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Transactions up to 300,000 drams not subject to declaration – Head of Armenia’s SRC
Transactions up to 300,000 drams are not subject to declaration, said Eduard Hakobyan, head of Armenia's State Revenue Committee, during an interview on Public Television of Armenia. YEREVAN, January 22.... ... in Armenia has been in effect since January 1, 2023, and will be implemented over three years. The draft was finalized by the parliament in December 2022. As Tigran Khachatryan, Armenia's former Minister of Finance, stated in November 2022, the declaration ...
01/22/2025Armenian Parliament considers transforming EFSD into independent structure
The Armenian parliament committee on financial and budgetary affairs has considered the issue of transforming the Eurasian Fund for Stabilisation ... ... for Stabilisation and Development (EFSD) into a fully independent international organisation. Deputy Finance Minister Eduard Hakobyan recalled that initially the EFSD was established as the Anti-Crisis Fund of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), but ...
11/25/2024Armenian Prime Minister leaves for Greece on working visit
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his wife Anna Hakobyan have left for Greece on a working visit, the prime minister's office reported. YEREVAN, February 27. /ARKA/. ... ..., Nikol Pashinyan is scheduled to meet with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Parliament Speaker Constantine Tasoulas.-0-
02/27/2024Armenian Prime Minister leaves for France on a two-day working visit
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his wife Anna Hakobyan have left for France on a two-day working visit. YEREVAN, February 21. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol ... ... have left for France on a two-day working visit. Pashinyan leads a delegation that includes government officials and members of parliament. In Paris Pashinyan is scheduled to meet today with French President Emmanuel Macron today. In the evening, the two ...
02/21/2024Russian Foreign Ministry lashes out at Armenia for participation in Zelensky's peace formula talks in Malta
... 65 countries. Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russian Foreign Ministry, said Moscow views Armenia’s participation as a ‘demonstratively anti-Russian gesture.’ "I would like to remind that earlier the wife of Armenian Prime Minister Anna Hakobyan visited Kiev and Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan contacted with Ukrainian parliament speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk in Dublin. Pashinyan himself met with Zelensky in Granada. Yerevan should realize that this is a demonstrative flirtation with those who aggressively oppose Russia, and there is no other definition," she said ...
11/02/2023Armenian mass media not subjected to pressure from state - Head of TV and Radio Commission
Mass media outlets in Armenia have not been subjected to any influence or pressure from the state, said Tigran Hakobyan, Chairman of the Armenian Television and Radio Commission. YEREVAN, April 5. /ARKA/. Mass media outlets in Armenia ... ... broadcasters. Those complaints deserved attention and we certainly studied everything properly," Hakobyan said at a meeting of the parliament's Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sports during the presentation of the Commission's ...
04/05/2023Iran to increase natural gas supplies to Armenia
Every year, 365 million cubic meters of natural gas are imported from Iran to Armenia as part of the natural gas for electricity swap agreement, Deputy Chairman of the Armenian parliamentary committee on regional and Eurasian integration Vagharshak Hakobyan said today. YEREVAN, February 21. /ARKA/. Every year, 365 million cubic meters of natural gas are imported from Iran to Armenia as part of the natural gas for electricity swap agreement, Deputy Chairman of the Armenian parliamentary committee ...
02/21/2023Reviving Armenia party ends its activity as part of opposition Hayastan alliance
The Reviving Armenia party, a member of the opposition Hayastan alliance in the parliament together with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun, announced in a Facebook statement today it was ... ... was made by the governing board of the party on November 28. Three of the four MPs representing the party- party chairman Vahe Hakobyan, deputy chairmen Hripsime Stambulyan and Elena Kirakosyan – have already filed resignation applications. Zemfira Mirzoyeva,...
