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- Legislative initiative is intended to balance interests of trade networks and suppliers, curb possible risks and ensure a fair and competitive environment
News 08.12.2023
As a result of adopting the drafts, it is expected to create the necessary, predictable and certain legal bases for trade network and supplier relations, as well as the sale market of agricultural products, which will contribute to the implementation of fair trade, including improving the competitive environment and increasing the protection of consumer rights. The RA Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan said this while presenting the legislative package on Making Amendments and Addenda to the L... - It is proposed to regulate commercial network-suppliers’ relations
News 29.11.2023
In recent years, the activity of large commercial networks has been developing and expanding at a rapid pace. The entry of trade networks has had a positive effect from the viewpoint of the consumers’ interests, on the one hand, by increasing the quality of service, ensuring the conditions of storage of goods, more pleasant environment for shopping, but on the other hand, it has led to the concentration of consumer goods. The RA Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan said this at the regular... - Work of OSCE PA Autumn Meeting Ends
News 19.11.2023
At Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex the OSCE PA Autumn Meeting continued. At November 19 session the issues of protecting minorities and people affected by conflict were discussed. The Vice President of the OSCE PA Daniela De Ridder highlighted the preservation of the humanitarian law norms, which is also enshrined in Vancouver Declaration, the humanitarian consequences and escalation cases. In this context she spoke about the displacement of the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh ... - Next meeting coordinating the partners implementing parliamentary support held
News 13.11.2023
The accountability and transparency of the works are the main cornerstones, based on which we implement our joint programmes, As the previous years, this year also was full of joint work achievements, and which prepare a basis for the fulfillment of the future new programmes. The Chief of Staff, Secretary General of the National Assembly Davit Arakelyan said, welcoming the guests on November 13 at the next meeting coordinating the partners implementing parliamentary support. To his observation... - Revenues and expenses of 2024 state budget regarding European integration agenda debated at joint sitting of Standing Committees
News 03.11.2023
With the 2024 programme, we expect to receive 17.9 million euros in grant funds from the European Union (EU). This was stated by the Minister of Finance Vahe Hovhannisyan at the joint sitting of the NA Standing Committees on European Integration and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs held on November 3, presenting the draft on the State Budget for 2024 to the parliamentarians. According to the Minister, the grant is provided in order to spend in three main directions. “If we t... - Programmes to be implemented within EEU framework and planned budget allocations for 2024 debated
News 03.11.2023
Through the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, we implement programmes in two directions: Rehabilitation of the irrigation system and improvement of the road network. The contract for the construction of the Kajaran-Agarak section of the North-South highway has been signed recently. In general, the implemented programmes are 17 billion 356 million drams. They include both a loan and a grant part: The credit part is 13 billion 419 million drams, and the co-financing is 3... - It is planned to increase revenues of city of Yerevan in 2024
News 02.11.2023
In 2024, it is planned to increase the revenue of the city of Yerevan: Instead of 38 billion 799 million drams collected this year, it is predicted to collect 45 billion 259 million drams. The subsidy allocated to the city of Yerevan decreases by about 5 billion drams, from 13.430 million to 8 billion 436 million drams. Subsidies that were previously provided to the city of Yerevan are also significantly reduced: The Mayor of Yerevan Tigran Avinyan said presenting the 2024 budget allocation of... - Khachatur Poghosyan: Budget application of RA President’s Staff has increased compared to previous year
News 01.11.2023
One of the strategic priorities of the RA President’s Staff is the effective cooperation with all the branches of the country’s Government, as well as the active participation in republican and nationwide activities within the scope of powers. The President’s Deputy Chief of Staff Khachatur Poghosyan said this during the joint sitting of the NA Standing Committees on State and Legal Affairs and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs held on November 1, during the debate of the 2024 State Bu... - NA Chief of Staff, Secretary General Davit Arakelyan presents budgetary allocations and measures to be implemented in 2024
News 01.11.2023
On November 1, at the joint sitting of the Standing Committees on State and Legal Affairs and on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs the preliminary debates on the allocations being designed by the state budget for 2024 continued. The budgetary bid of the expenditure programme Provision of the Implementation of the RA National Assembly Authorities was 7.2 billion AMD, which is by 1.5 percent more than the budget approved of 2023. The RA NA Chief of Staff, Secretary General Davit Arakel... - Chairman of Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) presents programmes to be implemented
News 31.10.2023
In 2024, it is designed to allocate 1 billion 117 million AMD to the structure, and 82% out of it will be allocated to the payment of the salaries, and the remaining 18% to the services necessary for ensuring the regular activity of the structure and the acquisition of the goods, moreover the 7% will be directed to the acquisition of technical audit of the investments being implemented by the Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA) and the Gazprom Armenia. The Chairman of the Public Services Regula... - RA NA President Alen Simonyan’s Speech at International Summit Role of Women in Promoting Democracy, Peace and Security
