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Tigran Sargsyan, Varuzhan Voskanyan Discuss Closer Economic Ties Between Armenia, Romania09.07.2013

Tigran Sargsyan, Varuzhan Voskanyan Discuss Closer Economic Ties Between Armenia, Romania

 Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received a delegation led by Romanian Minister of Economy Varuzhan Voskanyan, who is in Armenia to attend the July 9 fourth session of the Armenian-Romanian Intergovernmental Committee. Welcoming the guest on behalf of his government, the Prime Minister said, “We attach great importance to the strengthening of the Armenian-Romanian ties. There is great potential for expanding our relationship, and the Commission should form such an agenda and an... more →

Yerevan Mayor visited the Armenian Apostolic church in Riga  09.07.2013

Yerevan Mayor visited the Armenian Apostolic church in Riga

 The delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan which is in the capital of Latvia with an official visit visited the Armenian Apostolic church Saint Gregory the Illuminator in Riga. The spiritual leader of the church priest Khosrov Stepanyan presented Mayor Taron Margaryan the history of the church anointed in 2011. Due to active support of the Armenian community this church built in the style of Armenian Apostolic churches is always crowded during religious ceremonies and... more →

Avan and Northern district of Riga will cooperate  09.07.2013

Avan and Northern district of Riga will cooperate

 The head of the administrative district of Avan Manvel Javadyan who visited Riga as a member of the delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan had a meeting with the head of Northern district of Riga Sergey Khristolyubov. The issues related to cooperation establishment and expansion between the administrative units of the two cities and experience exchange were discussed during the meeting. Expressing gratitude for warm reception Manvel Javadyan stressed that the friendly... more →

The eminent composer Raymond Pauls will participate in "Erebuni-Yerevan" celebration  09.07.2013

The eminent composer Raymond Pauls will participate in "Erebuni-Yerevan" celebration

 Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan who is in Riga with an official visit, together with the Honorary Consul of Latvia to the RA Armen Khasaboghlyan, jazzman Levon Malkhasyan and a member of the Council of Elders of Yerevan Hrant Tokhatyan were hosted by famous Latvian composer Raymond Pauls. Greeting the Mayor and the members of the delegation accompanied him Raymond Pauls first of all congratulated his guests on signing the Treaty on Brotherhood between Yerevan and Riga. The prominent... more →

Meeting in the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations03.07.2013

Meeting in the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations

On July 3 the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Artak Zakaryan met with Erikas Petrikas, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the RA. In the course of the meeting the sides discussed issues regarding the inter-parliamentary cooperation, highlighted the close work between the Parliamentary Friendship Groups. Both sides emphasized this period, when Lithuania had the chairmanship of the Council of the European Union and... more →

Welcoming Word by the President of the RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan in the Pan-European Conference 03.07.2013

Welcoming Word by the President of the RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan in the Pan-European Conference

Dear Mr. Dean Spielmann, President of the European Court of Human Rights, Dear Mr. Gianni Buquicchio , President of the Venice Commission, Distinguished Chairmen of Constitutional courts, Dear participants of the conference, Ladies and gentlemen, May I welcome you in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. We are very happy to host the Pan-European conference on “The European Legal Standards of Rule of Law and the Scope of Discretion of Powers in the Member... more →