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New Armenian ambassador to Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland appointed
Armenia's Ambassador to Sweden Anna Aghajanyan will serve also as Armenia's Ambassador to Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland according to a decree signed by President Vahagn Khachaturyan upon the proposal of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. YEREVAN, January 23. /ARKA/. Armenia's ...
01/23/2024Armenia to reduce fine for driving without car insurance but under one condition
... January 12. /ARKA/. The Defense and Security Committee of the Armenian National Assembly on Thursday approved in the second and final reading a legislative initiative to reduce the fine for driving without mandatory car insurance. According to Eduard Aghajanyan, an MP from the ruling Civil Contract party, motorists will be fined 25,000 drams instead of the current 100,000 drams when driving without compulsory car insurance. The reduced fine will be applied if the motorist pays 25,000 drams within ...
01/12/2024Vahagn Khachaturyan reshuffles personnel in the diplomatic corps
... Vahagn Khachaturyan signed a number of decrees to reshuffled personnel in the diplomatic corps. YEREVAN, September 5. /ARKA/. Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan signed a number of decrees to reshuffled personnel in the diplomatic corps. Anna Aghajanyan was recalled from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belgium and Head of Armenia's Mission to the European Union and appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sweden (residence in Stockholm). Tigran ...
09/05/2023Yerevan Municipality says garbage disposal problem solved
... Municipality said today that the problem with garbage disposal in Yerevan has been completely solved. YEREVAN, July 31. /ARKA/. The Yerevan Municipality said today that the problem with garbage disposal in Yerevan has been completely solved. Bagrat Aghajanyan, head of Garbage Disposal and Sanitation Department, told a working meeting on Monday that 495 employees of the department provide garbage removal and cleaning of the streets and yards of the capital 6 days a week. He said 73 trucks were engaged ...
07/31/2023Researchers from Armenia and Germany will study Armenian wild grape genome
... looking for genetic changes responsible for resistance to diseases. "We hope that this knowledge will be the basis for creating certain breeding programs in the future," she said. FAST Foundation's head of research promotion programs Veronika Aghajanyan said that partnership within the ADVANCE grant program have been underway since 2020 and currently 10 teams in Armenia are working on it under the guidance of foreign scientists. "One of the important elements of the program is that the ...
05/05/2023Big dreams can be realized even in a small village
A girl who dreams and makes dreams come true. Armine Aghajanyan, a Turkologist by profession, has been creating handmade works for 13 years in Yeghegnadzor, in the "Mosh" studio she founded. YEREVAN, February 23. /ARKA/. A girl who dreams and makes dreams come true. Armine Aghajanyan, a Turkologist ...
02/23/2023Sargis Khandanyan elected chairperson of the National Assembly's standing committee on foreign relations
... from the ruling Civil Contract party has been elected today as chairman of the National Assembly's standing committee on foreign relations. Khandanyan's candidacy was unanimously voted for by 68 MPs of the ruling party. Khandanyan has replaced Eduard Aghajanyan, who resigned on January 27. -0-
02/09/2023Armenian delegation presents situation around Lachin corridor and unacceptability of CSTO PA's relations with Organization of Islamic Cooperation and PA of Turkic States
... of CSTO member states in Moscow. The Armenian delegation included also the chairman of the Armenian parliamentary committee on defense and security issues Andranik Kocharyan and the chairman of the parliamentary committee on foreign relations Eduard Aghajanyan. Andranik Kocharyan added that Azerbaijan, citing false environmental reasons, has closed the Lachin corridor, which is the only road connecting Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) with Armenia and the outside world. "As a result of these actions,...
02/01/2023Eduard Aghajanyan resigns as head of Armenian National Assembly's Foreign Relations Committee
Eduard Aghajanyan, an MP from the ruling Civil Contract party and chairman of Armenian National Assembly’s Foreign Relations Committee has tendered his resignation today. YEREVAN, January 27. /ARKA/. Eduard Aghajanyan, an MP from the ruling Civil Contract ...
01/27/2023Armenia and Azerbaijan reach agreement on one point of the peace treaty - Grigoryan
... Bayramov said that Azerbaijan had prepared a draft treaty on the peaceful settlement of the conflict and submitted it to Armenia. He also said a third round of talks between the countries was possible before the end of 2022. A few days later, Eduard Aghajanyan, chairman of the Armenian parliamentary committee on foreign relations from the ruling Civil Contract party said that the Armenian side had received Azerbaijani proposals, which were in fact a response to Armenian proposals. “We continue ...
