  26.03.2025Representatives from Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies hosted in Parliament On March 26, the Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Arman Yeghoyan met with the representatives from the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies Hugo von Essen and Jakob Hedenskog.Arman Yeghoyan noted that Sweden is an important partner for Armenia, especially within the f...  26.03.2025Parliamentary hearings to be convened by Committee decision At March 26 sitting, the RA NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security made a decision to convene parliamentary hearings on April 9 at 11:00. The theme Road Traffic Safety in the Republic of Armenia will be discussed....  26.03.2025Prosecutor General submits to National Assembly issue of giving consent to initiate criminal prosecution against MP Hovik Aghazaryan During the regular sitting of the National Assembly on March 26, Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan submitted a petition to give consent to initiate criminal prosecution against the deputy of the eighth convocation of the National Assembly Hovik Aghazaryan, in accordance with the constitutional Law...  26.03.2025Sargis Khandanyan meets with representatives from Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies On March 26, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan met with the representatives from the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies Hugo von Essen and Jakob Hedenskog.Welcoming the guests, Sargis Khandanyan highlighted the Armenia-Sweden close cooperation. Spe...  26.03.2025Parliament debates civil initiative on launching process of RA accession to EU in second reading On March 26, the National Assembly continued the work of its regular sittings. The civil initiative on launching the process of accession of the Republic of Armenia to the European Union was debated in the second reading.According to the authorized representative of the initiative group Artak Zeynal...  25.03.2025Amendments being proposed to RA Labor Code presented The new Criminal Procedure Code designed an alternative measure of restraint - house arrest. However, in the event of its application, issues regarding the further course of labor relations were left out of the legal framework. The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Tigran Dadunts said this at the NA sit...  25.03.2025Tax issues arising in trade and economic relations between Armenia and Hong Kong to be regulated by agreement The Agreement on the Avoidance of Double Taxation of Incomes and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion and Circumvention between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China was signed in Yerevan on June 14, ...  25.03.2025Proposed amendments to RA Civil Procedure Code debated The Civil Procedure Code allows for the consolidation of interrelated cases before the same judge into one proceeding, but there is no mechanism that would allow for the consolidation of cases before different judges of the same court into one proceeding. In practice, such a need arises due to the p...  25.03.2025Alen Simonyan meets with Foreign Minister of Islamic Republic of Iran The RA NA President Alen Simonyan met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyed Abbas Araghchi being in Armenia on an official visit.Alen Simonyan noted that the bilateral relations built on mutual respect and trust with friendly Iran are of great importance for Arme...  25.03.2025Parliament debates proposed amendments to Tax and Administrative Offenses Codes in second reading On March 25, the National Assembly debated the proposed amendments to the Tax and Administrative Offenses Codes in second reading.The authors of the bill on Making Amendments to the Code on Administrative Offenses are the NA deputies Alen Simonyan, Ruben Rubinyan and Armen Khachatryan.The initiative...  25.03.2025Draft to regulate relations regarding the organization of preschool, general education and out-of-school education The Executive is proposing new regulations in the process of giving the right to manage educational institutions and certifying them. At present, certification processes are defined for each educational level. It is proposed to define a unified certification process. The RA Deputy Minister of Educat...  25.03.2025Initiative on regulating process of cleaning riverbeds debated The adoption of the initiative will regulate the process of cleaning riverbeds, clarify the regulations regarding the issuance, review, and suspension of water use permits, which will contribute to the effective management of water resources. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Environment of ...  25.03.2025Amendments being proposed to law On Energy debated The legislative package on Making Amendments and Addenda to the law On Energy, which were authored by the deputies of the NA Civil Contract Faction Tsovinar Vardanyan and Arusyak Manavazyan, was debated in the first reading.Tsovinar Vardanyan presented the necessity to make amendments to the law, no...  25.03.2025Executive proposes to make addendum to RA Civil Code In 2023, an amendment was made to the draft law On Amendments to the Law On State Registration of Legal Entities, State Counting of the Legal Entities’ Separated Subdivisions, Institutions and Individual Entrepreneurs and companies operated in Nagorno-Karabakh were given the opportunity to get regis...  