01.10.2024Narek Babayan: Iran has been and remains a special partner for Armenia
Iran has been and remains a special partner for Armenia, which with its balanced policy promotes the establishment of peace and strengthening of stability in the region, welcoming the parliamentary delegation of the Majlis of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) in the parliament: The member of the NA...
01.10.2024At PACE Committee Sona Ghazaryan touches upon the role of youth in revitalizing democracy
On October 1, hearing was held at the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg. The member of the RA NA delegation to the organization, as well as the abovementioned Committee Sona Ghazaryan presented a report titl...
01.10.2024Member of RA NA Delegation Hripsime Grigoryan gives a speech at PACE session
The RA NA delegation takes part in the work of the Fourth part of the Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) launched in Strasbourg. The member of the RA NA delegation to PACE Hripsime Grigoryan gave a speech in the session.“Honorable Chair,As we think about the past m...
01.10.2024Relations regarding organization of military industry products to be clarified
It is proposed to endow the Military Industrial Committee with four new functions. The aim is to further regulate the formulation of scientific research and experimental construction works, their preparation, conducting, reporting and financing.The RA Minister of High-Tech Industry Mkhitar Hayrapety...
01.10.2024Regulations for compensation of damages caused to life or health of servicemen during RA defense to apply to servicemen of State Security Service
The necessity for the adoption of the initiative arose as a result of the separation of the RA State Security Service from the National Security Service and is mainly of a technical nature. This was stated by the Deputy Head of the RA State Security Service Grigory Arakelyan, who presented the draft...
01.10.2024As a result of merger of educational complex of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Crisis Management State Academy, a single educational institution to be formed
The legislative initiative is aimed at the conceptual change in the education of police officers and rescue workers in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The RA Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Arpine Sargsyan said this while presenting the package of bills providing for addenda and ...
01.10.2024Authorizing norms to be provided by legislative initiative
The Government has approved the Disaster Risk Management Strategy for 2023-2030 and the action plan for 2023-2026 resulting from it, which proposes a comprehensive change in civil defense plans and population protection scheme in general. The Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Ar...
01.10.2024It is planned to expand works aimed at repair and lighting of Gyumri roads according to Agreement
With the Loan Agreement signed between the Republic of Armenia and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the center of Gyumri was transformed, especially in terms of lighting and roads. The Agreement signed in 2016 worked effectively, there was still tranche C worth 6 million ...
01.10.2024National Assembly begins work of regular sittings
On October 1, the National Assembly began the work of the regular sittings. The deputies approved the agenda of the regular sittings, after which they started the debate of the drafts.It was proposed to the Government by the initiative presented by the Council of Elders of Alaverdi community that in...
30.09.2024Alen Simonyan Receives Armenian Catholicos-Patriarch of the House of Cilicia of Armenian Catholic Church the Most Reverend and Blessed Raphael Petros Minasyan
On September 30, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Synod led by the Armenian Catholicos-Patriarch of the House of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church the Most Reverend and Blessed Raphael Petros Minasyan.Alen Simonyan informed that he is glad to host the Synod led by the Catholicos-...
30.09.2024Chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Spain hosted in Parliament
On September 30, the Head of the Armenia-Spain Friendship Group of the RA National Assembly Tatevik Gasparyan met with the Chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Spain Cristina Conesa Sancho.Welcoming the guest in parliament, Tatevik Gasparyan that in recent years, noticeable progress has been register...
29.09.2024Alen Simonyan Participates in Reconsecration of Mother Cathedral
The RA NA President Alen Simonyan accompanied by his wife with the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the President of the Republic Vahagn Khachaturyan and other officials attended the reconsecration of the Mother Cathedral and served Holy Liturgy at the Holy See of Holy Etchmiadzin....
27.09.2024Members of Armenia-Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia Friendship Group are in Estonia
On September 25-28, the members of the Armenia-Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia Friendship Group Narek Babayan, Hripsime Hunanyan led by the Head of the Group Arsen Torosyan visited the capital of Estonia Tallinn. On September 25, within the framework of the visit the Friendship Group met with the Speaker...
27.09.2024Authors of draft meet with representatives of a number of NGOs, listens to their concerns
On September 27, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport Sisak Gabrielyan, the Chair of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Vladimir Vardanyan and the deputies of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction met with the heads and representativ...
27.09.202419 items included in draft agenda of regular sittings to be convened on October 1
On September 27, the RA NA Council was held. The President of RA the National Assembly Alen Simonyan presided...
27.09.2024Rustam Bakoyan meets with representatives of Yazidi community
On September 27, the Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan met with the representatives of the leading family of the Yazidi community of Iraq.During the meeting, the problems regarding the situation caused by the attacks on the I...
27.09.2024Amendments being proposed to the Code of Administrative Offences and the law on Ensuring Road Traffic Safety debated
On September 27, the Standing Committee on Defense and Security convened a sitting. The Committee Chair Andranik Kocharyan moderated it.The Deputy Director of the RA National Security Service Andranik Simonyan presented for debate in the second reading the bill On Making Addenda and Amendments to th...
27.09.2024It is proposed to form a single educational institution under Ministry of Internal Affairs
As a result of the reorganization of the educational complex of the RA Police and the Crisis Management State Academy, it is planned to form a single educational institution operating under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The RA Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Arpine Sargsyan presented the leg...
27.09.2024Compensation regulations for damages caused to the life or health of servicemen also to apply to the servicemen of the Patrol Service during the RA Defense
It is proposed also to spread the regulations on the servicemen of the RA state defense service for damages caused to the life or health of servicemen by the draft. The format of the beneficiaries is stipulated by the law On Compensation for damages caused to the life or health of servicemen during ...
27.09.2024Purpose of draft is to exclude existence of sub-legislative normative legal acts adopted in absence of an authorizing norm
The decision of the Government defines the relations with the approval of the national plan for the protection of the population in case of radiation or nuclear accidents of the Armenian nuclear power plant and the actions arising from it, and another decision defines the procedure for the operation...
