PM Visits Megerian Carpet Company
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan visited the company Megerian Carpet. The Premier walked around the plant and a museum called Megerian Carpet getting acquainted with the activities of the carpet company. The executives introduced to the Prime Minister the development program of Megerian Carpet. Hovik Abrahamyan said the Government ready to render necessary assistance in the implementation of new investment programs and creation of new jobs. Then Hovik Abrahamyan attended the... more »
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Submits 2015 Performance Report
Chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, the Cabinet discussed the annual performance report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Republic of Armenia, which covered the Ministry’s key activities, its compliance with the Government’s action plan, priority tasks and estimated performance in 2015. Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandyan reported that based on the foreign policy guidelines and directives outlined by the President of the Republic of Armenia, the... more »
Ministry of Transport and Communications Submits 2015 Performance Report
Chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan in the Government today discussed the report of the Ministry of Transport and Communication of the executed in 2015, major works, the implementation of the program of activities and priority tasks of the Government of the Republic of Armenia in 2015, Minister Gagik Beglaryan informed that within the framework of road maintenance program interstate and republican significance of the work carried out by 5.9 billion drams, including 3464.5 km of... more »
PM Receives A. Gemelli, Chairman of Italian Fund University Hospital
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan received Dean of Medical Faculty of Italian University A. Gemelli and chairman of the board Fund Rocco Bellantone. The Prime Minister noted the importance of cooperation with the fund and noted that the recognition of the latter as a center of excellence with an experience of collaboration with about four dozen countries is a vivid fact. Noting that since the very first years of independence, Armenia’s health sector unfolded active cooperation with... more »
Ministry of Diaspora 2015 Performance Report Summarized
Chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, the Cabinet discussed today the annual performance report of the Ministry of Diaspora, which covered the Ministry’s key activities, its compliance with the Government’s action plan, priority tasks and estimated performance in 2015. Minister Hranush Hakobyan noted that the Ministry actively participated in all the preparatory and organizational activities of the State Commission for coordination of events dedicated to the 100th... more »
State Property Management Department Submits 2015 Performance Report
Chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, the Cabinet discussed today the annual performance report of the State Property Management Department (SPMD), which covered the Department’s key activities, its compliance with the Government’s action plan, priority tasks and estimated performance in 2015. Head of State Property Management Department Arman Sahakian reported that his department in the reporting year complied with the scheduled program of the Government’s... more »
PM receives schoolchildren on book giving day
On the book giving day and the birthday of great Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan hosted a group of schoolchildren in the Office of Government. The initiative to meet with the Head of Government came from the students themselves and was consonant with the theme of the day. They congratulated Hovik Abrahamyan on the Book Giving Day, read excerpts from the works of various writers and presented a book to the Prime Minister. In turn, the Prime Minister... more »
PM Chairs Continued Discussion on Draft Tax Code
Chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, the Government held an expanded consultation to discuss the draft Tax Code as attended by the representatives of the departments concerned. The meeting heard and discussed several proposals for specific types of taxes, the viewpoints and approaches provided by the representatives of the ministries of economy, healthcare, education and science, agriculture, transport and communications. The Prime Minister noted the importance of intensive... more »
Board of Trustees of Rural Economic Development Fund Holds Regular Meeting
Chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Rural Economic Development Fund was held in the Office of Government. The meeting approved the reports on the implementation of the work program and the budget of the Fund for 2015. Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan noted the importance of effective implementation of all the investment programs in a timely manner.
Support for Border Communities
A regular Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. The Government approved amendments to the state budget of the Republic of Armenia for 2016 and made changes in one of its previous decisions to provide state support for border communities in order to provide partial compensation to their residents for natural gas, electricity, irrigation water tariffs and compensation for property tax and land tax. According to the justification, the amounts so... more »