25.03.2025Proposed addenda to Law on State Pensions authored by Armenia Faction debated The draft on Making Addenda to the Law on State Pensions authored by the Armenia Faction of the National Assembly proposes to set the minimum pension amount from January 1, 2026 in such a way that it is not less than the cost of the monthly food basket, and the average labor pension amount is not le...  25.03.2025Legislative regulation to establish financial assistance as a social guarantee for eco-patrol employees As a social guarantee for eco-patrol employees, it is proposed to apply the institution of financial assistance, while maintaining proportionality, since this method is also used in the case of other services. This amendment is proposed by the executive body to the law on Eco-patrol Service. The iss...  25.03.2025New regulations are proposed to law On Assessment of Person’s Functionality The necessity to revise the package is due to the fact that under the Law On Assessment of Person’s Functionality, control over the procedure for assessing a person's functionality has been entrusted to the Health and Labor Inspection Body, however, apart from the above, no other regulation, includi...  25.03.2025It is proposed to improve the legal field regulating disaster risk management and population protection There is an insufficient level of disaster risk awareness at almost all levels of the population protection system in emergency situations, especially in increasing the level of awareness and education of the population, disaster forecasting and early warning, forming a culture of disaster resilienc...  25.03.2025Protected person may be accompanied by 1 vehicle and a maximum of 3 guards: Proposed amendments to law debated The National Assembly began the work of its regular sittings on March 25.After approving the agenda of the regular sittings, the Parliament debated in the first reading the package of draft laws on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Law on Private Security Activities and the related laws.According...  24.03.2025State registration process of medicines, existing problems and regulations: Discussion in Standing Committee on Health Care The NA Standing Committee on Health Care organized a work discussion on the state registration process of medicines, the existing problems and mechanisms aimed at solving them.The Committee Chair Arsen Torosyan emphasized the importance of such discussions from the viewpoint of voicing the problems ...  24.03.202521 items to be included in draft agenda of NA regular sitting to be convened on March 25 On March 24, the sitting of the National Assembly Council took place. The RA NA President Alen Simonyan presided over it.The drafts on making addenda to the agenda of the ninth session of the eighth convocation of the National Assembly and the agenda of the regular sittings to be convened on March 2...  24.03.2025Committee takes report into consideration A number of budgetary system measures were implemented in 2024, as a result of which the mechanism of transferring unfulfilled contractual obligations on capital expenditures to the next budget year was included in the 2025 state budget for the first time, which is a rather significant step. This wa...  24.03.2025Hasmik Hakobyan meets with students The deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Hasmik Hakobyan met and talked with the students of the Faculty of International Relations of Yerevan State University undergoing internship in parliament. The meeting took place on March 24 and was held in Q&A session.The students, particularly, were part...  24.03.2025Government proposes to form a stable institutional system for disaster risk management The current law on Protection of the Population in Emergency Situations was adopted in 1998, which, in essence, does not correspond to either the current management system or international requirements and standards. The RA Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Armen Mkrtchyan said this, presenting fo...  24.03.2025Standing Committee on European Integration debates implementation of RA Government Programme (2021-2026) for 2024 The year was visible in almost all the areas of multi-sectoral cooperation. The full and effective implementation of the Armenia-European Union Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement, based on the uninterrupted work of statutory bodies, including the full implementation of relevant commitm...  24.03.2025Committee endorses revised version of civil initiative on launch of process of RA accession to EU The NA Standing Committee on European Integration debated the civil initiative on the launch of the process of the accession of the Republic of Armenia to the European Union at the sitting of March 24.The authorized representative of the initiative group Artak Zeynalyan stated that the preamble to t...  23.03.2025Parliamentary delegation of the Czech Republic hosted in National Assembly This week the delegation led by the Chairperson of the Committee for European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of Parliament of the Czech Republic arrived in Armenia. The agenda of the visit was full: issues of mutual interest were at the core of the parliamentary meetings....  22.03.2025Delegation led by RA NA President was in Strasbourg on a working visit The RA NA President Alen Simonyan gave a speech in the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament on the theme Safeguarding Democracy. The delegation led by Alen Simonyan was in Strasbourg on a working visit. The Speaker of the Parliament had meetings with his colleagues of a number of countrie...  