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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 →
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 →