27.09.2024Bill endorsed: New functions to be given to Military-Industrial Committee
One main problem will be solved with proposing amendments and addenda, i.e. to establish new legal legislative functions for the Military-Industrial Committee. The RA Minister of Hi-Tech Industry Minister Mkhitar Hayrapetyan said this, presenting for debate the draft law On Amendments and Addenda to...
27.09.2024Legislative initiatives debated in second reading endorsed
At September 27 extraordinary sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs, a number of legislative initiatives were debated and endorsed in the second reading.The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Armenuhi Harutyunyan presented the draft law On Making Addendum and Amendment to th...
27.09.2024RA NA President Alen Simonyan visits Yerablur
The RA NA President Alen Simonyan, along with the President of the Republic Vahagn Khachaturyan, the deputies of the NA Civil Contract Faction and other high-ranking officials, visited the Yerablur military pantheon and paid tribute to the memory of those fallen in the 44-day war.They laid flowers o...
26.09.2024Ruben Rubinyan Receives Ambassador of Sweden to RA
On September 26, RA Vice President of the RA National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to Armenia Patrik Svensson.Issues regarding the RA-Sweden cooperation, the regional security were discussed. Reference was made to the norm...
26.09.2024Concepts of electronic library and cultural, educational, information center will be defined
As a result of the adoption of the draft, concepts of electronic library and cultural, educational, information center, loft will be defined, the requirement of replenishing the fund of the Armenian studies of the important libraries of abroad will be fixed, the goals of the use of the libraries wil...
25.09.2024Joint sitting of Inter-Parliamentary Committees between the RA National Assembly and the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus Held
On September 24, the joint sitting of the Inter-Parliamentary Committees between the RA National Assembly and the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus was held in Nicosia.During the sitting detailed reference was made to the Armenia-Cyprus multi-layered relations, the inter-parliamenta...
25.09.2024Issues on continuous development of Armenian-Georgian relations discussed
On September 25, the meeting of the RA parliamentarians was held with the First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, the Head of the Georgia-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group George Volsky. During the meeting the sides highlighted the continuous development of the Armenian-Georgian rela...
25.09.2024RA NA President’s Statement on Creating Investigative Committee
Under the Article 20.1 of the RA Constitutional Law of the Republic of Armenia the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, by the demand of at least one fourth of the deputies’ total number, an Investigative Committee of the National Assembly was created by the force of law in order to study th...
25.09.2024Working Discussion in Dilijan
The two-day working discussion of the draft law On Legal Assistance with Criminal Proceedings and on the theme The processes of the implementation of the inner-state procedures stemming from the ratification of the Statute of the International Criminal Court and the adoption of the relevant legislat...
25.09.2024Self-regulatory organizations to submit an action plan
The draft envisages reducing the threshold of five years of work experience of the evaluator included in the Qualification Commission, making it two years, with the aim of involving a wider range of specialists in the work of the Commission. The Head of the RA Cadastre Committee Suren Tovmasyan said...
24.09.2024Delegation led by Hayk Konjoryan meets with President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus in Nicosia
On September 24, the delegation of the Inter-Parliamentary Committee on Cooperation between the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia and the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus led by Hayk Konjoryan met with the President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus Annita Demetr...
24.09.2024NA President discusses issues on multi-sectoral cooperation with Head of Parliament of Andorra
At the invitation of the NA President Alen Simonyan the Speaker of the Parliament of the Principality of Andorra arrived in Armenia. At the meeting Alen Simonyan highlighted such visits in terms of bringing the bilateral relations to a new level. The NA President proposed the Speaker of the Parliame...
24.09.2024Gaps and misunderstandings in some provisions of the law on Phytosanitary to be regulated
Gaps and misunderstandings in some provisions of the law on Phytosanitary will be regulated by the adoption of the legislative package. During the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection convened on September 2...
24.09.2024Civil Contract Faction presents Levon Sahakyan’s candidacy for vacant seat of Council member of Central Bank: Issue debated in Committee
At the sitting of September 24, the Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs debated Levon Sahakyan’s candidacy presented by the Civil Contract Faction for the vacant seat of the Board member of the Central Bank and the issue of proposing a candidate for that position to the Nati...
24.09.2024Agreement aimed at repairing roads and providing lighting of Gyumri
At the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs the Deputy Minister of the RA Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Vache Terteryan presented for debate the amendment on the Loan Agreement regarding the transformation of the Gyumri Center.The draft on Ra...
24.09.2024Voting on package of drafts postponed for up to 2 months
The proposed amendments are conditioned by the amendments made in the Agreement on common principles and rules for the circulation of medical devices in the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union adopted on December 23, 2014 and in the European Economic Community (EEC) decisions regulating the sec...
24.09.2024It is proposed to provide an additional reward fund for enforcement service
The reward is related to the maximum quality, proper and timely performance of the enforcement officer's work. The current workload of this service and the achieved results indicate that this is a successful pilot programme. The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Levon Balyan said this while presenting t...
24.09.2024Delegation of NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport is on a working visit in Georgia
On September 23-25, the delegation led by the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport led by Sisak Gabrielyan, which comprises of the Deputy Chair of the Committee Taguhi Ghazaryan, the members Hasmik Hakobyan and Hakob Aslanyan.The Armenian pa...
23.09.2024Alen Simonyan Receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Armenia Serenade Gamil
On September 23, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Armenia Serenade Gamil. Welcoming the Ambassador, the RA NA President highlighted the effective cooperation and the deepening of ties between the legislative ...
23.09.2024Speaker of Parliament of Principality of Andorra hosted in Standing Committee on Foreign Relations
On September 23, the members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Hripsime Grigoryan and Maria Karapetyan met with the Speaker of the Parliament of the Principality of Andorra Carles Enseñat Reig...
23.09.2024Alen Simonyan receives Syndic General of General Council of Principality of Andorra Carles Ensenyat Reig
On September 23, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Syndic General of General Council of Principality of Andorra (Speaker of the Parliament of Andorra) Carles Ensenyat Reig, who is in Armenia on an official visit. Welcoming the latter to Armenia, the RA NA President thanked him for his v...