21.03.2025Alen Simonyan meets with President of the Senate of Mexico Gerardo Fernández Noroña The RA NA President Alen Simonyan, being in Strasbourg on a working visit, met with the President of the Senate of Mexico Gerardo Fernández Noroña.The interlocutors discussed a wide scope of issues regarding the inter-parliamentary cooperation, as well as the Armenian-Mexican agenda. Alen Simonyan a...  21.03.2025Parliamentary hearings on the theme Public Noise as an Obstacle to the Observance of the Rules of Coexistence, Current Legal Regulations. Legislative Solutions The problem is topical, the complaints are many addressed to our Committee and to the office Human Rights Defender (HRD). We have invited the officials from the state departments, sector and citizens interested in the problem to raise the problem, discuss the current legal regulations and the necess...  21.03.2025Work carried out by Ministries of Defense and Internal Affairs in 2024 presented Guided by the tasks set out in the Government Programme, during 2024, the Ministry of Defense continued its activities in the areas of Armed Forces reform, defense capabilities, development of military-technical cooperation, coordination of international integration processes, transition to a profes...  21.03.2025Alen Simonyan meets with First Deputy Speaker of Riksdag of Sweden Kenneth Forslund The RA NA President Alen Simonyan, being in Strasbourg on a working visit, met with the First Deputy Speaker of Riksdag of Sweden Kenneth Forslund.The issues regarding the development of inter-parliamentary cooperation were at the core of the interlocutors’ discussions.Alen Simonyan gave details to ...  21.03.2025Parliamentary hearings to be held On March 21 at 12:00, in the NA session hall, parliamentary hearings will be held on initiative of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs on the topic Public Noise as an Obstacle to the Observance of the Rules of Coexistence, Current Legal Regulations. Legislat...  20.03.2025Speech by RA NA Alen Simonyan in European Conference of Presidents of Parliament on the theme Safeguarding Democracy Dear President of the Assembly, Secretary General, Secretary General of the Assembly, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen,I am honored to speak in this chamber, which for more than seven decades has worked to unite Europe around a shared, universal system of values inspired by the grand belief in the d...  20.03.2025Alen Simonyan meets with NA President of France Yaël Braun-Pivet The RA NA President Alen Simonyan met with the NA President of France Yaël Braun-Pivet within the framework of the European Conference of Presidents of Parliaments of the Council of Europe during his working visit to Strasbourg.Alen Simonyan in a talk with his counterpart expressed gratitude for the...  20.03.2025Drivers to have 13 points instead of 9: Draft law debated in second reading During the year the drivers will have 13 points instead of 9. The NA deputy Armen Khachatryan presented in the second reading the draft law on Amending the Code on Administrative Offences authored by the NA deputies Alen Simonyan, Ruben Rubinyan, Armen Khachatryan at the sitting of the NA Standing C...  20.03.2025Purpose of proposed regulations is to optimize private guardian activities The purpose of the initiative is to optimize and regulate private guardian activities. They are divided into 3 directions. The first concerns the clarification and standardization of legislation, and in this regard, I would like to note that we are supplementing the law with all the sub-types actual...  20.03.2025It is proposed the arrestees and detainees to be undegone to a medical examination in all cases upon admission to a place of detention The Executive proposes addenda and amendments to the Law on Treatment of Arrestees and Detainees. The necessities for amendments stems from the assignments of the UN Committee Against Torture, as well as the imperative of implementing the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the Viraby...  20.03.2025Issues on protection of human rights in field of bio-medicine debated On March 19, the Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan, the Committee Members Marina Ghazaryan and Tigran Parsilyan met with the Head of Human Rights and Biomedicine Division of the Council of Europe Laurence Lwoff and the Repres...  19.03.2025Performance of ministries for 2024 presented The agenda of the sitting of March 19 of the NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection also included the report on the process and results of the implementation of the RA Government Programme (2021-2026) for 2024.In 2024, the M...  19.03.2025It is proposed to enshrine social guarantees of eco-patrol employee in law The Government proposes to revise the regulations regarding financial assistance provided in the event of the death or disability of an eco-patrol employee in the law on Eco-Patrol Service. The draft law was presented for debate in the first reading at the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Ter...  19.03.2025Executive proposes to make amendments and addendum to Water Code Taking into consideration the consequences of the overflow of the Aghstev River in the Haghartsin settlement of the Dilijan community of Tavush region as a result of heavy rains in 2024, the Government has developed a draft resolution on establishing the procedure for cleaning the water resource bed...  19.03.2025Ambassador of Germany to RA hosted in Committee On March 19, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection Vahe Ghalumyan, Committee members Mikayel Tumasyan and Davit Danielyan met with the FRG Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to our country Claudia...  