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17.06.2014
A tribute of respect to the memory of Tigran Petrosyan
On the event of the 85th anniversary of the world chess double champion Tigran Petrosyan the Mayor of Yerevan, the President of Yerevan Chess Federation Taron Margaryan together with the director of the Chess Academy Smbat Lputyan and numerous chess lovers visited the area adjacent to the Chess House after Tigran Petrosyan to render the tribute of respect to the eminent Armenian chess player. Those present put flowers at the bust of Tigran Petrosyan. more →
17.06.2014
An extraordinary Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. The government approved a bill to amend the Administrative Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia. Enacted in 2007, the Code established in Paragraph 6, Part 1, Article 73 that copies of documents certifying the receipt of the application should be attached to the application itself. The present bill seeks to bring the Code into conformity with the requirements of the Constitutional... more →
17.06.2014
RA NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan Receives the Co-Rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee
On June 17 the RA NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan received the co-rapporteurs Axel Fischer and Alan Meale from the PACE Monitoring Committee on Armenia . Welcoming the guests the NA Speaker thanked the co-rapporteurs for the cooperation with Armenia and for the work done in strengthening democracy in our country. In his word, radical reforms have been carried out in Armenia , and its results are visible and irreversible. Galust Sahakyan noted that the priorities of Armenia ’s... more →
17.06.2014
On June 17 the Head of the NA Armenia-Germany Parliamentary Friendship Group Artak Davtyan and the members of the Group met with Martin Pätzold , deputy of the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany, Rapporteur on Armenia and Georgia in the Standing Committee on the Affairs of the European Union of Bundestag. Reiner Morell, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of FRG to the RA, attended the meeting. During the meeting the members of the Parliamentary Friendship... more →
16.06.2014
It will become possible to make use of free car parking for a longer time
By the initiative of Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan the project of a draft decision was included in the Council of Elders according to which it is planned to prolong the time for free car parking from 5 minutes to 15 minutes. Thus, all drivers including taxi-drivers will be given the possibility to park their cars free for three times more time. The same draft simultaneously provides for to expand the forms of payment for car parking fees on spot through corresponding terminals. more →
14.06.2014
PM, MPs Discuss Funded Pension Law Amendments
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan called a consultative meeting on Funded Pension law, which was attended by representatives from the parliamentary factions of the Republican Party of Armenia, the Prosperous Armenia Party, the Rule of Law Party and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. The meeting looked into the proposed amendments to the Funded Pension law to bring the latter into conformity with the Constitutional Court’s ruling of April 2, 2014. The MPs in attendance... more →