23.09.2024RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan receives newly appointed Ambassador of Belgium
On September 23, the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Belgium Eric De Muynck.Welcoming the guest, Hakob Arshakyan congratulated him on assuming the responsible and honourable position of the first residen...
23.09.2024Delegation led by Syndic General of General Council Principality of Andorra visits Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex
On September 23, the delegation led by the Syndic General of the Principality of Andorra Carles Ensenyat Reig, accompanied by the Vice President of the National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex.The guests laid a wreath at the monument commemorating the victims of ...
21.09.2024NA deputies visit schools of Yerevan and provinces within the framework of Back to School program
From 2007 the International Day of Democracy is marked in the whole world on September 15, when the United Nations General Assembly confirmed that day. The goal is to underscore the fundamental values of democracy, the protection of human rights, the transparency and accountability, as well as the p...
21.09.2024September 21 Armenia celebrates Independence Day
The older generation, who said “Yes” in the 1991 referendum and the young people, who were born after independence and inherited independence answered the question “What is independence?” ...
21.09.2024Alen Simonyan’s congratulatory message on 33rd Anniversary of RA Independence
Dear compatriots,Today is Independence Day of the Republic of Armenia. It is, perhaps, the most important holiday for every Armenian and the citizen of the Republic of Armenia. During these days, we should concentrate every goal, every desire, every dream and force for our independent state.It is th...
20.09.2024Issues regarding power outages and blackouts debated
In recent months, the number of power outages has increased throughout the country. On September 20, the NA Civil Contract Faction organized a work debate on the topic Existing problems in the field of electric energy supply and ways to solve them in connection with this issue.The RA Minister of Ter...
20.09.2024Ruben Rubinyan meets with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Joshua Huck
On September 20, the RA NA Vice President, the RA Special Representative on Armenia -Turkey the Normalization Process Ruben Rubinyan met with the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Joshua Huck, the U.S. Senior Advisor for Caucasian Negotiations Louis Bono and ...
19.09.2024Hayk Konjoryan and Arusyak Julhakyan meet with members of Venice Commission delegation
On September 19, the Head of the NA Civil Contract Faction Hayk Konjoryan and the deputy Arusyak Julhakyan met with the members of the delegation of the Venice Commission.At the meeting the draft law designing amendments to the law on Mass Media was discussed....
19.09.2024Members of Venice Commission delegation meet with opposition deputies in parliament
On September 19, the deputy of the RA NA Armenia Faction Lilit Galstyan and the deputy of the RA NA With Honor Faction Taguhi Tovmasyan met with the members of the delegation of the Venice Commission.The draft law designing amendments to the law on Mass Media was discussed, on which the deputies pre...
19.09.2024Ruben Rubinyan receives delegation led by Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs of FRG Bundestag Michael Roth
On September 19, the Vice President of the National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan received the delegation led by the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) Michael Roth."We attach importance to the stable development of friendly relations wit...
19.09.2024Delegation led by newly elected Director of Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law hosted at Committee
I highly appreciate the strong cooperation formed between the National Assembly and the structure by you. I also highlight the events jointly implementing with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute aimed at the development of the capacities of the NA Staff. The Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee ...
18.09.2024Work being done on RA National Report of the 4th circle of Universal Periodic Review discussion
During these two days, the work being done on the National Report of the Republic of Armenia of the 4th circle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) were discussed. The Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights Rustam Bakoyan said this during the meeting in the format ...
18.09.2024Alen Simonyan Receives Ambassador of Canada to Armenia Andrew Turner
On September 18, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Armenia Andrew Turner.Issues on Armenian-Canadian relations, as well as the regional developments and the peace agenda were discussed.At the meeting reference was also made to the preparatory issu...
17.09.2024Hakob Arshakyan gives a welcome speech at opening ceremony of Second Global Armenian Summit
On September 17, the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan participated in the official opening ceremony of the Second Global Armenian Summit. Welcoming the attendees, Hakob Arshakyan highlighted the holding of such large-scale event and first spoke about the modern challenges and opportunities.“It i...
16.09.2024Parliamentary Hearings: Armenia Faction
The Head of the Armenia Faction Seyran Ohanyan and the member of the Faction Gegham Manukyan took part in the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings. First Seyran Ohanyan gave an introductory speech. Afterwards the deputies answered the journalists’ questions....
16.09.2024Parliamentary Briefings: With Honor Faction
During the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings, the Head of With Honor Faction Hayk Mamijanyan made an introductory speech, then answered the questions of the media representatives. ...
16.09.2024Parliamentary briefings: Civil Contract Faction
During the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings, the Secretary of the Civil Contract Faction Artur Hovhannisyan and the Chair of the Standing Committee on Defense and Security Andranik Kocharyan answered the journalists’ questions....
15.09.2024Message by RA NA President Alen Simonyan on International Day of Democracy
September 15 is celebrated around the world as International Day of Democracy.Democracy is a value, an achievement, a stimulus for the development of states, without which many countries stagnate and lag behind the rapidly changing world.After 2018 velvet, non-violent, people's revolution, the ...
14.09.2024Deputies meet with chairman of RA commercial banks
On September 14, at the invitation of the Union of Banks of Armenia (UBA) the meeting of the deputies of the RA National Assembly and the chairmen of the RA commercial banks took place in the format of business breakfast.The state-banking system cooperation, the role of the RA banking system in the ...
14.09.2024Young parliamentarians of the world gather in Armenia
Armenia became a platform for the youth of the world and hosted more than 150 parliamentarians from 60 countries. The 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union was held in Yerevan. The theme Avoiding lost generations: Preserving education and employment in all...
13.09.2024Hakob Arshakyan meets with Member of Senate of Mexico Cynthia Lopez Castro
On September 13, the RA NA Vice President of the National Assembly Hakob Arshakyan met with the Senator of Mexico, the President of the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Cynthia Lopez Castro.Welcoming the guest, Hakob Arshakyan highlighted the deepening of cooperation...