19.03.2025Programmes implemented by Ministry of Health in reporting year debated During the reporting period, the Ministry of Health, implementing the measures stemming from the Government programme, continued its work in three main directions. This was stated by the Minister of Health of the Republic of Armenia Anahit Avanesyan, presenting the relevant part of the report on the...  19.03.2025Sectoral officials present the work done and reforms made during the previous year In 2024, part of the work was dedicated to improving macroeconomic tools, and a sectoral analysis was made. In 2025, for the first time, medium-term macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts were published in the budget forecasting process. Medium-term taxation opportunities were assessed, providing analyt...  19.03.2025Rustam Bakoyan meets with Ambassador of Germany to RA On March 19, the Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Human Rights Protection and Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to our country Claudia Busch.Welcoming and congratulating Claudia Busch on assuming ...  19.03.2025New regulations in law on Assessment of Person’s Functionality On March 19, the NA Standing Committee on Health Care convened the next sitting, which moderated the Chair Arsen Torosyan. He informed that Lusine Badalyan resigned from the position of Deputy Chair of the Committee. Hripsime Hunanyan’s candidacy was nominated. As a result of the Committee members’ ...  19.03.2025Scope and volumes of electricity sellers to be expanded: the proposal debated in Committee The RA NA deputies Tsovinar Vardanyan and Arusyak Manavazyan propose to make amendments and addenda to the law on Energy. Tsovinar Vardanyan presented the proposal during the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs convened on March 19.The co-author of the bill, presenting the need ...  19.03.2025Ratification of Agreement to promote development of economic relations between Armenia and Hong Kong The tax issues arising in trade and economic relations between the contracting states are regulated by the draft.The RA Minister of Finance Vahe Hovhannisyan said this during the regular sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs convened on March 19, presenting the draft law on Ratifi...  18.03.2025A number of problems of healthcare system discussed On March 18, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Health Care Arsen Torosyan met with the Director of Armenia Office of the International, Independent Medical Humanitarian Organization Doctors without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières Ann Wairimu Mumina.The Organization provides medical assi...  18.03.2025Committee debates draft law authored by opposition Faction The Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs debated in the first reading the draft law on Making Addenda to the Law on State Pensions authored by the NA Armenia Faction, which was presented by the Secretary of the Faction Artsvik Minasyan. The author proposes to set the minimum pension amount...  18.03.2025In 2023-2024 educational year, 3300 new teachers entered schools work done in sphere of education, science, culture, sport in 2024 presented According to the results of the International Mathematics and Science Assessment, the Armenian fourth-graders have improved their knowledge of mathematics, registering an increase of 15 points compared to the 498 recorded in 2019. Armenia now appears in the group of countries showing above-average r...  18.03.2025An opportunity to be created to unite in one proceeding the interconnected cases of confiscation of property of illegal origin pending before different judges of the RA Anti-Corruption Court The draft refers to making addenda to the Civil Procedure Code. The thing is that the current Code allows for the consolidation of related cases before the same judge into one proceeding, but there is no mechanism in place that would allow for the consolidation of cases before different judges of th...  18.03.2025Government proposes to make addenda and amendments to Labor Code of Armenia The new Criminal Procedure Code designs for an alternative measure of restraint: house arrest. However, in its application, issues regarding the further course of labor relations are left out of the legal regulation field. The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Tigran Dadunts said this at the sitting of ...  