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 09.05.2025On the occasion of Victory and Peace Day Alen Simonyan visits Victory Park The President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simonyan with the President of the Republic Vahagn Khachaturyan and other high ranking officials visited the Victory (Haghtanak) Park on the occasion of Victory and Peace Day.They put wreaths at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier, laid flowers at the E...  08.05.2025Report on RA Prosecutor’s Office 2024 Activities under Debate On May 8, the National Assembly continued its regular sittings. The RA Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan submitted to the Parliament for debate the report on the activities of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Armenia for 2024, which was previously debated at the sitting of the NA Standin...  07.05.2025Reforms of energy and transport sectors designed by RA-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement debated At the initiative of the Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on European Integration Meri Galstyan, a work discussion was held with the Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Armen Simonyan and representatives of the Ministry’s Staff. The procedure of the implementati...  07.05.2025Parliament debates in second reading a number of drafts At May 7 sitting, the National Assembly debated in the second reading a number of drafts.The Head of the Inspection Bodies’ Coordination Bureau of the RA Prime Minister's Office Petros Martirosyan presented the package of draft laws on Inspection Control in the Education Sector and the attached ones...  07.05.2025Parliament debates issue of electing member of Competition Protection Commission On May 7, the National Assembly debated the issue of electing member of the Competition Protection Commission. The RA Government nominated Anna Petrosyan’s candidacy in that position.The Minister of Justice Srbuhi Galyan introduced Anna Petrosyan’s biographical data and work experience. In particula...  07.05.2025It is proposed to limit advertisements for gambling at border checkpoints and in hotel facilities The necessity to adopt the law is conditioned by the need to limit the placement of gambling advertisements. In particular, the draft law provides for a ban on placing gambling, internet gambling, casino or gaming hall or lottery advertisements at the RA border entry points, as well as in hotel faci...  07.05.2025Arman Yeghoyan receives Representative of Polish Institute of International Affairs On May 7, the Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Arman Yeghoyan received the Head of the European Union Programme of the Polish Institute of International Affairs Jolanta Szymańska. At the guest’s request, Arman Yeghoyan presented the ongoing development in the foreign rela...  07.05.2025Legislative initiative aimed at creation of effective system of protection of consumers’ interests The National Assembly debated in the first reading the draft law on Making Addenda and Amendments to the law on Protection of Economic Competition with attached legislative package.The RA Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan informed that the adoption of the package stems from Armenia’s commitments un...  07.05.2025National Assembly Elects Members of Supreme Judicial Council The RA NA Civil Contract Faction nominated the candidacies of Armenuhi Harutyunyan, Ashot Hayrapetyan, and Anahit Abrahamyan for the position of member of the Supreme Judicial Council. At May 7 sitting of the National Assembly, the Chairman of the Counting Commission of the Eighth convocation of the...  07.05.2025Legislative initiative to increase Armenia’s transit role in region Road transport between Armenia and Kazakhstan is regulated by the Agreement on Road Transport, which mainly regulates the sphere of interstate regular and irregular passenger and cargo transportation. The amendments recorded in the Agreement were signed on April 15, 2024 in Yerevan.The draft law on ...  07.05.2025Amendment to Code on Administrative Offenses proposed to ensure a fairer competitive environment in tobacco market The Parliament debated the proposed amendments to the Code on Administrative Offenses at the sitting on May 7.From January 1, 2024, the requirements set forth in the provisions of the Customs Union Technical Regulations on Tobacco Products are applied to tobacco products. According to them, consumer...  07.05.2025A draft law developed to regulate sale and purchase of works of art The RA Government has come up with an important legislative initiative, which opens a new page in terms of regulating the sale and purchase of works of art, protecting the interests of all stakeholders involved, and forming new market relations in the field of art.The Deputy Minister of Education, S...  07.05.2025Parliament continues its regular sittings: It is planned to replace term “reserve-museum” with term “archaeological site-museum” On May 7, the Parliament continued its regular sittings.The word "reserve” is used in the Law on the Protection and Use of Immovable Monuments of History and Culture and the Historical Environment, which does not correspond to international terminology. It is planned to replace the term “reserve-mus...  06.05.2025Issue of electing member of Supreme Judicial Council debated At May 6 sitting, the National Assembly debated the issue of electing a member of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC). The NA Vice President Ruben Rubinyan informed that in accordance with the Article 144.2 of the constitutional law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the NA Civil Contra...  