News 24.10.2023
Excellences, dear friends, On behalf of the National Assembly of Armenia, I would like to express my appreciation for all the perspectives being shared today. The Armenian Parliament, the Government of Armenia and the Women Political Leaders network had to postpone the Summit in Yerevan, but we find it important to share our messages on the role of women in building democracy, peace and security. With conflicts and crises on the rise, they are as relevant as ever, across continents,... - Charge d\'Affaires of the Netherlands to RA to Alen Simonyan: Our country is continuously ready to support the sectoral reforms being implemented in Armenia
News 13.10.2023
On October 13, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Charge d’Affaires of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Armenia J aap F rederiks. The RA NA President noted that Armenia is c... - Ideas are exchanged on difficult regional situation, protection of rights of our compatriots displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh
News 29.09.2023
On September 29, the NA President of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland Jussi Halla-aho within the framework of the European Conference of the Presidents of Parliaments of the Council of Europe. Congratulating his colleague on his election to the position of the Speaker of Parliament of Finland, Alen Simonyan noted that contacts between the legislative bodies will be intensified, promoting effective cooperation on bilateral and internat... - Ratification of Agreement to promote increasing quality and availability of universal postal services
News 27.09.2023
The draft proposes to ratify the Agreement on Postal Payment Services adopted within the framework of the 27th Congress of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), which will promote increasing the quality and availability of universal postal communication services. At the sitting of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs on September 27, the RA Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry Davit Sahakyan said this presenting the draft law on Ratifying the Agreement on Postal Payment Services. It w... - Legislation to give minimum guarantees and conditions for video recording by providers of medical care and service when providing medical care and service to patients
News 12.09.2023
The proposed addendum to the Law on Medical Care and Service to the Population prohibits the use of video recording devices in functional diagnostic cabinets, intervention rooms, hospital rooms, bathrooms and toilets of organizations providing medical care and service. And in case of using video recording devices, the organizations providing medical care and service should place awareness signs in the visible parts of their organization’s territory. They are placed so that they are visible bef... - Ruben Rubinyan Receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to RA
News 07.09.2023
On September 7, the Vice President of the National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands completing his mission to the Republic of Armenia Nicolaas Schermers. Ruben Rubinyan thanked the Ambassador for the efforts made on strengthening the Armenian-Dutch relations and for the work done during his tenure. The NA Vice President noted that Armenia is ready to more activate the relations and cooperation in all spheres of ... - Vladimir Vardanyan meets with Armenian and German students
News 10.08.2023
On August 10, Armenian and German students visited the National Assembly on a cognitive visit within the framework of the annual Network East-West programme organized by the Russian-Armenian University and Humboldt University of Berlin. The Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, the member of the NA Civil Contract Faction Vladimir Vardanyan met with them in Parliament. Welcoming the students, the MP expressed satisfaction with the implementation of such progr... - RA Former Minister of Defense David Tonoyan takes part in the sitting of the NA Inquiry Committee for Studying the Circumstances of the Hostilities Unleashed on September 27, 2020
News 01.08.2023
On August 1, the sitting of the NA Inquiry Committee for Studying the Circumstances of the Hostilities Unleashed on September 27, 2020 took place. The Committee Chair Andranik Kocharyan informed that David Tonoyan expressed wish before submitting his mediation to the court the issue to be discussed in the Inquiry Committee in other format, that is discussion to be held at the presence of the Prime Minister of the republic live, which the Committee refused, stemming from its work order. Af... - Vahe Hovhannisyan: About 335bln AMD to be allocated to the Ministryof Finance, and 144bln AMD to Nagorno Karabakh by preliminary version of State Budget 2024
News 26.07.2023
About 335bln AMD was designed by the mid-term expenditure programme approved for implementing the budgetary programmes of the RA Ministry of Finance by the preliminary version of the RA draft law on RA State Budget 2024. The RA Minister of Finance Vahe Hovhannisyan said about this during the working debate held at the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs on July 26. According to the Minister, the structure is the fourth largest budgetary main executor, and the s... - Process of organizing regular passenger transportation to be regulated by legislative initiative of Government
News 12.07.2023
In the extraordinary sitting of July 12, the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs debated the draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Law on Road Transport in the second reading. The key rapporteur, the RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Armen Simonyan noted that it is proposed to revise the transport fare in case of changes in the routes and schemes of individual routes of the unified route networks, or to set the transport fare without a t... - Government proposes amendments to law on Road Transport