13.09.2024Tulia Ackson: Armenia is a country which has an ancient heritage and its modern aspirations
On September 13, the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Tulia Ackson gave a speech at the closing ceremony at the 10th ...
13.09.2024President of the Republic: Regardless of the challenges we face, the commitment of preserving educational opportunities should never be disrupted.
On September 13, the President of the Republic Vahagn Khachaturyan gave a speech at the closing ceremony at the 10th ...
13.09.2024Speech by RA NA President at 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of Inter-Parliamentary Union
On September 13, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan gave a speech at the official closing ceremony at the 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of Inter-Parliamentary Union....
13.09.2024Public debate on new family vulnerability assessment system
The parliament in the first reading debated and passed the legislative initiatives designing amendments and addenda to the laws on Social Support and on State Allowances. On September 13, the RA NA Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs convened a public debate on revising the mentioned draf...
13.09.2024Alen Simonyan visits Engineering City
On September 13, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan visited the Engineering City.The NA President toured the Engineering City accompanied by the Director of the Enterprise Incubator Foundation Bagrat Yengibaryan and the Chairman of the Board of the Engineering Association Aram Salatyan, got acquainte...
13.09.2024Hasmik Hakobyan and Vahagn Aleksanyan meet with their colleagues of Qatar
On September 13, within the 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union the member of RA NA delegation to the organization, the Member of the Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Hasmik Hakobyan and the NA deputy Vahagn A...
13.09.202410th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union ends in Yerevan
On September 13, the Tenth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union continued the work in Yerevan.The Member of Parliament, United Kingdom, President of the Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians of the IPU Dan Carden, chaired the third session. In this sess...
13.09.202410th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of Inter-Parliamentary Union. live stream
The live stream of the 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union....
12.09.2024Alen Simonyan Receives President and Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
On September 12, the RA NA President Alen SImonyan met with the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Tulia Ackson and the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Martin Chungong. The RA NA President thanked them for giving an opportunity to hold the 10th Global Conference of Young P...
12.09.2024Martin Chungong: The fact that the 10th Global Conference is held in Armenia, already opens great opportunities for the Republic of Armenia as a successful democratic country
On September 12, within the framework of the 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union going on in Yerevan the briefing of the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Martin Chungong for the representatives of the mass media was held. Martin Chungon...
12.09.2024Hasmik Hakobyan speaks about the goal and importance of the Conference at the briefing with representatives of mass media
The 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union is underway in Yerevan.The Member of the delegation of our country to the organisation, the Member of the Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Hasmik Hakobyan spoke at the b...
12.09.202410th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union launches in Yerevan
On September 12, the Tenth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union began its work in Yerevan.The annual Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union for the young parliamentarians under the age of 45 is a unique platform for communicating, exchanging experience an...
12.09.2024Hakob Arshakyan meets with the delegation led by Deputy Speaker of Parliament of Serbia
On September 12, the Deputy Speaker of the RA National Assembly Hakob Arshakyan met with the delegation led by the Deputy Speaker of National Assembly of Serbia Edin Đerlek, who arrived in Armenia to take part in the 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Un...
12.09.2024Nikol Pashinyan gives a speech at the Tenth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union: Young people’s entry into politics is essential
The RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gave a speech at the opening of the 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, particularly noting: “I welcome the Conference held in the Republic of Armenia and I wish to the Conference to be fruitful. There is a conceptu...
12.09.2024Speech by RA NA President Alen Simonyan in the opening ceremony of at 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of Inter-Parliamentary Union
Distinguished Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia,Esteemed President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Esteemed Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union,...
12.09.2024President of Inter-Parliamentary Union Tulia Ackson welcomes the participants of the 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
On September 12, the 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union started in Yerevan.The President of Inter-Parliamentary Union Tulia Ackson welcomed the participants of the Conference.“I am deeply honoured to address you today at the 10th Global Conference of Yo...
12.09.2024Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union: we are here to realize our dream in a country that symbolizes the empowerment of youth as articulated in its governing institutions
During the 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Martin Chungong, in his opening remarks welcoming the attendees, noted that their three-year dream has come true.“As of today Armenia is the youngest pa...
12.09.202410th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of Inter-Parliamentary Union. live stream
The live stream of the 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union....
11.09.2024Alen Simonyan gives a welcome speech at reception organized in honor of participants of 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of Inter-Parliamentary Union
On September 11, the reception organized on behalf of the RA NA President Alen Simonyan was held in honor of the participants of the 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, who arrived in Armenia.The RA NA President addressed the attendees with an opening r...
11.09.2024Initiative regarding the revision of the penalty rate for delaying the tax payment before the established terms was debated
The initiative authored by the Government referred to the review the penalty rate for delaying the tax payment before the established terms.From April 2020, the executive body by the law reviewed the penalty rate by the law – daily changing 0.075% to 0.04%, for removing the economic consequences of ...
11.09.2024Adoption of draft to have positive impact on business environment
It is designed by the draft to recognize invalid the fee for the examination of animal products and the determination and registration of compliance with the accompanying documents prescribed by the law on State Control of Food Safety, as within the framework of the control function being carried ou...
11.09.2024It is proposed to expand the range of officials carrying out the investigation of the case regarding the violation of customs rules and having the authority to make a decision
On behalf of the customs body the circle of the officials having the tight to investigate the cases on violation of the rules and making decision, as well as the relations regarding the notifications on cases of violation of customs rules will be regulated. The Deputy Chairman of the State Revenue C...
11.09.2024Responsibility to be established in case of exporting sensitive products by air transport to EEU Member State from RA territory without permission
Norms of responsibility will be established in case of exporting sensitive products included on the lest set by the Government by air transport to the EEU Member State from the territory of the Republic of Armenia without permission. The problem is that in case of ground transportation transit decla...
11.09.2024Parliament debates a number of drafts in second reading
On September 11, the National Assembly continued the work of the regular sittings and ended the debate of the draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the law on Physical Culture and Sport.Afterwards, the parliament debated a number of draft laws in the second reading.The Deputy Chairman of the...