06.05.2025Protocol on deeming termination of powers of member of Competition Protection Commission Karen Sedrakyan “Taking as a basis the application of resignation of the member of the Competition Protection Commission and being led by the Article 147 of the constitutional law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the powers of the member of the Competition Protection Commission Karen Sedrakyan deem ...  06.05.2025Parliament debates issue of electing a member of Supreme Judicial Council The issue of electing a member of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) was debated at the RA NA regular sitting on May 6.The RA NA Civil Contract Faction nominated Ashot Hayrapetyan for the position of the member of the Supreme Judicial Council.The candidate’s biographical data and work experience wer...  06.05.2025Opposition factions present draft decision on creating Committee on Parliamentary Ethics At May 6 sitting of the National Assembly, the NA draft resolution on creating a parliamentary ethics committee regarding the conduct of the National Assembly deputy Andranik Kocharyan authored by the Armenia and With Honor RA NA Factions debated.It is proposed to set the number of members of the Ad...  06.05.2025Parliament begins regular sittings: Issue of election of SJC member debated The National Assembly began the regular sittings on May 6. Amendments to the agenda of the ninth session of the eighth convocation of the National Assembly and the draft agenda of the regular sittings to be convened on May 6 were debated and approved. By the decision of the National Assembly, the de...  05.05.2025Taguhi Ghazaryan meets with representatives of state bodies and civil society of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova On May 5, the deputy of the National Assembly, the Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport Taguhi Ghazaryan received the delegation of the Eastern Partnership countries being in Armenia within the framework of the EU4Youth programme.20 represe...  05.05.2025Annual Board Meeting of UNDP Modern Parliament for a Modern Armenia Project held On May 5, the Annual Board Meeting of the Project “Fostering Responsiveness, Efficiency, Transparency and Inclusiveness” (Modern Parliament for a Modern Armenia, MAP 2.0) of the RA National Assembly of the UN Development Programme was held, in which the RA NA President Alen Simonyan, the Ambassador ...  05.05.2025Vagharshak Hakobyan meets with Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Armenia A high level of cooperation has been established between Armenia and Kazakhstan in bilateral and multilateral formats. We closely cooperate with Kazakh partners in all directions. The Head of the RA NA Armenia-Kazakhstan Friendship Group Vagharshak Hakobyan noted about this at the meeting with the A...  05.05.202530 items included in draft agenda of NA regular sittings to be convened on May 6 On May 5, the sitting of the National Assembly Council took place. The RA NA President Alen Simonyan presided over it.The drafts on making addenda to the agenda of the ninth session of the eighth convocation of the National Assembly and the agenda of the regular sittings to be convened on May 6 were...  05.05.2025It is proposed to tighten criminal liability for certain crimes that are a manifestation of illegal drug trafficking Illegal drug trafficking is a serious problem today both in the world and in the Republic of Armenia. The punishment should be as severe as possible in order to prevent the growth that we have both in the world and in Armenia. I have the volumes of illegal drug trafficking at my disposal. Over the f...  05.05.2025Debate of legislative initiative postponed up to two months The legislative initiative, authored by the deputies Zaruhi Batoyan, Heriknaz Tigranyan and Lena Nazaryan, enshrining amendments and addenda to the Law on Non-Governmental Organizations and the RA Administrative Procedure Code, was on the agenda of May 5 sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Pr...  05.05.2025Amount of administrative fine for failure to comply with established requirements to be increased From January 1, 2024, only the requirements set forth in the provisions of the Customs Union Technical Regulations on Tobacco Products apply to tobacco products. Accordingly, consumer packs of tobacco products must display graphic warning images that will inform consumers about the consequences of s...  05.05.2025Standing Committee on Economic Affairs endorses drafts debated in second reading The Standing Committee on Economic Affairs convened an extraordinary sitting on May 5. It was moderated by the Deputy Chair of the Committee Babken Tunyan.The proposed addenda and amendments to the RA Civil Code and the related laws were debated in the second reading. This concerns convertible loans...  05.05.2025Draft laws endorsed The draft law defines the positions of the army’s general staff sergeant, corps and staff sergeants and their pay coefficients: The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Arman Sargsyan said this at the sitting of May 5 of the Standing Committee on Defense and Security, presenting the...  05.05.2025Alen Simonyan receives RF Ambassador to Armenia On May 5, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan receives the RF Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin. The topics regarding the bilateral, as well as inter-parliamentary relations were at the core of the interlocutors’ discussions. The sides also touched upon the agenda issues referring to the official ...  