11/29/2022Armenia's ruling party decides against asking Constitutional Court to deprive opposition of their parliamentary mandates
... deprive the opposition of their mandates. Responding to media allegations that the opposition does not rule out returning to parliament with an agenda to declare a vote of no confidence in Pashinyan, Rubinyan said that the opposition's street struggle with the demand to dismiss Pashinyan ended with deputy speaker Ishkhan Saghatelyan and chairman of the National Assembly standing committee on economic issues Vahe Hakobyan (both from the opposition) being dismissed from their posts. -0-
07/14/2022Armen Gevorkyan resigns as chairman of Armenian parliamentary committee on regional and Eurasian integration
... half of sessions. Simonyan's draft decision on appealing to the Constitutional Court with a request to terminate the mandates of 33 parliamentarians was published on the website of the National Assembly. The discussion of this decision in the Armenian parliament will be held on July 14 and will concern the following MPs: Ishkhan Saghatelyan, Anna Grigoryan, Vahe Hakobyan, Armen Gevorkyan, Lilit Galstyan, Armen Rustamyan, Seyran Ohanyan, Elinar Vardanyan, Artsvik Minasyan, Artur Ghazinyan, Kristine Vardanyan, Gegham Manukyan, Agvan Vardanyan, Agnes Hamoyan, Andranik Tevanyan, Mkhitar Zakaryan, Ripsime Stambulian,...
07/13/2022There is no international demand that Armenia lower the bar on Nagorno-Karabakh status- opposition leader
... its demands on Nagorno-Karabakh’s status, an opposition lawmaker Ishkhan Saghatelyan told a press conference today. On June 1, Armenia’s parliament controlled by the ruling Civil Contract party of Prime Minister Pashinyan, voted to dismiss Ishkhan Saghatelyan as a deputy speaker of the parliament along with Vahe Hakobyan, who was dismissed as chairman of a committee on economic issues. Both were dismissed because of boycotting sessions of the parliament. "Regarding the Armenian authorities' claims that there is an international demand that Armenia lower ...
07/11/2022Armenian opposition MP Artur Ghazinyan resigns
... elected because of the pro-government MPs strong opposition. Since March 4 he was a member of the committee on state and legal affairs. On July 1 an emergency session of the parliament dominated by Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party dismissed Ishkhan Saghatelyan from Hayastan alliance as deputy parliament speaker, while Vahe Hakobyan, also from Hayastan, was dismissed as chairman of the committee on economic issues. Later, an MP from another opposition alliance Pativ Unem Hayk Mamijanyan resigned as deputy chairman of the committee on foreign relations, and Armen Gevorgyan ...
07/04/2022Hayk Mamijanyan resigns as deputy chairman of parliament committee on foreign relations
... committee on foreign relations, but will continue to use my knowledge and connections for the benefit of our homeland, including using the tools of parliamentary and party diplomacy," Mamijanyan wrote in a Facebook post. Earlier on Friday, Ishkhan Saghatelyan from the opposition Hayastan alliance was dismissed as deputy speaker of the parliament and Vahe Hakobyan, also from Hayastan, as chairman of the standing committee on economic affairs at an extraordinary session of the National Assembly. Armen Gevorgyan, another MP from the Hayastan has resigned earlier today as chairman of the National Assembly's ...
07/01/2022Armenian opposition to give up all posts in parliament
... Assembly, Ishkhan Saghatelyan, a member of the Hayastan alliance, said in an interview with Radio Azatutyun. Earlier on Friday, Saghatelyan was dismissed as vice speaker of the National Assembly, while Vahe Hakobyan from the same alliance was dismissed as chairman of the National Assembly's standing committee on economic issues. The ... ... "We, naturally, will not nominate new candidates, moreover, we will give up other administrative positions held by the parliamentary opposition - the posts of chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of committees, which are assigned to the opposition ...
07/01/2022Armenian parliament votes to dismiss two opposition lawmakers as deputy speaker and head of committee
... YEREVAN, July 1. /ARKA/. By a vote of 66 to no votes against and abstentions Armenia's National Assembly dominated by the ruling Civil Contract party of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has dismissed today National Assembly's vice-speaker Ishkhan Saghatelyan, while Vahe Hakobyan was dismissed as chairman of a National Assembly's standing committee on economic issues. An emergency session of the parliament convened on Friday by the Civil Contract's faction was not attended by opposition lawmakers from Hayastan and Pativ Unem factions. Saghatelyan, a senior member of the Hayastan alliance, was one of the three vice-speakers of the National Assembly....
07/01/2022Armenia's new president officially takes office (video)
... Armenia's newly-elected president Vahagn Khachatryan was inaugurated today in a special meeting of the National Assembly in the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his wife Anna Hakobyan, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, President of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Arayik Harutyunyan, Parliament Chairman Alen Simonyan, MPs, government ministers and other high-ranking guests. The opposition parliamentary factions Hayastan (Armenia) and Pativ Unem (I have Honor) boycotted the ceremony. The newly elected president took the oath, placing ...