18.03.2025Members of NA Armenia-Czech Republic Friendship Group meet with Czech Parliamentarians You have visited Armenia during a period important for us. We have conveyed the text of the peace agreement to Azerbaijan and we are waiting for an answer. The Head of the NA Armenia-Czech Republic Friendship Group Artur Hovhannisyan said this at the meeting with the Chairperson of the Committee for...  18.03.2025Issues regarding bilateral cooperation discussed On March 18, the deputy of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Aleksey Sandikov and the deputy of the Armenia Faction Kristine Vardanyan met in distant format the representatives of the Chamber of Young Legislators under the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.Aleksey Sandikov expressed hope t...  18.03.2025Legal, organizational, and financial foundations of preschool, general education, and extracurricular activities to be regulated and defined The goal of the draft is to regulate and define by law the legal, organizational, and financial foundations of preschool, general education, and extracurricular activities, as well as extracurricular education. The Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Araksia Svajyan said this du...  18.03.2025Main directions of reforms implemented by Government in field of justice in 2024 presented Let me present to you the main directions of the reforms implemented by the Government in the field of justice in 2024. Last year, a package of amendments to the Electoral Code was adopted, which clarified the regulations on campaign materials and recounting voting results. New mechanisms for the ef...  18.03.2025Process and results of implementation of Government programme last year debated at Committee sitting The Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs debated the report on the process and results of the implementation of the RA Government programme (2021-2026) for 2024 at the sitting on March 18.The Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia...  18.03.2025Parliamentary Delegation of Czech Republic visits Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex On March 18, the delegation led by the Chairperson of the Committee for European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of Parliament of the Czech Republic Ondřej Benešík visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex.The guests laid flowers at the Eternal Fire perpetuating the memory of the Armenian Gen...  17.03.2025Committee debates issues of developing industrial cooperation between EEU states The RA NA Standing Committee on Regional and Eurasian Integration, at the extraordinary sitting of March 17, debated the issues of implementing joint cooperation projects in industrial sectors by the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union through the promotion of enterprises with 50% or more s...  17.03.2025Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Finland to Armenia visits Parliament On March 17, the members of the RA NA Armenia-Finland, Norway Friendship Group, the deputies of the Civil Contract and Armenia Faction Tigran Parsilyan and Arpine Vardanyan met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Finland to the Republic of Armenia Kirsti Narinen. Tigran Parsilya...  17.03.2025Sargis Khandanyan receives Ambassador of Germany to RA On March 17, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to our country Claudia Busch. Welcoming the Ambassador in parliament, Sargis Khandanyan valued the close cooperation...  17.03.2025Parliamentary Delegation of Czech Republic hosted in National Assembly On March 17, the Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration of the National Assembly Arman Yeghoyan, the Deputy Chair Meri Galstyan and the Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan met with the delegation led by the Chairperson of the Committee for European...  17.03.2025Sisak Gabrielyan receives FRG Ambassador to RA On March 17, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport Sisak Gabrielyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Armenia Claudia Busch.Welcoming the Ambassador Sisak Gabri...  17.03.2025Work debate on restrictions on loud music played in cars led by Alen Simonyan On March 17, a work debate led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan in parliament on the package of draft laws on Making Addendum to the RA Law on Ensuring Road Traffic Safety and on Making Addendum to the RA Code on Administrative Offenses was organized. The RA Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs A...  17.03.2025Committee debates report on progress and results of implementation of RA Government Programme for 2024 During 2024, the Ministry of Economy continued the negotiation process on the possibilities of applying preferential trade regimes within the framework of trade with third countries. This was stated by the Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan at the extraordinary sitting of the NA Standing Committee o...  17.03.2025Alen Simonyan Receives Chairperson of Committee for European Affairs of Chamber of Deputies of Parliament of the Czech Republic The RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the Chairperson of the Committee for European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of Parliament of the Czech Republic Ondřej Benešík. Underscoring the dynamic development of the Armenian-Czech relations, the interlocutors noted tha...  17.03.2025Issue of candidate for vacant seat of member of Audit Chamber debated The Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs debated the candidacy of Zhirayr Mkhitaryan, presented by the NA Civil Contract Faction for the vacant seat of the member of the Audit Chamber, and the issue of proposing a candidate for that position to the National Assembly.The Commi...  16.03.2025Tatevik Gasparyan meets with representatives of Parliament of Peru Within the framework of the First Global Conference of Women Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the deputy Tatevik Gasparyan met with the members of Parliament of the Republic of Peru Nieves Esmeralda Limachi and Rosio Torres. Tatevik Gasparyan noted the interest of Armenia in develo...  