11.09.2024The young MPs of the world gather in Armenia
More than 150 young parliamentarians from some 60 countries are expected at the Tenth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) from 12-14 September in Yerevan, Armenia. The event is co-organized by the IPU and the National Assembly of Armenia.The annual IPU ...
10.09.2024Executive proposes amendments to Law on Physical culture and sport
A problem of changing some terms has arisen in the Law on Physical Culture and Sport. Conditioned by this, the Government proposes amendments and addenda to the above-mentioned law. This was stated by the RA Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Karen Giloyan.It is proposed to rep...
10.09.2024Citizens’ continuous education in schools, in institutions implementing vocational or secondary professional educational programmes to be regulated
Though the amendment can be considered more technical, but at the same time, it will facilitate many of our citizens’ life, if we can say like that, and will also essentially reduce the administration of the state bodies: The Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan said, ...
10.09.2024Government continues reforms in field of general education with initiative
This bill is the continuation of the reforms in the field of general education: The RA Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan said, presenting the initiative on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Law on General Education for debate in the first reading at the NA sittin...
10.09.2024A new vulnerability assessment system to be introduced, due to which the social assistance programmes will be more addressed
The legislative initiative designing amendments and addenda to the law on State Allowances and on other related laws, by which the legal bases for new vulnerability assessment system and the disability allowance will be introduced, is also part of the complex reforms of the social assistance sector....
10.09.2024New types of social services of social sphere to be defined
The legal field of the social assistance sector, the system of the integrated social services will be improved, new types of social services will be defined. The RA Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Services Anna Zhamakochyan said at the NA regular sitting on September 10, presenting the legislati...
10.09.2024Unified approaches of determining origin of goods being exported from the EEU customs territory to be established by Agreement
The aim of the Agreement on harmonized system for determining origin of goods exported from the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) is to systemize and unite all issues related to determining the country of origin of goods being exported to the third countries, to regulate the act...
10.09.2024Agreement aimed at regulation of legal relations regarding issuance, turnover and covering of storage certificates within EEU framework
The ratification of the Agreement will contribute to the expansion of experience in the use of storage certificates of agricultural products within the framework of the EEU and their stable turnover, ensuring the transparency of the activity of the agricultural products market. The RA Deputy Ministe...
10.09.2024CPD courses being considered mandatory for healthcare professionals It is proposed by law to design
The necessity of the draft adoption is conditioned by the definition of the requirement of mandatory participation of some courses being topical and important in the context of the continuing development of the healthcare professionals’ specialized knowledge and skills: The RA Deputy Minister of Hea...
10.09.2024With draft, NSS to more effectively carry out its function of interagency oversight of confidentiality regime
The aim of the draft is to increase the level of confidentiality regime in state and local self-government bodies, organizations and legal entities, to prevent possible violations in this sphere, and to eliminate conditions conducive to the leakage of confidential information.The legislative initiat...
09.09.2024Alen Simonyan expresses hope that Luxembourg will make efforts to return Armenian captives to Armenia
On September 9, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the Vice Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Xavier Bettel, noting that Armenia greatly highlights the strengthening of the Armenian and Luxembourgish rela...
09.09.2024A number of drafts debated in second reading at NA regular sitting
At September 9 regular sitting, the National Assembly debated a number of drafts in the second reading.The law on Export and Import of Cultural Values will provide with new regulations the coordinated activity in the export and import of cultural values, the development of new economic mechanisms an...
09.09.2024Joining Protocol to contribute to digitization of freight services
On June 9, 2006, Armenia joined the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR). In 2008, the aforementioned Convention was supplemented by an additional Protocol, which entered into force in 2011. It allows the legal regulations described in the main convention ...
09.09.2024Proposed amendments to RA Tax Code debated
The initiative proposes to establish an authorizing norm for the Government, by which the Executive will have the opportunity to establish privileges on the principle of reciprocity during transit from third countries through the territory of the Republic of Armenia, as well as during cargo transpor...
09.09.2024Process of drug destruction by initiative to be carried out with direct participation and video recording of the inspection body representative
The adoption of the drafts is conditioned by the necessity of checking in the control of drug circulation by the RA Health and Labor Inspection body, the solution of the problems emerged during the administrative proceedings and the rise pf control efficiency.It is designed by the law on Drugs what ...
09.09.2024It is proposed to establish June 17 Father’s Day
It is designed by the proposing draft to establish June 17 Father’s Day: The Deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Zaruhi Batoyan said at September 9 NA regular sitting, presenting the proposing addendum to the law on RA Holidays and Memorial Days.According to Zaruhi Batoyan, this is not an intern...
09.09.2024It is proposed to reform the legislative field and to remove inconsistencies existing in the laws
It is proposed to reform the legislative field, excluding the existing inconsistencies. The package of the draft laws on Amending the Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia and the enclosed presented draft laws at the regular sitting on September 9.The RA Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs D...
09.09.2024The person over 16 years of age to have right to receive information in an accessible way about his/her health condition by draft
The purpose of the draft is to create legislative bases, according to which, the person over 16 years of age will have right to receive information in an accessible way about his/her health condition, diagnosis, the provided medical aid and service. The deputy Zaruhi Batoyan said this during the reg...
09.09.2024NA President Alen Simonyan meets with President of Federal Supreme Court of the Republic of Iraq Jassim Muhammad Abboud
On September 9, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the President of the Federal Supreme Court (FSC) of the Republic of Iraq being in Armenia. The President of the RA Constitutional Court Arman Dilanyan also took part in the meeting.Thanking the FSC President for the vis...
09.09.2024Amendments are proposed in Civil Code: The initiative does not aim to take property rights away from anyone or alienate them from another person
We propose to suspend or put an end to the vicious phenomenon when state-owned properties have been donated or privatized in one way or another by various NGOs, in some cases, by the families of former high-ranking officials who are behind them or who are real beneficiaries, during the past 30 years...