05.05.2025Initiative aimed at creating an effective system for protecting consumers\' interests debated The initiative was revised to create an effective system for protecting consumer interests: The RA Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan said. At May 5 extraordinary sitting of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs he submitted the legislative package stipulating addenda and amendments to the law ...  05.05.2025Committee endorses bills presented for debate in second reading The process of cleaning river beds will be regulated, water use permits will be specified, their review, and suspension also will be regulated, which will contribute to the proper implementation of the water use permit issuance process and the effective management of water resources by the adoption ...  03.05.2025RA NA Staff participated in the nationwide cleanup On May 3, employees of different sub-divisions of the Staff led by the Chief of Staff-Secretary General of the RA National Assembly Davit Arakelyan participated in the nationwide cleanup.Cleaning, soil loosening, and grass covered areas improvement works were carried out in Komitas Park of the capit...  02.05.2025Tatevik Gasparyan meets with students On May 2, the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Tatevik Gasparyan hosted the students of the RA State Administration Academy in the National Assembly.The meeting was in Q&A session.The MP answered the students’ questions, which referred to foreign policy, particularly, the development of the r...  30.04.2025Committee debates and rejects proposals submitted by collective petition regarding repeal of tax amendments At the sitting of April 30, the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs debated the draft conclusion on the substantiation of the proposals submitted by the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Cooperation Association NGO by the collective petition on the repeal of the Laws HO 340-N on Making Addenda...  30.04.2025It is proposed to impose a ban on placing advertisements for gambling, internet gambling, casinos or gaming halls, or lotteries at RA border checkpoints, hotel facilities The necessity to adopt the law is conditioned by the necessity to restrict the placement of gambling advertisements. It is proposed to impose a ban on the placement of gambling, internet gambling, casino or gaming hall or lottery advertisements at the border entry points, as well as in hotel facilit...  30.04.2025Hakob Arshakyan writes a condolence note in Book of Condolences opened at Iranian Embassy in Armenia On April 30, the RA NA Vice President, the RA NA Acting President Hakob Arshakyan visited the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Armenia and wrote a condolence note in the Book of Condolences, opened in memory of those killed in the tragic explosion at Shahid Rajaee Port near Bandar Abbas in...  30.04.2025Committee endorses legislative package debated in second reading The drafts propose to regulate the procedure for implementing inspection control over the assessment of a person’s functionality. This was stated by the Head of the Inspection Bodies’ Coordination Bureau of the RA Prime Minister’s Office Petros Martirosyan, presenting the legislative package on Maki...  30.04.2025Committee debates reports on activities of Competition Protection and Public Services Regulatory Commissions for 2024 During 2024, more than 3 billion AMD of fines were imposed on economic operators for competition law violations, of which about 1 billion 124 million AMD have already been transferred to the state budget. The Chairman of the Competition Protection Commission Gegham Gevorgyan said this at the April 3...  30.04.2025Proposed amendment to facilitate process of cargo transportation by road between two countries The automobile communication between Armenia and Kazakhstan is regulated by the Agreement on Automobile Communication signed in 2006, which mainly regulates interstate regular and irregular passenger transportation and the sphere of cargo transportation. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Ter...  29.04.2025Meri Galstyan and Silja Kasmann were on cognitive visit in Shirak, Lori and Tavush marzes of Armenia On April 29-30, within the framework of the joint visit of the NA Standing Committee on European Integration and the EU Delegation to Armenia, the Deputy Chair of the Committee Meri Galstyan and the Deputy Head of Cooperation of the European Union Delegation to Armenia Silja Kasmann were on cognitiv...  29.04.2025Statement by RA NA President on resignation application of member of Competition Protection Commission “In accordance with Article 147.1 of the constitutional law the Rules of Procedure, the member of the Competition Protection Commission Karen Sedrakyan submitted a resignation application on April 28, 2025.Pursuant to Article 147.2 of the constitutional law the Rules of Procedure:2. If within a week...  29.04.2025Delegation led by RA NA Vice President Ruben Rubinyan is in Stockholm On April 28-29, within the framework of the Programme for Democratic Cooperation Development between the National Assembly and the Riksdag of the Kingdom of Sweden, the delegation, comprised of the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Vladimir Vardanyan, the Head of the R...  29.04.2025Committee debates draft laws regarding education sector in second reading The purpose of adopting the draft is to regulate the comprehensive activities of the inspection body’s supervision in the education sector. This was stated by the Head of the Inspection Bodies’ Coordination Bureau of the RA Prime Minister’s Office Petros Martirosyan at the sitting of the NA Standing...  