03/13/2022Relatives of Armenian soldiers killed in 44-day war involved in ad hoc parliamentary commission investigating circumstances of war
... Armenian soldiers who were killed in the 44-day war in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone in 2020 autumn, are involved in an ad hoc parliamentary commission that has been set up to investigate the circumstances of the war, Andranik Kocharyan, the head of the ... ... independent consultant. According to Kocharyan, Babayan’s participation would be very important. Kocharyan said that Movses Hakobyan, who previously served as Minister of Defense of Artsakh, Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, will ...
02/21/2022Armenian government hands its 15% equity in Zangezur combine over to trust management of ANIF
... the Prime Minister of Armenia was designated as the authorized body to manage the shares. In early July, 2021, the Armenian parliament, dominated by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party, approved a government proposal to impose a new ... ... approval came one day after law-enforcement officers raided the offices of the combine, whose board of directors comprised Vahe Hakobyan, a senior member of the opposition Hayastan bloc led by former President Robert Kocharyan. Speaking at a Cabinet meeting ...
01/05/2022Ruling party seeks impeachment of Yerevan mayor
... daily, a newspaper that had been edited for many years by current Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and now is run by his wife Anna Hakobyan, published a story titled "Generals who 'distracted' Hayk Marutyan from the revolution" The unsigned story ... ... Arthur Alexanyan helped him to establish close contacts with another general, the head of the opposition Hayastan alliance in the parliament Seyran Ohanyan. The story in the Haykakan Zhamanak claims also that after the end of the war, Hayk Marutyan met with ...
12/16/2021Pro-government daily accuses Yerevan mayor of having ties with opposition
... daily, a newspaper that had been edited for many years by current Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and now is run by his wife Anna Hakobyan, published a story titled "Generals who 'distracted' Hayk Marutyan from the revolution" The unsigned story ... ... Arthur Alexanyan helped him to establish close contacts with another general, the head of the opposition Hayastan alliance in the parliament Seyran Ohanyan. The story in the Haykakan Zhamanak claims also that after the end of the war, Hayk Marutyan met with ...
12/13/2021Armenian government nationalizes 25% of Zangezur cooper and molybdenum combine
... within 10 days. All related costs will be covered by the donator, according to the statement. In early July, 2021, the Armenian parliament, dominated by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party, approved a government proposal to impose a new ... ... approval came one day after law-enforcement officers raided the offices of the combine, whose board of directors comprised Vahe Hakobyan, a senior member of the opposition Hayastan bloc led by former President Robert Kocharyan. The government substantiated ...
10/01/2021Office of Armenia’s Prosecutor General to order inquiry into two scuffles provoked by MPs today in parliament
The Office of Armenia’s Prosecutor General said it will order an inquiry into two scuffles provoked by MPs today in the parliament. YEREVAN, August 25. /ARKA/. The Office of Armenia’s Prosecutor General said it will order an inquiry into two ... ... was interrupted. The second scuffle was provoked thirty minutes after the Armenian parliament resumed today’s session. Vahe Hakobyan from the opposition Hayastan alliance accused the current authorities of leading the country to a dictatorship. This ...
08/25/2021Armenian parliament members provoke second brawl in parliament today (video)
Thirty minutes after the Armenian parliament resumed today’s session, suspended after former defense minister Seyran Ohanyan, now an MP from the opposition Hayastan ... ... deputies took place in the parliament again - this time after the speech of the deputy from the opposition Hayastan alliance Vahe Hakobyan. YEREVAN, August 25. /ARKA/. Thirty minutes after the Armenian parliament resumed today’s session, suspended after ...
08/25/2021Armenian National Assembly elects chairpersons of standing committees
The Armenian parliament, dominated by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party, elected August 12 after 4-day debates chairpersons ... ... Committee on Healthcare (8 members) - Narek Zeynalyan (Civil Contract), - Standing Committee on Economic Affairs (12 members) - Vahe Hakobyan (Hayastan), - Standing Committee on Regional and Eurasian Integration (8 members) - Armen Gevorgyan (Hayastan), - Standing ...
