News
10.10.2012
Final Marz Phase of the 5th Republican Recitation Youth Contest Festival Begins
On October 10 the NA President Hovik Abrahamyan, the Vice Presidents of the parliament and a group of deputies visited Haghpat to take part in the opening ceremony of the Republican Recitation Youth Fifth Contest Festival. Let us note that the Republican Recitation Youth Fifth Contest Festival, which is held under the auspice of the NA President Hovik Abrahamyan, began on September 5 and is dedicated to Sayat Nova’s 300th and Yeghishe Charents’ 115th jubilees. By the way, UNESCO... more →
09.10.2012
RA NA President Receives the Ambassador of Belarus
On October 9 the RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyan received the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Armenia Stepan Sukhorenko. In the course of the meeting issues concerning the cooperation of two countries, development of the inter-parliamentary relations and other issues of bilateral interest were also discussed. The role of inter-parliamentary cooperation in strengthening the bilateral relations was highlighted. The Ambassador... more →
09.10.2012
Public Utility Regulatory Framework Being Improved
Chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, the Economic Sphere’s Regulatory Reform Council met in the Office of Government. Acting Director of Government Staff’s National Center for Streamlined Legislation Armen Yeghiazaryan presented a package of proposals related to public utilities, the telecommunications and energy sectors. The proposals are aimed at the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC)-regulated licensing process, electricity connection deadlines,... more →
09.10.2012
Press Conference of the NA Delegation to the PACE
On October 9 the press conference of the Delegation of the RA National Assembly to the PACE was held, where the Head of the Delegation Davit Harutyunyan, members of Delegation Hermine Naghdalyan and Zaruhi Postanjyan took part. They presented the report of the work done in the PACE session, which was convened in Strasbourg on October 1-5, 2012. The members of the Delegation touched upon the resolutions discussed and adopted during the session and the NA delegates’ stances on them. ... more →
08.10.2012
President Serzh Sargsyan and Mrs. Rita Sargsyan today at the Aram Khatchaturian Philharmonic Hall together with the members of the Mirzoyan family, friends and thousands of admirers of his art paid the last tribute to the great master of the Armenian music art Edward Mirzoyan. more →
08.10.2012
On October 5 the RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyna received Wolfgang Börnsen, Chairman of the Germany-South Caucasus Parliamentary Group of the FRG Bundestag. In the course of the meeting issues concerning the Armenian-German relations and regional problems were discussed. Both sides highlighted the necessity of deepening of cooperation in all spheres, especially the contacts between the Friendship Groups of the two parliaments, noted with satisfaction the activation of... more →