29.04.2025Adoption of law lays foundation for establishment of cultural auction field in Armenia Cultural auctions play an important role worldwide. They boost the development of mechanisms and tools for selling works of art, and the formation of the art market. The RA Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Alfred Kocharyan said this. According to him, the cultural auctions a...  29.04.2025Word “reserve” proposed to be replaced with term “archeological site” The law on the Protection and Use of Immovable Monuments of History and Culture and the Historical Environment uses the word “reserve,” which does not correspond to international terminology. It is proposed to be replaced with the term “archeological site.”...  25.04.2025Draft decision on establishing a parliamentary Ethics Committee debated The NA With Honor and Armenia factions presented a draft decision on Creating Parliamentary Ethics Committee on the behaviour of the deputy of the National Assembly Andranik Kocharyan.The member of With Honor Faction Taguhi Tovmasyan presented the draft at the sitting convened by the Standing Commit...  25.04.2025Reforms outlined in RA-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement in the field of justice discussed On April 25, in the National Assembly a work discussion on the reforms outlined in RA-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement in the field of justice took place on the initiative of the Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Meri Galstyan.“The main functions of th...  25.04.2025Levon Kocharyan meets with students On April 25, the deputy of the NA Armenia Faction Levon Kocharyan met with a group of students studying in different years at the Faculty of International Relations of Yerevan State University.The students asked the questions that interested them, which, in particular, related to the domestic and fo...  25.04.2025Statement on considering powers of Constitutional Court Judge Vahe Grigoryan to be terminated “Taking as a basis the application for resignation of Constitutional Court Judge Vahe Grigoryan and guided by Article 147.2 of the Constitutional Law Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, to consider the powers of the Constitutional Court Judge Vahe Grigoryan to have been terminated as of Apr...  25.04.2025Report on activities of Prosecutor’s Office for 2024 debated In 2024, 40.232 cases of crime were recorded in the RA, out of which 18.397 were in Yerevan. Compared to the previous year, the number of cases decreased by 434 or 1.1%. This was stated by the RA Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan, presenting the report on the activities of the RA Prosecutor’s Offi...  25.04.2025Financial Agreement for construction of a 60 km road between Sisian and Kajaran debated The draft proposes to ratify the Financial Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the European Investment Bank "Armenia. Sisian-Kajaran road section project European Fund for Sustainable Development + Special Investment Window 1".According to the Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration ...  25.04.2025Agreement aimed at increasing energy efficiency in public buildings under jurisdiction of Yerevan Municipality debated On November 12, 2024, the Republic of Armenia and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed an Investment Grant Agreement for the Second Energy Efficiency Project in Yerevan in the amount of 10.1 million euros. The total cost of the project is 38 million euros, which will be financed from the follow...  24.04.2025Tribute to memory of Armenian Genocide victims On April 24, the President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simonyan, the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the President of the Republic Vahagn Khachaturyan, the deputies of the Civil Contract Faction of the National Assembly and other officials paid tribute to the 1.5 million victims of the Armen...  24.04.2025Message by RA NA President Alen Simonyan on 110th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide Dear compatriots,April 24 is one of the hard and sad days of our national memory. On this day, we commemorate the memory of one and a half million innocent Armenians, who became just a victim of genocide for being Armenian.The Armenian Genocide is a deep wound of history, which today is still heard ...  23.04.2025Work discussion on legal regulations related to public noise “We receive various complaints related to public noise. Loud music playing in different settlements of the Republic of Armenia, especially at night, construction work accompanied by noise, various manifestations of noise in apartment buildings, noise caused by the operation of vehicles, and in gener...  23.04.2025Issues regarding the care of children with disabilities debated On April 23, on the initiative of the member of the RA NA Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs Lilit Stepanyan parents of children with disabilities visited the parliament to discuss a number of issues and problems of concern to them.The Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Health ...  23.04.2025Members of RA NA delegation meets with delegation led by PACE President On April 23, the members of the RA NA delegation to PACE led by the NA Vice President Ruben Rubinyan met with the delegation led by PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos.Issues regarding the regional developments and domestic political topics were discussed at the meeting....  