08/13/2021Armenian opposition MP says social crisis is looming
Opposition MP Vahe Hakobyan from the Hayastan (Armenia) alliance, warned today the country may face a social crisis because of the growing national ... ... that worsened the overall situation and now another crisis is looming ahead - a social crisis," he said at a meeting of parliament. According to Hakobyan, the economic policy of the ruling Civil Contract party of prime minister Pashinyan is based ...
08/10/2021Pativ Unem to take up parliamentary seats to fight against new government, spokesman says
The Pativ Unem (I Have Honor) opposition alliance associated with an ex-president Serzh Sargsyan and led by former director of the National Security Service Artur Vanestayn will take up their parliamentary seats, Sos Hakobyan, a representative of the alliance, wrote on Facebook. YEREVAN, July 21. /ARKA/. The Pativ Unem (I Have Honor) opposition alliance associated with an ex-president Serzh Sargsyan and led by former director of the National Security Service Artur ...
07/21/2021Government steps up road safety in rural communities
By a vote of 78 to 1 and 17 abstentions the parliament of Armenia has passed today in the second and final reading a set of changes to the law on local self-government. ... ... in the second and final reading a set of changes to the law on local self-government. The author of the changes, MP Vagarshak Hakobyan, said the situation with road signs in the country's rural communities is disappointing: in some communities there are ...
04/19/2021MPs from My Step faction replaced
The Armenian National Assembly's ruling faction My Step replaced its MPs. National Assembly Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan said on Monday at the extraordinary parliamentary session, three MPs - Argishti Mekhakyan, Aram Khachatryan and Yerjanik Hakobyan – quit the parliament ahead of schedule, and the next candidates in the party list took up their seats in the National Assembly. YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. The Armenian National Assembly's ruling faction My Step replaced its MPs. National ...
12/28/2020Armenian TV channels' earnings grew by 64 percent in 2019
... earnings in 2019 surged by 64.4%, or almost the equivalent of $10 million, according to Babken Tunyan, MP from the ruling My Step parliamentary bloc. YEREVAN, June 17. /ARKA/. Armenian television channels' earnings in 2019 surged by 64.4%, or almost the ... ... the so-called 'shadow' area. For his part, the head of the National Commission on Television and Radio Broadcasting, Tigran Hakobyan, agreed that the lion's share of this amount was secured as a result of a drop in the shadow turnover. He also drew ...
06/17/2020Pashinyan: Armenians still facing challenges posed to them at outset of twentieth century
... the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his spouse Anna Hakobyan visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial and paid floral tribute to victims of the genocide. YEREVAN, April 24. /ARKA/.... ... Austria, Vatican, Czech Republic, Denmark, Portugal, as well as the interim government of Libya, 49 US states, Syria, the European Parliament, and World Council of Churches. --0---
04/24/2020Pashinyan to visit Vietnam and Singapore
... government reported on Wednesday. Pashinyan’s trip to Vietnam will last from July 4 to 6. He will be accompanied by his spoke Anna Hakobyan. Nikol Pashinyan will meet Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Speaker of the National Assembly of Vietnam ... ... Singapore for a two day official visit. He will meet with Singapore President Halimah Yacob, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Parliament Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin. A number of cooperation-establishing documents is planned to be signed in Singapore. Pashinyan ...
07/03/2019Prime minister remembers victims of Armenian genocide
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his wife Anna Hakobyan visited today the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in the capital Yerevan to commemorate the victims of the 1915 Armenian ... ... Prime Minister was accompanied by President Armen Sarkissian, his wife Nune Sarkissian, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, parliament speaker Ararat Mirzoyan, head of the Constitutional Court Hrayr Tovmasyan, parliament members, deputy prime ministers,...
04/24/2019Hakobyan: TV commercials market in Armenia has dropped 2.5 times over past five years
TV commercials market in Armenia has dropped 2.5 times over the past five years, Tigran Hakobyan, the head of the National Television and Radio Committee, said Monday at the National Assembly’s session. “In 2013 ... ... of provincial TV channels. “We attach importance to implementation of certain measures together with the government and the parliament to restore activities of provincial TV channels,” he said. Tigran Hakobyan said that some countries, for example ...
