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22.05.2014
Welfare Assistance To Be More Targeted
A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. Amending a previous decision, the Government redistributed the 2014 State budget funds to allocate a total of AMD250mn for payment of lump-sum childbirth benefits for children born before January 1, 2014 as follows: AMD 50 thousand for first and second children (1890 in total) and AMD 430 thousand for third and subsequent children (355 in total). In a bid to streamline the State benefit-related... more →
22.05.2014
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan had a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Latvia to the RA Elita Gavele. The Honorary Council of the Republic of Latvia to the RA Armen Ghasaboghlyan was also present at the meeting. Greeting the guest Mayor Taron Margaryan noted that the cooperation formed between Yerevan and Riga is really successful and the established friendly relations are a good basis for the implementation of all outlined projects. “The bilateral... more →
22.05.2014
Students of Armenian National Agrarian University Visit the National Assembly
On May 22 within the framework of the “Open Doors” programme the students of Armenian National Agrarian University visited the RA National Assembly, and observed the procedure of the sitting in the NA Session Hall. The Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Artak Davtyan conducted the open lesson, presenting to the students the structure of the parliament, the functions and the law-making activity of the Standing Committees.... more →
22.05.2014
At the Fourth Meeting of the Armenian-Russian Friendship Parliamentary Club
On May 22 in the RA National Assembly at the Armenian-Russian Friendship Parliamentary Club, on the initiative of the Youth Union of the CIS countries a discussion on the theme “The Migration Policy in the Context of Eurasian Integration” was held. The RA NA Deputy Speaker Hermine Naghdalyan, the NA deputies, Gagik Yeganyan, Head of the Migration Service adjunct to the RA Territorial Administration Ministry, specialists of the sphere and the experts of the... more →
21.05.2014
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan had a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Armenia Aimdos Boszhigitov. Greeting the guest Taron Margaryan presented in brief his approaches and the priorities in the issue of Yerevan management and pointed out the spheres the Municipality of Yerevan successfully cooperates with the partner cities. The Mayor expressed hope that similar tight cooperation is to be established with the capital of Kazakhstan.... more →
20.05.2014
On May 20 the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov met with a group of students from the Faculty of International Relations of Yerevan State University and answered the questions concerning them. At the students’ request Eduard Sharmazanov touched upon the inner and foreign political developments in Armenia, answered a series of questions regarding the national image and aspirations of the youth. He introduced the ideology of Nzhdeh on the mission of... more →