12/09/2022Moscow ready to facilitate Pashinyan-Aliyev meeting in Russia - Peskov
... appropriate announcement". "On the meeting [between Aliyev and Pashinyan], too, if there is an understanding, we will inform you," Peskov concluded. Earlier, the head of Armenia's parliamentary standing committee on foreign relations, Eduard Aghajanyan, did not rule out the possibility of another meeting at the level of the heads of state or foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan before the end of the year. -0-
12/07/2022Armenia received Azerbaijan's proposals for peace treaty - head of National Assembly committee
The Armenian side has received Azerbaijani peace proposals, which are in fact a response to Armenia's proposals, the chairman of the Armenian parliamentary committee on foreign relations Eduard Aghajanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party said today. YEREVAN, December 6. /ARKA/. The Armenian side has received Azerbaijani peace proposals, which are in fact a response to Armenia's proposals, the chairman of the Armenian parliamentary committee ...
12/06/2022Armenia and Azerbaijan likely to have another round of talks on peace treaty before the end of this month
Armenia and Azerbaijan are likely to have another round of talks on a peace treaty before the end of this month either at the level of state leaders or foreign ministers, the chairman of the Armenian parliamentary committee on foreign relations Eduard Aghajanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party said today. YEREVAN, December 6. /ARKA/. Armenia and Azerbaijan are likely to have another round of talks on a peace treaty before the end of this month either at the level of state leaders or foreign ...
12/06/2022Armenian opposition calls on international community to punish Azerbaijan for its war crimes
... statement) that are fundamental for both sides, and accordingly, we recorded that there is no possibility to act in the form of a National Assembly statement on behalf of both factions,' the chairman of a parliament committee on foreign affairs Eduard Aghajanyan from the Civil Contract said. He said MPs from the Civil Contract would abstain from voting. Andranik Tevanyan, an MP from Hayastan alliance, said the Azerbaijani parliament's statement on the 44-day war falsifies the essence of the Karabakh ...
12/02/2022International community must not tolerate ethnic cleansing in 21st century- Armenian parliamentary committee chairman
The chairman of Armenian parliamentary committee on foreign relations Eduard Aghajanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party of Prime Minister Pashinyan commented on his earlier made statement that "Armenia has no resources to ensure Nagorno-Karabakh’s security." YEREVAN, October 20. /ARKA/. The chairman ...
10/20/2022Armenia not considering withdrawal from CSTO- parliament committee chairman
Armenia is not considering now withdrawal from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the chairman of the parliamentary committee on foreign relations Eduard Aghajanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party of Prime Minister Pashinyan said today. YEREVAN, September 20. /ARKA/. Armenia is not considering now withdrawal from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the chairman of the parliamentary ...
09/20/2022Talks underway to organize Pashinyan-Aliyev meeting- Armenian parliament committee chairman
... diplomats are negotiating a meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that is to take place he near future, the Chairman of Armenia’s National Assembly‘s Committee on Foreign Relations Eduard Aghajanyan said today. YEREVAN, July 26. /ARKA/. Armenian and Azerbaijani diplomats are negotiating a meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that is to take place he near future, the Chairman of ...
07/26/2022Armenia not considering dispatch of CSTO troops to Ukraine to assist Russia
Armenia's authorities are not considering a possible participation of the CSTO troops in the military operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, MP Eduard Aghajanyan, representing the ruling Civil Contract Party of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, told a press briefing today. YEREVAN, March 7. /ARKA/. Armenia's authorities are not considering a possible participation of the CSTO troops in the military ...
03/07/2022Ruling Armenian party has not chosen a candidate yet to replace president Sarkissian
... Assembly's committee on foreign relations Eduard Ohanjanyan told reporters that no decision was made yet. “We have several candidates and discussions will continue until a final decision is made, of course, within the stipulated timeframe," he said. Aghajanyan declined also mass media reports claiming that the ruling party has chosen Arayik Harutyunyan, the head of the prime minister's office, as a candidate for president. A local investigative outlet Hetq.am claimed that Armen Sarkissian resigned ...
01/27/2022Deutsche Spezialisten beteiligen sich an der Wiederbelebung der armenischen Gemeinden
... durchgeführt. Deutsche Spezialisten haben sich mit großem Interesse an der Projektarbeit angeschlossen. Die Geschäftsführerin des deutschen Unternehmens Waldheim International Gmbh, Anna Karakatsanis, und der Mitbegründer der DAR-Stiftung, Arsen Aghajanyan, unterzeichneten eine Absichtserklärung, wonach die deutsche Seite die notwendigen Beratungsleistungen für den Aufbau einer Demenz Einrichtung im Rahmen des Gagarin-Projekts erbringt. Das deutsche Unternehmen wird sowohl in der Entwurfsphase ...
