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Hovik Abrahamyan: New Government Ready For Any Practical Step To Promote IT Sector20.06.2014

Hovik Abrahamyan: New Government Ready For Any Practical Step To Promote IT Sector

 Attended by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, the DigiTech Business Forum kicked off today in Yerevan under the motto of “Smart solutions for smart business.” The forum is attended by more than five dozen IT companies. Welcoming the guests on behalf of his government and himself, the Prime Minister noted that the IT sector boasts a good pace of development in our country. “Information technology and telecommunications have become the fastest growing sectors of... more →

Sustainable Urban Development Investment Program-Related Issues Discussed20.06.2014

Sustainable Urban Development Investment Program-Related Issues Discussed

 Chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, the North-South Road Corridor, Sustainable Urban Development and Northern Corridor Modernization Project Governing Council met in the Office of Government. The meeting discussed and approved the revised procurement plan for Tranche-1 of the Sustainable Urban Development Investment Program, as well as the set of tender documents for the purchase of construction activities for Nor-Shirak Street at Yerevan western ring road and Artashat... more →

RA NA Speaker Attends the Presentation of the Album20.06.2014

RA NA Speaker Attends the Presentation of the Album

 On June 20 in the National Gallery of Armenia the RA NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan attended the presentation of the album titled “Socialist Realism and the Soviet Armenian Fine Arts” by Ruben Mirzakhanyan and Hravard Hakobyan. The event began with the awarding ceremony. By the order of the RA NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan the President of Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University Ruben Mirzakhanyan and the member of the Armenian Painters’ Union, the RA Merited Figure... more →

Armenian Economic Association Annual Symposium Kicks Off, Attended By Prime Minister20.06.2014

Armenian Economic Association Annual Symposium Kicks Off, Attended By Prime Minister

 Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan attended the opening of the annual symposium of the Armenian Economic Association (AEA) at Yerevan State University. Welcoming the guests, the Prime Minister stressed the forum’s importance in terms of outlining prospects of economic development and identifying new opportunities. “ It is encouraging that the AEA has managed to bring together scientists from different countries and universities, professors, students and government... more →

Business Environment Set To Improve19.06.2014

Business Environment Set To Improve

 A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. The government extended the “temporary import for processing needs” customs regime for the goods imported by Subsidiary No. 1 of Saratov Generator Company LTD until the end of 2014. Under the contract signed with the Company, electric generators, black metal fixtures, a flexible isolating tube, copper rolling and other products have been imported to be re-exported subsequently, but due to... more →

PM Welcomes ADB Regional Department Director19.06.2014

PM Welcomes ADB Regional Department Director

 Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan received Asian Development Bank Central and West Asia Department Director Klaus Gerhauser. Stressing the importance of our country’s ongoing cooperation with the ADB, the Prime Minister highlighted the fact of successful implementation of a number of joint projects. Hovik Abrahamyan expressed the hope that those projects covering an array of areas, including the transport and urban development sectors, might contribute to Armenia’s... more →