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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 →
01.07.2014
“My Armenia” 2nd Pan-Armenian Festival Kicks Off In Yerevan
In the company of Armenia’s First Lady Rita Sargsyan, National Assembly President Galust Sahakyan and Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan attended today the opening of “My Armenia” 2nd pan-Armenian festival at the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater after Al. Spendiaryan. On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Armenia and himself, the Prime Minister welcomed all festival participants, wishing them successful... more →
30.06.2014
Human rights protection national strategy action plan kicks off, attended by Prime Minister
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan attended the launch of the action plan of the national strategy for the protection of human rights. The head of government addressed the event, stating in part, “ It would be hard to realize nowadays the establishment and development of a State’s legal system, as well as the effective organization of public institutions in the absence of democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms. From the perspective of development of guarantees for... more →
26.06.2014
Prime Minister: “I will be intolerant of any expression of permissiveness.”
A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. Opening the meeting, the Prime Minister addressed the audience: “I want to touch upon one phenomenon which is of great concern to me, namely that some members of society express their dissatisfaction in provocative ways. I find unacceptable the attempts to humiliate and exert pressure on the authorities in a crowd-minded way. For example, they throw coins at MPs or Ministers. Some may have forgotten... more →
25.06.2014
At the Sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Financial and Budgetary Affairs
On June 25 the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Financial and Budgetary Affairs moderated by Gagik Minasyan was held, where issues regarding the cooperation of the Committee and the USAID to the RA NA Support Program were discussed. Gagik Minasyan has noted that the Committee interested in the reforms aimed at the rise of parliament’s oversight role towards the enforcement of laws, studies the best international experience. Mr Minasyan has applied to Mark Harbers,... more →