23.04.2025Alen Simonyan receives delegation led by PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos On April 23, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan met with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Theodoros Rousopoulos.The issues regarding the RA-EU relations, the ongoing democratic reforms and regional developments were at the core of the interlocutors’ discussi...  23.04.2025Parliamentary Briefings: With Honor Faction The Head of With Honor Faction Hayk Mamijanyan gave an introductory speech during the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings, and then answered the questions of the media representatives....  23.04.2025Parliamentary Briefings: Civil Contract Faction During the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings, the Secretary of the Civil Contract Faction Artur Hovhannisyan and the deputy Vahagn Aleksanyan answered the journalists’ questions....  23.04.2025Parliamentary Briefings: Armenia Faction Kristine Vardanyan from the Armenia Faction took part in the in the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings. The MP first made a brief statement and then answered the journalists’ questions....  22.04.2025Hayk Konjoryan meets with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece to Armenia On April 22, the Head of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Hayk Konjoryan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece to Armenia Christos Sofianopoulos.During the meeting programmes aimed at bilateral parliamentary cooperation were discussed.Reference was made to development o...  22.04.2025Draft law on possibility of obtaining a water use permit in reserve approved by Committee The draft law on Amending the Law on Specially Protected Areas of Nature was debated in the second reading at an extraordinary sitting of the Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection.There were no written proposals during the per...  22.04.2025Reports on activities for 2024 of Anti-Corruption and Investigative Committees debated On April 22, at the sitting of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs the reports on the activities of the Anti-Corruption and Investigative Committees for 2024 were debated.As, the Chairman of the RA Anti-Corruption Committee Artur Nahapetyan presented, during 2024, the Committee carried...  22.04.2025Proposed amendment to Law on Specially Protected Areas of Nature debated at extraordinary sitting On April 22, an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly was convened at the initiative of the Government. The draft law on Amending the Law on Specially Protected Areas of Nature was debated. It was presented in the first reading by the RA Minister of Environment Hakob Simidyan. The draft law...  22.04.2025Draft law on extending the deadline for filing declarations for 2024 and 2025 reporting years until November 1 adopted On April 22, the National Assembly continued the work of the extraordinary sitting convened the previous day and debated in the second reading the draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Tax Code of the Republic of Armenia authored by the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Babken Tuny...  22.04.2025Addenda and amendment to RA Labor Code At the extraordinary sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairsconvened on April 22, the proposed addenda and amendment to the Labor Code of the Republic of Armenia were debated in the second reading.The Government proposes in the draft law that from the moment of applying as a...  22.04.2025Initiative on changing deadlines for introducing declarations approved in Committee This year, for those filing a declaration for the previous year (both citizens who filed last year and those filing for the first time), the deadline for filing a declaration is set for November 1. Next year, for those filing for this year's income (regardless of whether they have been filing for tw...  22.04.2025Ruben Rubinyan receives Ambassador of Greece to Republic of Armenia On April 22, the Vice President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Ruben Rubinyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece to Armenia Christos Sofianopoulos.Issues regarding the strengthening of friendly relations between the Republic of Armenia and Greec...  21.04.2025Problems on import and customs clearance process of medical products in Armenia debated On April 21, on the initiative of the RA NA Standing Committee on Health Care a work debate was held on the problems regarding the import and customs clearance of medical products, including devices and instruments, in Armenia. Representatives from executive and legislative bodies, as well as intere...  21.04.2025Annual report on activities of RA Human Rights Defender for 2024 debated There are a number of innovations in the annual report of the Human Rights Defender (HRD) for 2024. Besides the problems being presented traditional, almost 3 dozen problems were presented during the reporting period, which had not been presented before.The RA Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan s...  21.04.2025It is proposed to extend deadline for filing declaration for 2024 and 2025 reporting years to November 1 Taking as a basis the initiative of the deputies of the National Assembly on convening an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly and the decision of April 16 of the National Assembly Council, being led by Article 100 of the Constitution and Article 41 of the constitutional law the Rules of P...  21.04.2025Parliament Continues Regular Sittings At the sitting of April 21, the National Assembly continued to debate the annual report on the activities of the Commission on Television and Radio for 2024 and the state of freedom of information in the audiovisual media sector.The Head of the NA Civil Contract Faction Hayk Konjoryan countered the ...  