News 11.07.2023
The Law on Road Transport defines the basic requirements for the organization of regular passenger transport, including the conditions for revising the transport fare for implementing the service of the route. After operating the joint route networks of regions, there is a necessity to review the routes presented in the tender, taking into consideration the actual passenger flow. The RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Armen Simonyan said this while presenting t... - Discussion entitled Strengthening the Voters’ Engagement in Armenia in Parliament
News 28.06.2023
The Staff of the National Assembly carried out works not as with the voters, so with the citizens, revising and implementing programs, which are aimed at strengthening the connection between the parliament and the citizens. This process does not contain political component, but creates a special platform, with the help of which different layers of the citizens, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) get acquainted with the works of the legislative body: welcoming the representatives of the Hous... - Sona Ghazaryan’s Speech at PACE Summer Session
News 23.06.2023
At PACE Summer Session, the Member of Armenian delegation to PACE Sona Ghazaryan delivered a speech. “We are currently witnessing a widespread introduction of technologies, with basic digital tools becoming increasingly essential for fulfilling our fundamental needs. However, this growing reliance on digital technologies has also led to the emergence of inequalities in various domains. The impact of these disparities was felt acutely during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as in war zones a... - Arsen Torosyan and Member of European Parliament Bert-Jan Ruissen visit Syunik Marz
News 22.06.2023
On June 22, the Dutch Member of the European Parliament Bert-Jan Ruissen accompanied by the Member of the NA Standing Committee on European Integration Arsen Torosyan visited the Syunik Marz (Region) of the Republic of Armenia. The RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands Tigran Balayan accompanied the MPs to the south of Armenia. In Goris the Deputy Governor of the Syunik Marz Hayk Harutyunyan received the guests and presented the security situation in the Marz... - Issue of election of member of RA Competition Protection Commission debated
News 14.06.2023
At June 14 NA regular sitting, the issue of the election of a member of the RA Competition Protection Commission was debated. The RA NA With Honor and Armenia factions nominated in that position Anahit Sargsyan as an agreed candidate. The Head of With Honor Faction Hayk Mamijanyan presented the candidate’s biographical data and work experience. Accordingly, Anahit Sargsyan graduated from the Faculty of Law of Yerevan State University (YSU). She is an advocate. In 2017-2019 she was a ... - Hakob Arshakyan Gives a Speech at the Fifth Yakov Zeldovich International Conference
News 12.06.2023
On June 12, the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan took part in the Fifth Yakov Zeldovich International Conference, commemorating the 80 th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (RA NAS), the modern achievements of astrophysics and related spheres. Welcoming the participants of the event, the NA Vice President documented that Armenia pays great attention to the development of science and newest technologies. Hakob Arshakyan underlined that our coun... - Legal relations of purchase of products of agricultural producers and suppliers and commercial networks to be clarified
News 06.06.2023
New regulations will be established in order to clarify the legal relations of purchase of products of agricultural producers and suppliers and trade networks in the Republic of Armenia: the Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs Babken Tunyan mentioned. The Competition Protection Commission has initiated legislative amendments in the laws on Protection of Economic Competition and Trade and Services, which are aimed at balancing trade network-supplier relations, wh... - Performance of financial allocations and budgetary programmes provided for in state budget 2022 of Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure debated
News 30.05.2023
The RA Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure has 22 programmes approved by law, 24 were actually implemented in 2022, 6 more out of 129 measures were actually implemented. The percentage performance of the Ministry in relation to the specified plan was about 95%: the RA Minister of Finance Vahe Hovhannisyan stated. The performance of the financial allocations and budgetary programmes provided for in the state budget 2022 of the Ministry of Territorial Administration an... - Sergey Aghinyan’s candidacy nominated: NA debates the issue of election of PSRC member
News 25.05.2023
The parliament debated the issue of the election of the member of the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of the Republic of Armenia. The NA Civil Contract Faction nominated Sergey Aghinyan’s candidacy in the vacant position of the member of the RA Public Services Regulatory Commission. The deputy of the Faction Tsovinar Vardanyan presented the candidate’s biography. “Sergey Aghinyan was born in Yerevan, in 1977. In 1994-1998 he studied in RA Polytechnic University, received... - Sona Ghazaryan Gives a Speech at PACE Plenary Session: Media can provide young people with an excellent platform for networking and learning new skills and knowledge
News 02.05.2023
On April 28, the member of the RA NA Delegation to PACE Sona Ghazaryan gave a speech at the regular meeting of PACE Plenary Session. “Honorable chair, esteemed colleagues, I would like to express my gratitude to Yevgenia for her insightful remarks and to Fiona for her excellent analysis of the topic of youth and media. During our recent political group discussion, Mrs. Petra Steinen made a very poignant statement that I believe is worth quoting. She compared media to a knife, emphasi...