01/21/2022Armenia expects delimitation of border with Azerbaijan to restore its territorial integrity
Armenia has notified the Russian Federation in writing of its accord to begin the process of delimitation and demarcation of the border with Azerbaijan, Eduard Aghajanyan, an MP from the Civil Contract party of PM Nikol Pashinyan and head of the parliamentary committee on international relations, told a press briefing today. YEREVAN, November 19. /ARKA/. Armenia has notified the Russian Federation in writing ...
11/19/2021Armenian granted association status to Horizon Europe
... €90 billion to spend over a seven-year period. the Armenian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports said. According to it, the agreement to that end was signed last week by the head of the Armenian Delegation to the EU, Ambassador Anna Aghajanyan and Signe Ratso, the Horizon Europe Chief Negotiator and Deputy Director-General of the Commission’s Directorate-General of Research and Innovation. The signature ceremony took place in a hybrid format in the presence of Artur Martirosyan,...
11/15/2021Top mangers of Georgian port of Poti arrive in Yerevan to explore possibilities to deepen cooperation
... to learn more about the capabilities of the Armenian forwarding company Apaven, a partner of the port, the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers) of Armenia, said today. According to the executive director of the Apaven company Gagik Aghajanyan, the new management of the Poti port intends to personally get acquainted with the advantages of the Apaven company, its technical capabilities, vehicle fleet, storage facilities, and human resources. The port of Poti is owned by APM Terminals,...
10/06/2021Pro-government MP says Azerbaijani checkpoint on Yerevan-Kapan highway is 'on Soviet Azerbaijani territory'
An Azerbaijani police checkpoint set up near the village of Vorotan in the Syunik region of Armenia is "on the territory of Soviet Azerbaijan," MP from the ruling Civil Contract party Eduard Aghajanyan told reporters today. YEREVAN, September 14. /ARKA/. An Azerbaijani police checkpoint set up near the village of Vorotan in the Syunik region of Armenia is "on the territory of Soviet Azerbaijan," MP from the ruling Civil Contract ...
09/14/2021Armenian National Assembly elects chairpersons of standing committees
... and Legal Affairs (12 members) is chaired by Vladimir Vardanyan (Civil Contract), - Standing Committee on Defense and Security Issues (11 members) - Andranik Kocharyan (Civil Contract), - Standing Committee on Foreign Relations (18 members) - Eduard Aghajanyan (Civil Contract), - Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Issues (8 members) - Gevorg Papoyan (Civil Contract), Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environmental Protection ...
08/13/2021Armenian president dismisses ambassadors, appoints one to UK
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian signed a decree today to dismiss Dzyunik Aghajanyan as Armenian Ambassador to Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. YEREVAN, July 16. /ARKA/. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian signed a decree today to dismiss Dzyunik Aghajanyan as Armenian Ambassador to Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. By ...
07/16/2021Armenian health minister dismissed, appointed as head of prime minister's office
... Torosyan was appointed as Minister of Health May 12, 2018 in the aftermath of the velvet revolution.. On Monday Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan appointed ex-Minister of Health Arsen Torosyan as head of the prime minister's staff. Torosyan replaced Eduard Aghajanyan was appointed to this post on May 10, 2018. -0-
01/19/2021Artsakh president reshuffles his government
Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) President Arayik Harutyunyan signed a number of appointment and resignation decrees today, his press office said. YEREVAN, December 22. /ARKA/. Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) President Arayik Harutyunyan signed a number of appointment and resignation decrees today, his press office said. According to one of the decrees, Ararat Ohanjanyan was relieved of his post as Minister of Health and replaced with Mikael Hayriyan. By another decree Kamo Aghajanyan was relieved of his post as director of the National Security Service. and appointed as representative of the President of Artsakh in Armenia. Ashot Hakopjanyan was relieved of his post as Head of Police and appointed as representative of ...
12/22/2020Armenian government removes ban on rallies and other restrictions
The Armenian government is removing the ban on rallies and a number of other restrictions in force during the martial law, Eduard Aghajanyan, the head of the prime minister’s administration, said in a Facebook post today. YEREVAN, December 2. /ARKA/. The Armenian government is removing the ban on rallies and a number of other restrictions in force during the martial law, Eduard ...
12/02/2020Group of Armenian servicemen to be awarded for successful operation
... Hayrapetyan and Koryun Soghomonyan, Senior Lieutenant Hayk Hakobyan, Privates Samvel Isakhanyan, Alik Shavershyan, Suren Khachatryan, Norik Khachatryan, Junior Sergeants Albert Farmanyan, militias Telman Gabrielyan, Seyran Avagimyan, Varuzhan Manasyan, Erik Aghajanyan and Reserve Colonel Manvel Grigoryan will be awarded medals "For Courage". Air defense units of the Defense Army also continue to demonstrate a high level of training. Junior sergeants Arman Abagyan, Robert Simonyan and contract soldier ...
