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At the Four-Day Sittings of the National Assembly
On October 23 the parliament continued the work. The NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, who was moderating the sitting, announced that Zaruhi Postanjyan had been elected Head of the Heritage faction, and the Secretary of the faction was elected Tevan Poghosyan. The Head of the parliament proposed to welcome a group of teachers and pupils of Yerevan Grigor Zohrap Senior School N 43, who visited the National Assembly within the framework of the NA Open Lesson programme and were following the... more →
Air Communications To Be Liberalized In Armenia
A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The government first approved a program to ensure competitive and continued provision of air transport services, established a project implementation task force and endorsed its composition. After assessing several draft projects, it turned out that the policy of open skies will have the greatest positive impact on the economy, leading to jobs and growth in the number of passengers, as well as to reduced... more →
23.10.2013
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan To Leave For Brussels
On October 23-24, a government delegation led by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan will be off to the Kingdom of Belgium for a working visit to attend the European People’s Party (EPP) Summit in Brussels. During the visit, an agreement will be signed between the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, the Government of the Republic of Armenia and Global Medical Solutions CJSC. The Prime Minister-headed government delegation will comprise Minister of Economy Vahram... more →
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan visited "The House of Hope" of German Red Cross functioning in the administrative district of Kanaker-Zeytun and took part in the opening of the 20th season of "Charity kitchen" program. The representative of Baden-Wurttemberg regional organization of German Red Cross, priest Carl-Heinz Schaide, as well as the wife of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Armenia were present at the event. About 400 elderly... more →
The working conference summarizing the results of the costs and assessment of financial accountability of the Municipality under direct and practical support and assistance of the World Bank took place in the Yerevan City Hall. The Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) of the Municipality was carried out by the initiative of the Municipality of Yerevan and is the first experience of assessment of the system of financial management of the Municipality of Yerevan. ... more →
Open Lesson in the National Assembly
On October 22 within the framework of the NA Open Lesson programme the students of Pokr Mher (Little Mher) Educational Complex visited the parliament. First they attended the sitting of the National Assembly, and then had a meeting with the NA President Hovik Abrahamyan. Welcoming the students of the Educational Complex in the National Assembly the Head of the Parliament introduced the order of the formation of the legislative body, the activity of the NA Standing Committees and... more →