04/23/2019Post-revolutionary euphoria in Armenia dwindling, political analyst says
The post-revolutionary euphoria in Armenia has significantly dwindled, political analyst Vigen Hakobyan said at a press conference on Friday. YEREVAN, April 12. /ARKA/. The post-revolutionary euphoria in Armenia has ... ... protests in 2018 April, prime minister Serzh Sargsyan resigned on April 23. On May 8, according to the Constitution, a special parliament session elected the leader of the Armenian opposition Nikol Pashinyan as prime minister. In the autumn of the same ...
04/12/2019Armenian prime minister arrives in Tehran
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his spouse Anna Hakobyan arrived Wednesday morning in Tehran, the press office of the Armenian government reports. The Armenian premier traveled ... ... Iranian president will host an official dinner for the Armenian prime minister. After that, Pashinyan will meet with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani. The Armenian premier will also visit Ararat Sports and Culture Center and meet with representatives ...
02/27/2019Armenian premier and his spouse to visit Iran
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan with his spouse Anna Hakobyan will travel to Iran on Wednesday for a two-day official visit, the press office of the Armenian government reports. ... ... Iranian president will host an official dinner for the Armenian prime minister. After that, Pashinyan will meet with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani. The Armenian premier will also visit Ararat Sports and Culture Center and meet with representatives ...
02/26/2019Project with $1.4 million budget to strengthen role of Armenian women in politics and decision-making bodies
... management and economic reforms for the benefit of the population. She said considering the fact that 32 women were elected to the parliament in Armenia last December, , the situation is largely the same as in the previous parliament. She added that Armenia’s ... ... and young people, as well as expand innovative models for their participation in local decision-making processes. Margarita Hakobyan, executive director of the OxyGen Foundation, said their organization highlights the problem of equal rights and opportunities....
02/25/2019Ex- members of Armenian parliament establish new media holding
Several former members of the Armenian parliament - Arman Saghatelyan, Karen Bekaryan, Mihran Hakobyan and Samvel Farmanyan- have established the Karyak Media (Media Quartet) holding after acquiring Tert.am, ArmNews and Radio 107FM media outlets. YEREVAN, January 8. /ARKA. Several former members of the Armenian parliament - Arman Saghatelyan,...
01/08/2019Hayk Gevorkyan may be elected chairman of new Armenian parliament committee on economic issues
... that Hayk Gevorkyan, a journalist who has worked for many years for ‘Haykakan Zhamanak’ daily will be elected chairman of a parliamentary committee on economic issues. YEREVAN, December 14. /ARKA/. An Armenian daily ‘Zhamanak’ (Time) claims ... ... Armenia’s acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. When he was elected to parliament the position was handed to his wife Anna Hakobyan.-0-
12/14/2018Fourteen Armenian lawmakers support Pashinyan’s plan of snap parliamentary elections
Fourteen members of the Armenian parliament, the majority from ex-president Serzh Sargsyan’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), have backed today Prime Minister ... ... today. The list of deputies includes Ashot Arsenyan, Alik Sargsyan, Artak Sargsyan, Arman Sahakyan, Tachat Vardapetyan, Hakob G. Hakobyan, Shirak Torosyan, Knyaz Hasanov, Arsen Mikhailov, Harutyun Karapoghosyan, Samvel Alexanyan, Nahapet Gevorkyan, Araik ...
10/09/2018Armenian president signed decrees dismissing ministers from Prosperous Armenia and Dashnaksutiun
... Grigoryan as energy infrastructures and natural resources minister, Levon Vagradyan as sports and the youth minister, Ashot Hakobyan as transport, communication and information technology minister and Arthur Khachatryan as agriculture minister. Yesterday,... ... after three parties’ lawmakers in a bid to retain their seats in the National Assembly passed a bill hobbling dismissal of the parliament, Armenian Prime Minster Nikol Pashinyan called on people to come to the area outside the parliament building. At this ...
10/03/2018Pashinyan to resign after dismissing his Cabinet ministers
... ministers and governors enter legally into force, after that - I don’t mention a specific term - I will resign. After 7 days, the parliament must elect a prime minister, if the prime minister is not elected, there will be a second round. If the parliament ... ... Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Levon Vagradian, Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technologies Ashot Hakobyan, as well as the Minister of Agriculture Artur Khachatryan. All of them are from the Prosperous Armenia and ARF/Dashnaktsutyun ...