09.09.2024New regulation is proposed to Article of Labor Code on forced idleness
The Executive proposes an amendment and an addendum to the Labor Code. The amendment refers to the forced idleness in Article 265. The forced idleness notion is not given by the Labor Code. The person with the current regulations is fired from one place and works long ago in other place, but as the ...
09.09.2024Legal relations arising in the legal aid with criminal proceedings to be regulated by legislative
Armenia has ratified a number of international bilateral and multilateral agreements. A part of them is refers to the legal mutual aid, including in the criminal sphere, and defines it is a general definition of the forms of providing them, the procedure, the procedural actions, the specifics of the...
09.09.2024Protocol regarding provision of special compulsory licenses to WHO member countries debated
The Protocol Amending the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) was adopted by the General Council of the World Trade Organization back in 2005. The document provides a legal basis for WHO member countries to issue special compulsory licenses exclusively for the ...
09.09.2024It is proposed to provide amount of duties relevant to RA legal and social-economic situation
The adoption of the legislative package by the necessity of the reform of the sphere in the civil and administrative proceedings. On September 9, the National Assembly debated in the first reading the legislative package on Making Addenda and Amendments to the On State Duty and On Making Addenda and...
09.09.2024Ratification of Agreement to give an opportunity to use the comparative advantages of service sphere to CIS countries
On June 8, 2023 Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan signed the Agreement on Free Trade in Services, Establishment, Operations and Investment Free Trade Services in Sochi. The purpose of the Agreement is the wider economic cooperation in the services, trade, in...
09.09.2024Initiative proposes to exempt citizens from penalties/fines arising from tax obligations
Over a period of time, information from paper archives was digitalized, digital electronic databases were created. Based on them, the price of the real estate approximated to the market value is calculated with the appropriate electronic formula, from which the property tax is collected. As a result...
09.09.2024Parliament debates initiative regulating operation of personal mobility vehicles
In our daily life, especially in recent years, the number and operation of personal mobility vehicles has increased. The sector has not been regulated. This was stated by the RA Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Davit Hambaryan at the regular sitting of the eighth session of the eighth convocation...
09.09.2024Legislative field of sphere of culture to be regulated by adoption of draft
The necessity of making addenda and amendments to the RA law on Bases of Cultural Legislation is conditioned by the identification of the legislative field, which will promote the rise of efficiency of cultural policy being implemented by the state and the more effective management of the sphere. On...
09.09.2024Armenian organizations can participate in programmes of International Solar Alliance with ratification of Agreement
Taking into consideration the potential of solar energy in Armenia, the dynamics and prospects of the development of the field, joining the International Solar Alliance will create an opportunity for our country to be involved in the international processes of solar energy development, get acquainte...
09.09.2024Executive makes amendments to Law on Evaluation Activities
The requirement of having five years of work experience defined by law for the members of the Evaluation Committee operating in the Cadastre Committee will be replaced by the requirement of two years of professional work experience.Presenting the amendments to the Law on Evaluation Activities, the H...
09.09.2024Parliament debates legislative initiative aimed at developing the cooperation between the competent bodies of Eurojust and Armenia
The Agreement, that was signed on April 5, 2024, is aimed at strengthening, as well as developing the international cooperation between the competent authorities of the Eurojust and the Republic of Armenia in the fight against the organized crime, terrorism, money laundering, trafficking and other s...
09.09.2024Work of regular NA session begins
On September 9, the work of the eighth session of the eighth convocation of the RA National Assembly began under the sounds of the RA National Anthem.The NA President Alen Simonyan stated that the Central Electoral Commission had presented Protocol No. 21 on granting the mandate of a deputy elected ...
09.09.2024Arusyak Julhakyan appointed member of Competitive Council bring formed for the election of candidates in positions of CPC members
On September 9, the NA Council convened an extraordinary sitting, on the agenda of which was the item on appointing member of the Competitive Council being formed for the election of the candidates in the positions of the members of the Corruption Prevention Commission (CPC).The NA President Alen Si...
07.09.2024NA Summer School 3rd programme ends, participants receive certificates
A busy two weeks, many meetings and visits.400 applicants applied for taking part in the NA Summer School.50students passed the electoral threshold from all marzes and Yerevan....
07.09.2024NA Standing Committee Members are on a working visit in communities, get familiarized with problems
In regulating the activities of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs are the problems on protection of human rights, children’s rights, religion, national minorities and numerous other spheres. The Committee in its everyday procedure works for solving the pro...
06.09.2024Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan receives the participants of the 3rd Summer School programme of the National Assembly
On September 6, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hosted the participants of the 3rd Summer School programme of the National Assembly in the Government.The Prime Minister welcomed the students and their initiative to participate in the Summer School programme, answered their different questions, whi...
06.09.2024Delegation led by Danish MP Sjúrdur Skaale hosted in the Committee on European Integration
On September 6, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on European Integration Arman Yeghoyan and the Deputy Chair Meri Galstyan met with delegation led by the Danish MP Sjúrdur Skaale.Welcoming the guests, Arman Yeghoyan highlighted the development of the Armenian-Danish parliamentary cooperation.S...
06.09.2024NA Council convenes sitting ahead of the eighth session of NA eighth convocation
On September 6, the RA NA Council presided over by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan convened a sitting.The drafts of the agendas of the eighth session of the eighth convocation of the National Assembly and the regular sittings to be convened on September 9 were debated and approved. The Council als...
06.09.2024Committee debates draft law on Guarantees of Family Members of the Serviceman Fallen for RA Defense
It is proposed to set by the draft law on Guarantees of Family Members of the Serviceman Fallen for the Defense of the Republic of Armenia authored by the deputy of the RA NA Armenia Faction Gegham Nazaryan, the conditions and the order of their providing, as well as the financing sources. The propo...
06.09.2024Operation of personal mobility (displacement) means to be regulated by legislative initiative
Electric powered personal mobility vehicles have proliferated significantly in Armenia and particularly, in Yerevan. The sphere is not regulated, therefore, there was need to set their traffic rules by legislation. The RA Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Davit Hambaryan said this at the sitting o...