19.04.2025Delegation led by NA President Alen Simonyan, on a working visit in RF Delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan, was on a working visit in the RF. First, in Saint Petersburg the Head of the Parliament of our country took part in the work of the meeting of the Council of the Interparliamentary Assembly (IPA) of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), th...  18.04.2025Ruben Rubinyan has a telephone conversation with RF Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin On April 18, the RA NA Vice President Ruben Rubinyan had a telephone conversation with the RF Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin.Issues regarding the RA-RF bilateral agenda and regional developments were discussed....  18.04.2025Speech by RA NA President Alen Simonyan at IPA CIS Solemn Meeting Distinguished Valentina Ivanovna,Dear colleagues, participants of the meeting,I welcome the participants of the solemn meeting of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly and the guests ahead of the Great Victory Day. Today, we have gathered to once again remember the heroism, will, and boundless courag...  18.04.2025Report on activities of Commission on Television and Radio of last year at the core of debate of legislative body As of December 31, 2024, there were 102 licensed companies, 41 audiovisual media service providers, and 61 network operators functioning in our country. During the same period, 54 authorized companies operated. 3 audiovisual and 4 audio programmes of the public broadcaster were broadcast without a l...  18.04.2025Initiative proposes to suspend final stage of gradual increase in real estate tax burden on citizens With the new real estate taxation system for individuals, it is planned to increase property taxes by about 5-6 times in 2021-2026: The member of the NA Armenia Faction Tadevos Avetisyan noted. The Armenia Faction proposes to suspend the final stage of the gradual increase in the real estate tax bur...  18.04.2025NA extraordinary sitting to be convened by decision of RA NA President In accordance with Article 100 of the Constitution and Article 41 of the constitutional law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly will be convened on the initiative of the Government immediately after the RA NA extraordinary sitting being ...  18.04.2025Parliament debates Loan Agreement The Universal Health Coverage Implementation Program Loan Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development was signed on July 25, 2024. The agreement envisages the bank providing Armenia with a loan of 102,000,000 euros for the implementation of...  18.04.2025Convention for Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of Human Being with regard to Application of Biology and Medicine debated The purpose and subject of the Convention is to protect human dignity and identity with regard to application of biology and medicine, without discrimination, guaranteeing the personal integrity and other rights and fundamental freedoms of each person. The Convention was opened for signature on Apri...  18.04.2025Opportunity to name sports schools to be created By emphasizing the great contribution of distinguished individuals and individuals with contributions to sports, including Olympic and world champions, to the development of sports, education of athletes, and patriotic upbringing, the naming of sports schools will be a unique evaluation of their ded...  18.04.2025Initiative defines positions of army’s general staff sergeant, corps and staff sergeants and their pay coefficients In order to fully establish professional contractual military service in the Armed Forces, the positions of the army’s general staff sergeant, corps and staff sergeants and their pay coefficients are established: The RA Deputy Minister of Defense Arman Sargsyan said this. On April 18, at the NA sitt...  17.04.2025Alen Simonyan takes part in IPA CIS Council meeting The RA NA President Alen Simonyan, being on a working visit in the Russian Federation, took part in the meeting of the Council of the Interparliamentary Assembly (IPA) of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), during which the Council approved the agenda of the IPA CIS plenary meeting to be h...  17.04.2025New regulations proposed to Law on State Supervision Service and a number of related laws The function of exercising supervision over the execution of the state budget of Armenia by the Ministry of Finance will be transferred to the State Supervision Service. As a result of the necessary legislative regulations, the subdivision implementing this function will be dissolved from the Minist...  17.04.2025Parliament debates a number of drafts in second reading The National Assembly debated a number of drafts in the second reading at the sitting of April 17.The legislative package on Disaster Risk Management and Population Protection and on Making Addenda to the Code of the Republic of Armenia on Administrative Offences was debated by the Deputy Minister o...  17.04.2025Parliament debates mother law on Cryptoassets The legislative package is aimed at the regulation of the cryptoassets sector. The RA Deputy Governor at the Central Bank Armen Nurbekyan said this at the NA sitting of April 17, presenting the draft law on Cryptoassets and with the attached legislative package.According to him, new opportunities ha...  17.04.2025Statement by RA NA President on resignation letter of a judge of Constitutional Court “In accordance with Article 147.1 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, Judge Vahe Grigoryan of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia submitted a resignation letter on April 17, 2025,” the statement signed by the RA NA Vice President, the NA Acting ...  