10/19/2020Pashinyan convenes emergency sitting of Security Council
... Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired today an emergency sitting of the Security Council that was attended by members of the Security Council, President Armen Sarkissian, Parliament Chairman Ararat Mirzoyan and the Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister Eduard Aghajanyan, the government press office reported. YEREVAN, October 14. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired today an emergency sitting of the Security Council that was attended by members of the Security Council, President Armen ...
10/14/2020Artsakh armed forces stop Azerbaijani troops and launch counteroffensive
.... In the meantime, Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan who went today morning to a frontline position to encourage the soldiers, said he was still there. The heads of the National Security Services of Armenia and Artsakh Argishti Kyaramyan and Kamo Aghajanyan are also there with him. 'The guys are brilliantly performing the combat mission assigned to them. I am encouraged by the courage and professionalism of our military personnel and the dedication of our volunteers. In a word, both at the front ...
10/03/2020Armenian government restricts traveling to Artsakh
... municipalities, which will provide a list of necessary goods,” the government said. To coordinate the process of providing social and material assistance to Artsakh, a joint headquarters was created headed by the head of the Prime Minister's Office Eduard Aghajanyan. The government has also launched a hotline number 117 for all to call on all matters related to martial law, with the exception of matters related to the Ministry of Defense. From abroad, one call (+374) 10 527 000. -0-
10/02/2020Armenian forces destroy tens of Azerbaijani tanks, killing hundreds of soldiers
... of the government reported. It said in addition to the members of the Security Council, the meeting was also attended by Armenian President Armen Sarkissian, Speaker of the National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan, Head of the Prime Minister's Office Eduard Aghajanyan and Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructur Suren Papikyan. The meeting discussed the operational situation in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan border zone and the actions of Armenian armed forces aimed at inflicting a commensurate counterstrike ...
09/29/2020Armenia appoints new ambassador to Belgium and European Union
... ambassador of the country to Belgium, who will serve also as head of Armenia's representative office in the European Union with residence in Brussels, the presidential website reported. By the decree of president Armen Sarkissian, dated July 31, Anna Aghajanyan was appointed Ambassador to Belgium and head of the Armenian representative office to European Union.-0-
08/04/2020Armenian government nominates candidate for vacant seat in Constitutional Court
At the meeting on Thursday, the Armenian government presented a candidate for the vacant position of a member of the Constitutional Court. Eduard Aghajanyan, the head of the government staff, said that Vahram Avetisyan has been nominated for this position. The government’s nomination still needs the National Assembly’s approval. YEREVAN, July 23. /ARKA/. At the meeting on Thursday, the ...
07/23/2020Police building in downtown Yerevan to be put on sale
... created to coordinate the sale of the police -owned building will place all the details of the competition a month before its start on the official website of the State Property Committee at www.azdarar.am . The head of the government staff Eduard Aghajanyan said since the building will not be auctioned, as is usually done in such cases, but sold through a tender, the emphasis will be placed on the content of the tender applications. “It will be a competition of programs. The commission will ...
06/11/2020Artsakh president appoints Samvel Babayan as Security Council secretary
... appointment in advance or suggested, of course, sometimes the assumptions come from common sense,” he said. In his words, the appointment of Babayan is due to the number of votes of the United Homeland party led by him in the parliamentary elections, the ... ... military-patriotic education, youth, sports and tourism with the assignment of the major general rank to him, and Major General Kamo Aghajanyan succeeded him. On May 25, Artsakh President Araik Harutyunyan, on behalf of the Free Homeland - United Civil Alliance ...
05/29/2020All pedestrian and transport roads to Tsitsernakaberd memorial in Yerevan to be closed until April 25
... reported on Wednesday. It also said that the violation of order will entail legal consequences. "We urge that this decision be taken with understanding amid the pandemic," the report said. Commemorative events amid coronavirus Yesterday, Eduard Aghajanyan, the head of the office of the Armenian prime minister, said that to ensure the safety of citizens amid the spread of the coronavirus, it was decided to conduct alternative events on the Day of Remembrance of Armenian Genocide Victims. For ...
