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08.02.2013
“Noravank” Scientific-Educational Foundation Holds Regular Meeting
Chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan,, “Noravank” Foundation Board of Trustees held a regular meeting at the Office of Government. Foundation Executive Director Gagik Haroutunyan reported back the activities carried out in 2012. In the period under review, 25 reviews and 5 books were said to have been published on various studies, including political, informational, research and educational ones by publishing centers. This year the Foundation will be primarily focused... more →
07.02.2013
The RA National Assembly President Hovik Abrahamyan, according to the part 2 of Article 79 of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia and taking as a basis the 1.5 paragraph of Article 18 of the RA law “Rules of Procedure” and Article 24.1, on February 7 signed an order on approving the composition of the Committee on Ethics of the third session of the RA NA fifth convocation. The following composition of the NA Committee on Ethics has been approved: Davit Harutyunyan... more →
07.02.2013
PM calls for comments on issues voiced at National Assembly
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan - Dear colleagues, before proceeding to the agenda, I would like to take up some election-related issues raised yesterday at the National Assembly, including the concern that schools and teaching staff might be involved in the electoral process. Mr. Ashotyan, you had the directive to keep the situation under strict control so that schools would not be involved in those processes. What is the situation today? Minister of Education and Science Armen... more →
07.02.2013
Government Supports Land Users
A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. Before proceeding to the agenda, the Prime Minister referred to a number of issues voiced at yesterday’s National Assembly sitting. (See separately). The government decided to provide the Ministry of Agriculture over AMD 3.16b to make available to domestic land users as a subsidy under the 2013 State support program for the purchase of cost-effective diesel fuel and nitrogen fertilizer. In this way,... more →
04.02.2013
New Export, Job-Oriented Investment Programs Introduced To PM
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited today Yerevan Beer CJSC. Accompanied by Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan and the representatives of the company, the Prime Minister walked round the workshops getting acquainted with the production processes. Exports were said to have increased 2.3 times over the past three years owing to a number of investment programs. In 2012 alone, exports amounted to USD 2.2m taking the total cost of investment projects to USD 9m. According to analyses,... more →
04.02.2013
Luys Foundation Activity Discussed
Chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, the educational board of Luys Foundation met in the Office of Government to discuss ongoing and future activities. Luys Foundation training program director Jacqueline Karaaslanyan introduced the proposed changes to the by-laws, as well as some community-related statistics. The meeting took note of her reports on annual academic and operating budgets, new student scholarship funding sources and possibilities of cooperation with the investors.... more →