06.09.2024NSS to more effectively carry out the function of interagency control of ensuring the confidentiality regime by the adoption of the new regulation
The addenda and the amendments in the Code on Administrative Offences are conditioned by the necessity of raising the level of ensuring the confidentiality regime in the state and local self-government bodies, organizations and with the legal persons, the prevention and elimination possible offences...
05.09.2024Arman Yeghoyan receives students of Jean Monnet Summer School
On September 5, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on European Integration Arman Yeghoyan received the students of Jean Monnet Summer School organized by the Eurasia International University titled International and EU Law and Politics in the Context of Geopolitical Turbulences in the European E...
05.09.2024It is designed to develop the cooperation in the fight against organized crime, terrorism, money laundering, trafficking and other serious crimes
The aim of the Agreement is to develop the international cooperation between the competent bodies of the Eurojust and the Republic of Armenia in the fight against the organized crime, terrorism, money laundering, trafficking and other serious crimes.At September 4 sitting, the NA Standing Committee ...
04.09.2024A number of initiatives debated and adopted in second reading in NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs
The Standing Committee on Economic Affairs debated and endorsed a number of legislative initiatives in the second reading at the sitting of September 4.The draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Law on State Duties and the attached package of draft laws were debated.The Deputy Chairman of...
04.09.2024Committee debates initiative of facilitating the process of giving privilege to road tax
According to the inter-state agreements with a number of countries, bilateral exemption from road and environmental taxes is designed. At present, the issues of carrying out events on facilitating the bilateral cargo transportation with Iran are discussed within the framework of which the issue of g...
04.09.2024Executive proposes amendments to Law on Customs Regulation
At present, the cases regarding the violation of the customs rules are examined and the customs bodies make a decision. The Heads of the customs bodies, their Deputies, the Heads of the structural divisions of the superior customs body having the appropriate authority have the right to examine these...
04.09.2024It is proposed to establish liability in case of export of sensitive products by air from RA to member states of EEU without appropriate permits
The purpose of the draft law is to define the norms of liability in case of export of sensitive products included in the list established by the Government without appropriate permits by air transport from the territory of the Republic of Armenia to the EEU member states: The Deputy Chairman of the ...
04.09.2024Government can implement programmes for introducing public control mechanisms to support tax administration
It is proposed by the draft that the Government can implement support programmes of tax administration for introducing public control mechanisms for supporting tax administration, their implementation order and terms. On September 4, the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs debated the draft la...
04.09.2024With validation of additional protocol, it will be possible to carry out some cargo transportation routes electronically
On June 9, 2006, Armenia joined the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR). In 2008, the aforementioned convention was supplemented by the e-CMR additional protocol, which entered into force in 2011. It allows the legal regulations described in the main Conv...
04.09.2024Initiative aimed at providing access to expensive medicine for developing less developed countries debated
The protocol amending the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) with new Article 31, Appendix and Addendum. The addendum gives a legal basis to provide special compulsory licenses to the member countries World Trade Organization (WTO) exclusively for production o...
04.09.2024Amendments are designed to law on State Control of Food Safety
It is designed to recognize invalid by the draft the fee for the examination of animal products and the determination and registration of compliance with the accompanying documents prescribed by the law on State Control of Food Safety, as within the framework of the control function being carried ou...
04.09.2024Healthcare professionals to participate in mandatory courses: Draft law endorses at Committee
At present, the healthcare professionals participate in the courses that they want. The RA Deputy Minister of Health Lena Nanushyan said this during the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Health Care on September 4.It is proposed by the draft law on Making Addenda to the law on Medical Aid and ...
04.09.2024Work opportunities of family members of diplomatic corps of Armenia and Georgia to be improved
In recent years, the relations of the Republic of Armenia with Georgia registered essential progress, including all spheres of bilateral agenda: The RA Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mnatsakan Safaryan noted. At September 4 sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, the Deputy Fo...
04.09.2024Committee approves Agreement between Armenia and Tunisia on abolition of visa requirement for holders of diplomatic passports
The purpose of the Agreement is to facilitate the travel procedures of persons with diplomatic passports of Armenia and Tunisia. The citizens of each state holding a valid diplomatic passport will be exempted from the requirement to obtain a visa to enter the territory of the other state for a perio...
04.09.2024Draft law debated in first reading: A person over 16 years of age to have the right to get information about his/her health condition
Regulations are envisaged in the law in force on Medical Aid and Service of Population, according to which, the children over 16 years of age have the right to written informed consent for receiving or refusing medical intervention, except the cases prescribed by law. A child is considered the perso...
04.09.2024Procedure for dispensing medicine by pharmacy of medical institution to be specified: Bill debated in NA Head Committee
The procedure for the dispensation of medicine by the pharmacy of the medical institution will be defined and clarified, which will contribute to the reduction or exclusion of possible cases of distribution of medicine imported in violation of the law, unregistered or expired, in addition, the contr...
04.09.2024Committee debates issue of ratification of Agreement on the termination of multilateral treaties signed within the framework of the CIS
The purpose of the protocol on Termination of Multilateral Treaties signed within the framework of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) signed on December 1, 2000 is the inventory of the CIS legal-contractual base. The issue was debated at September 4 sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Fore...
04.09.2024Threshold of 5 years of work experience of evaluator included in Qualification Commission proposed to be changed to 2 years
It is planned to reduce the threshold of five years of work experience of an evaluator included in the Qualification Commission to two years, with the aim of involving a wider range of existing evaluators in the work of the Commission.The Head of the RA Cadastre Committee Suren Tovmasyan said this, ...
04.09.2024It is proposed by draft to correct defects without punishing the citizens
The draft is aimed at the protection of the conscientious tax beneficial owner, particularly regulating the cases, when the taxpayer has completely fulfilled his/her tax obligations, but as a result of changing the values of the building or plot surface or coefficients in the formulas ...
04.09.2024Legislative initiative on sphere of solar energy development debated
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) Fund was established in 2020. The basis of the Framework Agreement on the Establishment of the International Solar Alliance is the Paris Declaration adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference of the of 30th November, 2015 on Launch of the International Solar A...