16.03.2025Issues regarding the development of effective cooperation between the legislative bodies of Armenia and Mexico discussed Within the framework of the First Global Conference of Women Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the deputy Tatevik Gasparyan had a meeting with the President of the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Chief Coordinator of the event held in Mexico Se...  16.03.2025Tatevik Gasparyan meets with Vice President of Chamber of Deputies of Dominican Republic Within the framework of the Global Conference of Women Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the NA deputy Tatevik Gasparyan had a meeting with the Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic Dharuelly D’Aza. Tatevik Gasparyan noted with satisfaction the signific...  14.03.2025Possibilities of activating parliamentary ties in various formats discussed On March 14, within the framework of the First Global Conference of Women Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union going on in Mexico, the NA deputy Tatevik Gasparyan met with the Head of the parliamentary delegation of Türkiye Asuman Erdoğan and the member of the delegation Mevlut Kar...  14.03.2025Development of bilateral cooperation emphasized Within the framework of the First Global Conference of Women Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), MP Tatevik Gasparyan met with the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate of Mexico Alejandro Murat Hinojosa on March 14.Tatevik Gasparyan reaffirmed Armenia's inte...  14.03.2025Tatevik Gasparyan participates in First Global Conference of Women Parliamentarians of Inter-Parliamentary Union On March 13-16, the First Global Conference of Women Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union took place in Mexico, in which the member of the RA NA Armenia-Mexico Friendship Group Tatevik Gasparyan participated at the invitation of the President of the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians of t...  14.03.2025Events and programmes implemented in foreign sphere debated in 2024 On March 13, Armenia and Azerbaijan announced that they came to final agreement on the draft text of the peace treaty. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia announced that they are ready to begin discussions with Baku on the terms and venue of signing the treaty. Many countries have already wel...  13.03.2025Sargis Khandanyan meets with graduates of University of Pennsylvania On March 13, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan met with the graduates of the University of Pennsylvania, USA....  13.03.2025Arman Yeghoyan meets with students of Jena University On March 13, the Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration of the National Assembly Arman Yeghoyan met with the students of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) being in Armenia on one-week visit.Welcoming the guests, Arman Yeghoyan presented the spheres of the activities o...  12.03.2025Problems of settlements of enlarged Vedi community presented On March 12, the Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan visited the settlements of Lusashogh, Lanjanist, Shaghap and Urtsadzor of Vedi enlarged community. The Governor of Ararat Region Sedrak Tevonyan and the Head of Vedi communit...  11.03.2025Heriknaz Tigranyan meets with representatives of House of Hope Charity Center Foundation On March 11, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs Heriknaz Tigranyan met with the Director of the House of Hope Charity Center Foundation Movses Poghosyan and the Programme Coordinator of the Foundation Hripsime Manukyan.They presented the work and charity programmes of...  11.03.2025Hakob Arshakyan hosts students undergoing internship at National Assembly On March 11, the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan met with the students of the Faculty of International Relations of Yerevan State University and the Chair of Political Science of RA Public Administration Academy, who undergo internship in the National Assembly. The meeting was held in Q&A sessi...  11.03.2025Standing Committee on Foreign Relations to convene a sitting The sitting of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations will take place on March 14 at 11:00 in hall 414....  10.03.2025Parliamentary hearings to be held On March 21 at 12:00, the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs will convene parliamentary hearings in the session hall of the National Assembly on the topic Public Noise as an Obstacle to the Observance of the Rules of Coexistence, Current Legal Regulations. Legi...  08.03.2025Alen Simonyan’s congratulatory message on International Women’s Day Dear women!I congratulate you on this beautiful day. This day is a good opportunity to express our deepest respect and gratitude to you for your dedication, inexhaustible strength, and permanent initiative.Your day by day increasing involvement in public administration and other spheres of public an...  07.03.2025Nikol Pashinyan meets with Civil Contract Faction in Parliament On March 7, the meeting of the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan with the Civil Contract Faction took place in the National Assembly. The representatives of the Government and the members of the Civil Contract party board also attended the meeting.Discussion was held on the ongoing peace process with A...  07.03.2025Hakob Arshakyan Receives Ambassador of Brazil to RA On March 7, the RA NA Deputy Chair received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil to our country Fabio Vaz Pitaluga.Welcoming the Ambassador in the parliament, Hakob Arshakyan noted that the geographical distance between Armenia and Brazil had not been...  07.03.2025Artur Hovhannisyan meets with students The ideology of ‘Real Armenia’ consists of 14 paragraphs. Based on its description, both domestic and foreign policy strategies are being formulated in different directions: The Secretary of the NA Civil Contract Faction Artur Hovhannisyan said this during the March 7 meeting with the students of th...  07.03.2025NA Standing Committee to convene an extraordinary sitting On March 10, the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs will convene an extraordinary sitting in Hall 314 on March 10 at 14:00....  