10/02/2018Armenian ministry extends ban on import of right-handed cars
... of Transport, Communications and Information Technology will prolong the ban on import of right-handed cars, Minister Ashot Hakobyan said at a press conference today. YEREVAN, September 4. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Ministry of Transport, Communications ... ... ban on import of right-handed cars, Minister Ashot Hakobyan said at a press conference today. On March 1, 2018, the Armenian Parliament passed a bill banning the import and sale of vehicles with right-hand steering wheels until October 1. 2018. "I ...
09/04/2018New MPs come to Armenian National Assembly
... YEREVAN, May 22. /ARKA/. Six new members have come to the Armenian National Assembly. The thing is that some MPs have quit the parliament for various reasons. Nikol Pashinyan, who was an MP from YELQ bloc, has been elected as prime minister and his sit ... ... the National Assembly, introduced new lawmakers to the parliament. YELQ bloc’s vacant seats went to Alen Simonyan, Hrachyan Hakobyan, Hovik Aghazaryan and Hayk Konjoryan, Armenian Republican’s seat to Hakob Hakobyan and Dashnaktsutiun’s seat to Ruzan ...
05/22/2018Armenia has brand new government
... former ambassador to UN Zohrab Mnatsakanyan was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mane Tandiliyan from Pashinyan’s Yelk parliamentary faction, was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Artak Zeynalyan of the same faction will head the Ministry ... ... Infrastructures and Natural Resources, Lilit Makunts is Culture Minister, Erik Grigoryan is Minister of Nature Protection, Ashot Hakobyan is Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technology, Mkhitar Hayrapetyan was appointed Minister of Diaspora....
05/13/2018Armenian president reappoints cabinet ministers
... technology, Levon Mkrtchyan as minister of education and science, Artem Asatryan as minister of labor and social affairs, Hranush Hakobyan as minister of Diaspora, Ashot Manukyan as minister of energy infrastructure and natural resources and Hrachya Rostomyan ... ... Armenia’s ex-president Serzh Sargsyan resigned as president on April 9. He was elected as prime minister during a special session of parliament on April 17 by a vote of 77 to 17, but announced his resignation today, bowing to pressure from tens of thousands of ...
04/23/2018Armenian PM appoints press secretary and aides
... prime minister Serzh Sargsyan has appointed Hovhannes Nikoghosyan as his press secretary. YEREVAN, April 19. /ARKA/. Armenia’s prime minister Serzh Sargsyan has appointed Hovhannes Nikoghosyan as his press secretary. He also has appointed Vladimir Hakobyan, Varuzhan Nersisyan, Hrayr Ghukasyan, Armen Abelyan and Avetis Berberyan as aides. Serzh Sargsyan resigned as president on April 9 after serving two terms. He was elected as prime minister during a special session of parliament on Tuesday by a vote of 77 to 17 Armenia’s new constitution approved in a 2015 referendum makes the prime minister the country’s most powerful figure. --0—
04/19/2018Armenian law supposed to push medicine prices down
A set of changes to the Law on Medicine passed today by the Armenian parliament is supposed to push prices of medicines down, according to MP Hakob Hakobyan, the chairman of a parliament committee on social and health issues. YEREVAN, April 12. /ARKA/. A set of changes to the Law on Medicine passed today by the Armenian parliament is supposed to push prices of medicines down, according to MP Hakob ...
04/12/2018Armenia rolls back to Middle Ages, professor says
... of life. "The statements of the authorities show that they treat the poor not as people faced with some or other life difficulties, but as individuals who have strayed from the general path of development of the society," Petrosyan said. A parliament member from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Hakob Hakobyan, who also chairs a parliamentary commission on health and social affairs, has come under strong attacks because of a comment on how inflation would impact the country’s poor. Hakobyan argued that Armenia’s poor normally spend less and consequently ...
12/11/2017Leader of Sasna Tsrer insurgents wounded in his leg
... Armenia’s police department, says on his Facebook page that two members of the armed group – Gagik Yeghiazaryan and Aram Hakobyan surrendered. Other two wounded members are still in the territory of the seized police regiment. In his words, the ... ... July 17 and took some officers hostage, demanding the release of Zhirayr Sefilian, the jailed opposition leader of Founding Parliament movement, and the resignation of the president. According to the police, one police officer had been killed and five ...
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