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State Commission on Preparation and Coordination of Independence Day-dedicated Events Holds Meeting18.03.2016

State Commission on Preparation and Coordination of Independence Day-dedicated Events Holds Meeting

The State Commission on Preparation and Coordination of Independence Day-dedicated events met today in the Office of Government, chaired by Commission Chairman, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. “The 25th anniversary of Armenia’s Independence is our most cherished holiday. This is a wonderful opportunity to appreciate, remember, discuss, analyze and assess our achievements. The Commission must do everything in order to properly celebrate the 25th anniversary of Armenia’s... more →

PRESIDENT ATTENDED THE CEREMONY OF OPENING OF THE ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE CENTER18.03.2016

PRESIDENT ATTENDED THE CEREMONY OF OPENING OF THE ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE CENTER

President Serzh Sargsyan today conducted a working visit to Kotayk marz, where he attended the ceremony of the opening of the Armenian-Russian Humanitarian Response Center. The opening was made by the Minister of Emergency Situation of Armenia Armen Eritsian and the Minister of RF on Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Elimination of the Consequences of Natural Disasters Vladimir Puchkov, who has arrived to Armenia for this particular purpose. Accompanied by the Ministers of... more →

Young families to enjoy more favorable conditions under “Affordable Housing” program17.03.2016

Young families to enjoy more favorable conditions under “Affordable Housing” program

A regular Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. The Government amended one of its previous decrees with a view to involving greater number of young families in need of better housing conditions in the Affordable Housing for Young Families target program and make available affordable mortgage loans to program beneficiaries. In particular, the aggregate age of spouses in target families is set at 65 years instead of 60. Furthermore, the property... more →

PRESIDENT MET WITH THE ARCHBISHOP OF CYPRUS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF CYPRUS17.03.2016

PRESIDENT MET WITH THE ARCHBISHOP OF CYPRUS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF CYPRUS

On the last day of his official visit to Cyprus, President Serzh Sargsyan on March 16 met with the Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II. The President of Armenia stressed the importance of inter-faith solidarity and mutual respect toward each other’s religion, which according to the President, is a pillar of the unshakable Armenian-Cypriot friendship and today also the issue receives due high-level attention and attitude. Underscoring that mutual sympathy between the Armenian and... more →

AT THE SUMMIT OF THE EUROPEAN PEOPLE’S PARTY PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN MADE A STATEMENT17.03.2016

AT THE SUMMIT OF THE EUROPEAN PEOPLE’S PARTY PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN MADE A STATEMENT

President Serzh Sargsyan, who is in the Kingdom of Belgium on a working visit, today in Brussels participated at the Summit of the European People’s Party (EPP). At the Summit, the President of Armenia made a statement in which he referred to the dynamically developing Armenia-EU relations and the process of development of cooperation in all mutually interesting areas, to the large-scale reforms implemented in Armenia which occupy a very important place in our relations with the... more →

Taron Margaryan: We should be the first to reveal and correct our own defects16.03.2016

Taron Margaryan: We should be the first to reveal and correct our own defects

Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan had a working meeting with the employees of the Department of Control of Yerevan Municipality. The report on the work done in 2015 was made and the Mayor presented his comments. «The Department of Control is the link which must be consistent in the activities in various spheres of urban economy, carried out within our powers. One of your primary tasks is to reveal defects. Be attentive and inform the persons in charge about the defects so that they could... more →