04/22/2020Citizens of Armenia will have four non-working days in a row in late Мay
... will be a non-working day. YEREVAN, February 20. /ARKA/. The government of Armenia decided today to make May 23, which is Saturday, a working day. Instead, May 29, which is Friday, will be a non-working day. The head of the government staff Eduard Aghajanyan said the decision is prompted by the First Republic Day, which is marked on May 28. As a result, the citizens of Armenia will be having four non-working days in a row. "Usually, when making such decisions, the government shifts the working ...
02/20/2020Foreign ministry: Armenian citizen evacuated from China's Wuhan to Russia
... its Facebook page. The ministry also reports that evacuation is being carried out only from Hubei province. Other Armenian citizens who are now in the province didn't use the evacuation opportunity. On February 2, another Armenian citizen, Susanna Aghajanyan, was evacuated from China to Kazakhstan at her own request. According to the Kazakh prime minister's report released on his website, she is in quarantine. According to the latest reports, 13,522 people in China have already got the pneumonia ...
02/05/2020Gyumri to host major Armenian Independence Day events
... gala concert in Armenia's second-largest town of Gyumri that will host this year major Independence Day events, slated for September 21. This is the first time that the main events and the gala concert will be held outside the capital Yerevan. Eduard Aghajanyan, chief of staff of the government, said celebrations will start in Gyumri Central Park, where Yerevan-based bars and cafes will operate in separate pavilions. Seven music venues will be installed in the city center for musicians of different ...
09/18/2019Inspection of economic entities will be carried out without prior warning
... Armenia approved today a bill to amend the law on organization of inspection of economic entities, which calls for eliminating a requirement that owners of entities are to be warned beforehand. According to the head of prime minister’s staff Eduard Aghajanyan, economic entities, being warned in advance about inspection, eliminate the shortcomings and meet the requirements only on the day of inspection. He said the proposed change eliminates the requirement that economic entity are to be warned at ...
06/13/2019Yenokavan development strategy presented to Pashinayn
... said. YEREVAN, March 24 /ARKA/. On March 24, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan traveled to Yenokavan community in Tavush Marz of Armenia, the government press office said. Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Eduard Aghajanyan and Tavush Marz Governor Hayk Chobanyan accompanied the Prime Minister. During the visit, the Prime Minister was introduced to the draft Yenokavan development strategy by 2025, the main vector of which is the development of tourism and infrastructures ...
03/24/2019Armenian parliament to cut the number of official cars
... operation of the parliament staff and standing committees, duty vehicles will operate, which will transport parliament officials, who will have to submit grounded justified requests in advance," added Mirzoyan. The chief of government staff Eduard Aghajanyan said in a Facebook post yesterday that the number of cars servicing the Armenian Prime Minister’s administration will be reduced radically from 50 to 7. According to him, only two deputy prime ministers and the secretary of the National Security ...
01/25/2019The number of cars in Pashinyan’s administration to be cut from 50 to 7
The number of cars servicing the Armenian Prime Minister’s administration will be reduced radically from 50 to 7, the chief of government staff Eduard Aghajanyan said in a Facebook post. YEREVAN, January 24. /ARKA/. The number of cars servicing the Armenian Prime Minister’s administration will be reduced radically from 50 to 7, the chief of government staff Eduard Aghajanyan said in a Facebook ...
01/24/2019Armenia’s new parliament will convene for maiden session on January 14
... to take seats in the National Assembly. They are Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, Acting Minister of Education and Science Araik Harutyunyan, Acting Minister of Territorial Administration and Development Suren Papikyan, Zaruhi Batoyan, Eduard Aghajanyan, Romanos Petrosyan, Head of the Control Service David Sanasaryan, Acting Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology Hakob Arshakyan, Acting Health Minister Arsen Torosyan, Garik Sargsyan, Acting Minister of Nature Protection ...
01/05/2019Armenian government thinking how to minimize social consequences of premier’s car park optimization
Eduard Aghajanyan, head of the Armenian prime minister’s administration, commenting on the optimization of car park of the prime-ministerial administration, said that a group has been set up for finding ways to lessen the damage this optimization can inflict ...
11/03/2018Independence Day celebration in Armenia to be unprecedented this year
Festivities to be held in Yerevan on September 21 to celebrate the 27th anniversary of Armenia’s independence, Eduard Aghajanyan, the head of the Armenian prime minister’s administration, said on Tuesday. YEREVAN, September 18. /ARKA/. Festivities to be held in Yerevan on September 21 to celebrate the 27th anniversary of Armenia’s independence, Eduard Aghajanyan,...
09/18/2018Armenia appoints new ambassador to Indonesia
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has appointed Dzyunik Aghajanyan as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Indonesia. YEREVAN, August 24. /ARKA/. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has appointed Dzyunik Aghajanyan as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Indonesia. She will ...
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