RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received a delegation of prosecutor general office representatives from the Russian Federation, the Ukraine, Belarus, Hungary, Georgia, Lithuania, as well as the executive secretary of CIS-member States ' PGO coordination council, who have arrived in our country on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of founding of Armenia ' s Office of Prosecutor General. According to the Prime Minister, the 90th anniversary of the founding of the RA Office of... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan congratulated President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on his 54th birthday anniversary by wishing him every success in the high and responsible post of head of State.
The RA Council on the fight against corruption met at the Office of Government, chaired by council chairman, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The council has discussed amendments to RA anti-corruption strategy and Chapter One of draft 2008-2012 action plan (ASIAP), legislative changes concerning monitoring indices relevant to corruption-related offences, measures for narrowing the scope of immunity-endowed dignitaries, as well as question relating to Armenia's compliance with the GRECO... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received a delegation led by U.S. Trade Department Vice-Secretary for Market Access and Matching Affairs David Bohigian. The meeting agenda comprised discussion of questions relating to the betterment of Armenia ' s business environment, intellectual property protection policies, as well as tax and customs administration reforms, refund of VAT credits to tax payers and other issues of topical interest. The Prime Minister mentioned that an eventual... more »
Today the interdepartmental commission on provision of housing to homeless families from the earthquake zone met in a session at the Office of Government. The commission was established by RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan ' s decision of June 23 with the purpose of developing and realizing housing programs for homeless families from earthquake zone. The commission is chaired by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia. The commission is composed of RA Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of... more »
Today at the Government' s conference hall, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended the opening session of "Youth, Reality, Outlook" youth conference as organized by the Youth Action Center with the support of RA Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. According to the organizers, the conference seeks to raise awareness of youth social activities, promote cooperative ties between the NGOs and the State, the NGOs and international organizations, as well as between non- governmental... more »
Attended by several businessmen - members of the presidium of the Armenian union of industrialists and businessmen (employers), as well as members of the prime minister-led supreme council on introduction of a new culture in revenue administration (SCINCRA), a meeting was held at the Office of Government to discuss progress in tax reform and a public administration-related agenda. To begin with, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan thanked businessmen for this initiative and went on to... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Employment David Kramer. At the meeting with the head of the Armenian government, he said the purpose of his current visit was to convey the message of the U.S. Embassy and other partners reaffirming that the United States is Armenia ' s partner and supporter. According to Mr. Kramer, Armenia-United States relations may improve considerably if our country abides by the path of... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Head of the Statistics Service of Italy Luigi Biggeri and Director of the Office of International Cooperation of the Statistics Service of Italy Claudia Cingolani. The guests said the purpose of their visit was providing Armenia with legislative harmonization-related technical assistance in the area of data processing and statistics confidentiality. The Prime Minister noted the importance of the ongoing cooperation between the statistics... more »
By RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan' s decision, Karen Matevosyan was relieved of the post of deputy head of RA State Customs Committee by the Government. In accordance with another decision signed by the Prime Minister, Arthur Afrikyan has been appointed to be deputy head of RA State Customs Committee by the Government.