06.03.2025Work aimed at reforms for gender equality and protection against discrimination being implemented in Armenia highlighted On March 6, the Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan and the Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Arman Yeghoyan met with the representatives of the Club de Madrid Forum and the European Partnership for Democracy no...  06.03.2025Parliamentary Briefings: Civil Contract Faction During the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings, the Secretary of the Civil Contract Faction Artur Hovhannisyan and the Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan answered the journalists' questions....  06.03.2025Parliamentary Briefings: Armenia Faction Aghvan Vardanyan from the Armenia Faction participated in the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings. The MP first gave an introductory speech and then answered the journalists' questions....  06.03.2025Parliamentary Briefings: With Honor Faction The Head of the With Honor Faction Hayk Mamijanyan answered the questions of the media representatives during the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings....  06.03.2025Parliament adopts legislative package on gaming industry and completes work of regular sittings At the sitting of March 6, the National Assembly debated in the second reading the amendments and addenda proposed by MP Hayk Sargsyan to the Tax Code and the related laws.It is proposed to increase the tax for online casinos and bookmaker activities twice.“We will have about 13 billion AMD of addit...  05.03.2025Parliamentary briefings to be held On March 6, the parliamentary briefings following the NA regular sittings will be held in the NA hall 334 with the following schedule:The RA NA With Honor Faction – 12:00 – 12:20The RA NA Armenia Faction – 12:20 – 12:40The RA NA Civil Contract Faction – 12:40 – 13:00....  05.03.2025It is proposed to review tax policy of gaming industry At the extraordinary sitting of March 5, the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs debated the new regulations authored by the NA deputy Hayk Sargsyan in the second reading, which relate to the review of the tax policy of the gaming industry. The sitting was moderated by the Deputy Chair of the ...  05.03.2025It is proposed to exempt income from securities issued by private companies from income tax for another 3 years In 2020, together with our parliamentary colleagues Artak Manukyan and Varazdat Karapetyan, we developed a legislative initiative and exempted income from securities issued by private companies from income tax, as is the case with government bonds. The goal was to develop and stimulate the capital m...  05.03.2025National Assembly continues work of regular sittings The National Assembly continued the work of regular sittings on March 5. At the beginning of the sitting, the NA President Alen Simonyan noted that today is the birthday of the National Hero, Commander Vazgen Sargsyan. Today he would become 66: The parliamentarians congratulated his birthday with ap...  04.03.2025Armen Khachatryan: Tightening penalty points for administrative offenses will emphasize the targeted approach of the state The person having the license to drive a vehicle is given 9 points per year. Very often, especially as an entrepreneurial activity, the 9 points given to the drivers engaged in passenger and freight transportation are not enough, which results in the emergence of more serious social problems. The De...  04.03.2025Adoption of initiative to create additional tools for investments in Armenian companies The adoption of the initiative will create additional tools for investing in companies operating in Armenia (especially in the information technology sector). The legal regulation of those tools will contribute to the attraction of investments and investors, the clear regulation of the relations ari...  04.03.2025It is proposed to revise rate of the nature use fee for use of biological resources The Executive proposes amendments and addenda in the Tax Code. It is proposed to revise the rates of the nature use fees for the use of biological resources that are objects of the fauna. Those payments will double by the new regulation, and for the whitefish species will be tripled. The key rapport...  