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25.01.2017
Karen Karapetyan: “You may rest assured that Armenia will be the best country for all Armenians”
During his official visit to the Russian Federation, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan called at the Armenian Embassy in Moscow, where he met with representatives of the Armenian community. In addition to the members of the Prime Minister-led delegation, the meeting was attended by the primates of the New Nakhichevan and Russia Dioceses, Armenians engaged in business activities in Russia, political, public and cultural figures. In his speech, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan summed up the... more →
25.01.2017
Awarding Ceremony in National Assembly
On January 25, the RA NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan awarded the RA People’s Artist Gegham Grigoryan the RA National Assembly Medal of Honour for the great contribution and long-year activities in the sphere of culture. The award was handed over to Gegham Grigoryan’s widow, Valeria Grigoryan. The RA NA Speaker highly assessed the untimely deceased artist’s significant role in the development and dissemination of the Armenian and world song art. more →
24.01.2017
RA NA Speaker Receives Ambassador of Japan
On January 24, the RA NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Armenia Eiji Taguchi. Welcoming the Ambassador in the parliament, Galust Sahakyan positively assessed the enlivening of the parliamentary relations between Armenia and Japan in recent years. He expressed hope that the activities of Embassy in Armenia, in its turn, will promote the development and strengthening of bilateral relations. Touching upon the development and... more →
24.01.2017
Armenian, Russian Prime Ministers Meet in Moscow
At RF Premier Dmitry Medvedev’s invitation, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan is paying a two-day official visit to Russia. As part of the visit, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev received his Armenian counterpart at Gorki residence of the Head of Russian Government. First, the two heads of government held a private meeting, followed by an expanded one featuring official delegations in the format of a working breakfast. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in his greeting... more →
23.01.2017
Program «Young leaders 2016-2017» was held in Budapest with RPA Youth organization
On 18-22 January in the capital of Hungary Budapest on the joint initiative of the Robert Schuman Institute and Eduardo Frei Foundation the final part of the program “Young leaders 2016-2017” was held with participation of 19 young politicians from various countries of Eastern Europe. Hasmik Ghazaryan represented RPA. It should be mentioned that Program “Young leaders 2016-2017” is a series of courses, composed of three parts. The initiative aimed at providing... more →
21.01.2017
Karen Karapetyan Chairs Anticorruption Council Meeting
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan chaired a meeting of the Anticorruption Council, attended by civil society representatives. The first item on the agenda referred to the reduction of administrative corruption in the provision of public services. Armenian Lawyers Association NGO President Karen Zadoyan suggested re-launching the network of anticorruption centers in Armenia, noting that 11 such centers as supported by the USAID used to be operational in our country in the period from 2011... more →