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03.07.2014
Electricity Price-Hike-Affected, Natural Disaster-Hit Citizens Get Support
A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. The Government amended one of its previous decisions to compensate the rise in electricity tariffs for poor households in an effort to prevent them from getting even more vulnerable. All those families entitled to poverty benefit will get monetary assistance in the form of 1000 drams added to the base family allowance. 1000 drams will be added to the amount of quarterly urgent care assistance. Thus, the... more →
02.07.2014
RA NA President Galust Sahakyan Receives the Ambassador of Ukraine to the RA Ivan Kukhta
On July 2 the RA NA President Galust Sahakyan received Ivan Kukhta, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the RA. Highly assessing the Armenian-Ukrainian friendly relations, the NA President highlighted the further development and deepening of the inter-parliamentary relations and the bilateral contacts. Galust Sahakyan emphasized the role of the Armenian and Ukrainian communities in the rapprochement of the Armenian-Ukrainian relations. The NA President... more →
02.07.2014
Prime Minister Congratulates U.S. People on Independence Day
On the Independence Day of the United States of America, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan visited the U.S. Embassy in Armenia. The head of government congratulated Ambassador John Heffern, Embassy staff and the friendly people of the United States on the 238th anniversary of independence of the United States. Addressing the audience, Hovik Abrahamyan stated in part, “ Mr. Ambassador, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Armenia and myself, I warmly congratulate and address... more →
02.07.2014
Meeting with the NA Deputy Speaker
On July 2 the RA NA Deputy Speaker Hermine Naghdalyan met with the young women elected in the local government bodies of the urban and rural communities in “The Association of Women with University Education” organized the meeting implemented by the UNDP within the framework of the program “Capacity Building of the Women’s Effective Participation in the Local Self-Government System in Armenia.” Jemma Hasratyan, the Chair of the Association of Women with... more →
02.07.2014
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan visited “Lusabats” camp in Hankavan, which is hosting some 400 children from Armenia, Artsakh and Javakhk under the State budget-funded Summer Holidays for Schoolchildren Program, which is implemented annually. The Prime Minister was accompanied by First Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration Vache Terteryan and Governor of Kotayk Marz Aram Harutyunyan. As he toured the camp to get a first-hand view of recreational and catering... more →
01.07.2014
On July 1 the RA NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan attended the solemn event dedicated to the 96th anniversary of the RA Prosecutor General’s Office and Day of the Prosecutor’s Office Employee. The RA NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan awarded the RA NA Medal of Honour to Vahagn Muradyan, Head of the Department of Especially Important Examination of the RA Prosecutor General’s Office, First Class Counselor of Justice, the NA diploma to Sasun Khachatryan, Prosecutor of the... more →