04.03.2025Parliament debates issue on Ratifying the Conventions On the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes The Conventions On the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes adopted at The Hague on July 29, 1899 and October 18, 1907 serve as a basis for the creation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. The Court is an arbitral centre that provides a platform for a peaceful settlement of disputes betw...  04.03.2025Amendments and Addenda are proposed in Land Code The process of providing or donated to the state-own lands, attached to state or subject to state authorities, will be regulated by the adoption of the drafts, which will contribute to increasing the efficiency of state property management.At March 4 regular sitting, the parliament debated in the fi...  04.03.2025Parliament debates several drafts in second reading The National Assembly debated more than a dozen drafts in the second reading at the sitting on March 4.The amendments and addenda to the law on Preschool Education were presented by the Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Araksia Svajyan. According to the rapporteur, only techn...  04.03.2025It is designed to set a 10% turnover tax in the sphere of winning games On March 4, the National Assembly began the work of the regular sittings.The parliament approved the agenda of the regular5 sittings being convened on March 4, after which the debate of the drafts began.The package of draft laws On Making Amendments and Amendments to the RA Tax Code and On Making Am...  03.03.2025A number of issues regarding national minorities discussed in meetings Any issue related to national minorities, including language, is on our agenda: The Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan said this during the meeting with the delegation of the CoE Committee of Experts of the European Charter fo...  03.03.202520 items included in the draft agenda of NA regular sitting being convened on March 4 On March 3, the sitting of the National Assembly Council took place. The RA NA President Alen Simonyan presided over it.The drafts on making addenda to the agenda of the ninth session of the eighth convocation of the National Assembly and the agenda of the regular sittings to be convened on March 4 ...  03.03.2025Legislative initiative on reducing working hours debated The Executive proposes to reduce the duration of working hours by the draft law on Making Amendments and Addendum to the Labor Code of the Republic of Armenia, making it from 8 to 7 hours per day, from 40 to 35 per week, while maintaining the salary. For this purpose, the NA Standing Committee on La...  03.03.2025Alen Simonyan receives leader of Armenian Catholic Church of Armenia, Georgia, Russia and Eastern Europe Gevorg Noratunkyan On March 3, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the leader of the Armenian Catholic Church of Armenia, Georgia, Russia and Eastern Europe VenerabilisGevorg Noratunkyan. Welcoming the guest, the ...  03.03.2025Discussion on gaming industry regulations On March 3, the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs initiated a work discussion on the gaming industry regulations. Deputies, members of the Government and representatives of the sector participated in the discussion.The Deputy Chair of the Committee Babken Tunyan reminded that the draft law a...  03.03.2025Seyran Ohanyan meets with students On March 3, the Head of the RA NA Armenia Faction Seyran Ohanyan met and talked with the students of the Public Administration Academy and Yerevan State University who are doing an internship in Parliament.During the meeting, which was held in a Q&A format, the MP answered the students' questions, t...  03.03.2025Voting of draft law postponed On March 3, at the extraordinary sitting the NA Standing Committee on European Integration debated the draft law On Launching Accession Process of the Republic of Armenia to the European Union.The draft presented the Yevrakve/Eurovote Citizens’ initiative, by collecting the citizens’ 60.000 signatur...  02.03.2025RA NA deputies discuss RA-EU relations with European colleagues The National Assembly again hosted the European deputies. The 4th Meeting of the Armenia-EU Parliamentary Partnership Committee took place. The delegation led by the Co-Chair of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee Nils Ušakovs arrived in Yerevan....  01.03.2025Tribute to memory of victims of March 1 events The RA NA President Alen Simonyan and the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan laid flowers at the Impact and Counteraction monument erected in the park adjacent to Grigor Lusavorich Street in Yerevan, paying tribute to the memory of the victims of March 1, 2008....  28.02.2025Anna Grigoryan meets with students The deputy of the NA Armenia Faction Anna Grigoryan spoke about Armenia's domestic and foreign policy, and the events taking place in the region during the meeting held on February 28 with the students from the RA Public Administration Academy, Yerevan State University, the RA National Academy of Sc...  28.02.2025Discussion in parliament On February 28, the deputy of the NA With Honor F action Taguhi Tovmasyan organized a discussion on the Government programme and activities.According to Taguhi Tovmasyan, the Government programme is being implemented with deviations.The participants in the discussion spoke about the Government polic...  28.02.2025Work discussion to be held On March 3 at 11:00, in Hall 114 a work discussion on gambling sector regulations will be held at the initiative of the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs. The representatives of the sector will participate in the discussion....  28.02.2025Standing Committee on European Integration to convene extraordinary sitting The Standing Committee on European Integration will convene an extraordinary sitting on March 3 at 10:00, in Hall 314. ... |
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