03.09.2024Theme on prevention of violence and fight against drug trafficking
The violence, cruel treatment has always been criticized in any period by the current authorities of the Republic of Armenia, and in this context I have conviction that, as always, the best will be done for decently fulfilling the obligations assumed by the Republic of Armenia. The Deputy Chair of t...
03.09.2024Rustam Bakoyan meets with Charge d\\\\\'Affaires of Iraq to RA
I greatly highlight the development of the relations with the Near East countries, especially with the Republic of Iraq, as well as the sustainable development of the Armenian-Iraqi friendly relations and the activation of the multi-layer contacts, including the spheres of parliamentary diplomacy, e...
03.09.2024Initiatives debated in second reading in Committee endorsed
The NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport debated the bill envisaging amendments and addenda to the law on the Protection and Use of Immovable Monuments of History and Culture and Historical Environment in the second reading at the sitting convened on Septem...
03.09.2024Amendments regarding school management and teacher certification process debated
The amendments to the law on General Education refer to the management of schools and the process of teacher certification.According to the RA Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan, the voluntary certification process has been tested and implemented since 2021. This yea...
03.09.2024Amendments and addenda proposed to Law on Physical Culture and Sport
With the amendments to the Law on Physical Culture and Sport, it is proposed to replace the words ‘collective team’ in all its forms with the word ‘team’. Karate, kick-boxing, muay thai are added to the corresponding clause of Article 7 of the law, which includes the sports represented by athletes, ...
03.09.2024Amendments Proposed to Law on Military Service and Status of Servicemen
It is planned to provide a deferment from compulsory military service to the citizens studying in the Republic of Armenia or foreign countries without interruption in primary (vocational) or secondary professional educational programmes on the basis of general education, as well as basic education, ...
03.09.2024Draft to regulate legislative field of culture
It is expected that as a result of the adoption of the draft, the legislative field of culture will be regulated, the management of the sector will be simplified and the efficiency of financial, property and personnel management will increase: Presenting the draft law on Making Addenda and Amendment...
03.09.2024Sanahin as a separate settlement to be included in Alaverdi community
According to the legislative proposal, Sanahin district will be separated from Alaverdi settlement and will be included in Alaverdi community as a separate settlement. The Executive proposes such an addendum to the Law on the RA Administrative Territorial Division. The issue was debated at the sitti...
03.09.2024Committee focuses on problems of energy supply system
Recently, during the visits of the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the MPs to different settlements, citizens constantly raise the problems in the energy supply system: The Chair of the Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protect...
03.09.2024First Sitting of Youth Parliament held
On August 30, the Youth Parliament convened its first sitting.3 legislative initiatives were on the agenda of the sitting. The member of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, the key rapporteur Laura Torosyan presented for debate legislative initiative, which refers to the opportunity of equal...
03.09.2024Court to refuse to accept an obviously groundless claim: Draft law debated in Head Committee
The court is given the opportunity to refuse the acceptance of an obviously groundless claim from the very beginning. The draft law also defines claims that are considered to be clearly groundless. The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Armenuhi Harutyunyan said this at the NA Standing Committee on State...
03.09.2024Draft aimed at the decrease of use of properties of valuable importance for the state and society and owning cases
We propose to regulate the alienation of similar properties at least to regulate to certain extent at this moment through making addenda in the RA Civil Code, first of all by making accessible to the public. That is, the citizen should not be informed that the kindergarten, the school or sport schoo...
03.09.2024Endorsement to bill on Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings
It is proposed to comprehensively regulate international cooperation in criminal proceedings between states.The draft law on Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings authored by the Government was debated at the sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs on September 3.According to ...
03.09.2024Father\'s Day to be officially celebrated in RA: Draft law debated in first reading
The draft envisages making an addendum to the RA Law on Holidays and Memorial Days of the Republic of Armenia and establishing June 17 as Father's Day. The author of the bill, the MP Zaruhi Batoyan, commenting on the choice of the date of the day, noted that the experience of a number of countries w...
03.09.2024A number of drafts debated in second reading in Committee
At the sitting of September 3, the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs debated the draft law on Making Addendum and Amendments to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia in the second reading. According to the Head of the Migration and Citizenship Service of the RA Ministry of ...
02.09.2024Vagharshak Hakobyan meets with Ambassador of Kazakhstan to RA Bolat Imanbayev
We effectively work with your Embassy not only at parliamentary, but also at all levels. We often meet with Kazakh partners on different international platforms, and we always use those meetings for the benefit of the solution of the two countries’ problems. The Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Co...
02.09.2024A unified system for determining the origin of goods exported from the EEU customs territory to be established
The NA Standing Committee on Regional and Eurasian Integration debated the Agreement signed in Moscow on 4 December 2023, which passed all inner-state procedures. The purpose of the ratification of the Agreement On harmonized system for determining origin of goods exported from EEU from the Customs ...
02.09.2024Committee endorses the Agreement, which will promote expanding the experience of the use of the storage of the agricultural product and their stable turnover with the framework of EEU
The Agreement was signed in Moscow on July 31, 2023. It regulates the legal relations regarding the issuing (giving), turnover and covering of the storage certificates within the framework of the EEU and defines the requirements towards the storage certificates. At the sitting convened on September ...
02.09.2024Joint sitting of Foreign Relations Committees of Parliaments of Armenia and Georgia held
On September 2, the joint second sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Re...
02.09.2024Alen Simonyan receives Chair of Foreign Relations Committee of Georgian Parliament Nikoloz Samkharadze
On September 2, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Georgian Parliament Nikoloz Samkharadze which arrived in Yerevan to participate in the joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations and the Forei...
02.09.2024State budget execution report for first half of 2024 debated
In January-June 2024, a 2.3-fold increase in the export of goods was recorded in Armenia, but the export of goods of Armenian origin, excluding the export of gold, decreased by about 4%. Import growth was 86.5%, without the effect of re-exports, import decreased by 6.7%: The RA Minister of Finance V...