17.04.2025It is proposed to increase efficiency of fight against administrative offences The draft proposes to improve a number of regulations of the Code on Administrative Offences, and to bring some of them into line with current legislation. The RA Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Armen Mkrtchyan said this, presenting for debate of the parliament the amendments and addenda being p...  17.04.2025Perspectives of expansion of ties in defense sphere between Armenia and Greece discussed On April 17, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security Andranik Kocharyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece to our country Christos Sofianopoulos.During the meeting, the perspectives for further strengthening the traditional friendly relation...  17.04.2025Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Final Speech on Implementation of Government Programme for 2024 Having given a final speech on the report on the Process and Results of the Implementation of the Government ...  17.04.2025It is proposed to extend date of entry into force of law At the sitting of April 17, the National Assembly debated in the first reading the legislative initiative on Making Amendments to the Law on Enforcement Proceedings and about two dozen laws, providing for amendments and addenda.According to the RA Deputy Minister of Justice Tigran Dadunts, the main ...  17.04.2025Arman Yeghoyan receives Ambassador of Greece to RA On April 17, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on European Integration Arman Yeghoyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece to our country Christos Sofianopoulos. Welcoming the Ambassador, Arman Yeghoyan noted that Greece is an important partner for Armenia both...  17.04.2025NA factions express their positions on Government report On April 17, the National Assembly continued the debate of the report on the process and results of the implementation of the RA Government Programme (2021-2026) for 2024.The NA factions expressed their positions on the report.The Head of the NA Armenia Faction Seyran Ohanyan negatively assessed the...  16.04.2025Members of NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs meet with CoE experts On April 16, the Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs, the Committee Members Marina Ghazaryan and Tigran Parsilyan met with a Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA).During the meeting issues regarding the protectio...  16.04.2025Tigran Abrahamyan meets with students On April 16, the Secretary of the NA With Honor Faction Tigran Abrahamyan met and talked with the students of the Faculty of International Relations of Yerevan State University, who are passing an internship in the Parliament.During the meeting, the MP touched upon Armenia’s security issues, the pro...  16.04.2025Regular Sitting Continues in National Assembly On April 16, the National Assembly continued its regular sittings. During the debate of the document on the process and results of the implementation of the RA Government Programme (2021-2026) for 2024, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Sargsyan made a related report...  16.04.2025NA extraordinary sitting to be convened by decision of RA NA President Taking as a basis the initiative of the National Assembly deputies on convening extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly and the decision of April 16 NACD-027-L of the National Assembly Council, being led by Article 100 of the Constitution and Article 41 of the constitutional law the Rules of ...  16.04.2025NA extraordinary sitting to be convened by consent of National Assembly Council On April 16, the Council of the RA National Assembly convened an extraordinary sitting. The Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan presided over it. The NA Council agreed to convene an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly immediately after the end of the regular sittings convened on April 15,...  15.04.2025Issues of united monitoring and public communication of RA-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement discussed in Parliament On April 15, the Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on European Integration Meri Galstyan hosted the representatives of the Staff of the Prime Minister and the Deputy Minister’s Office in the parliament. The issues of united monitoring and strategic communication of the implementation of the ...  15.04.2025Alen Simonyan meets with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovenia Tanja Fajon On April 15, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan met with the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia Tanja Fajon. Emphasizing the role of parliamentary diplomacy in the dynamic development of the high-level political dialogue between Armenia and Slo...  15.04.2025Parliament debates report on process and results of implementation of Government Programme for 2024 During the debate of the document on the process and results of the implementation of the RA Government Programme (2021-2026) for 2024, the Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs Babken Tunyan and the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan deliver...  15.04.2025Nikol Pashinyan: There was additional revenue to RA state budget of more than 1 trillion 684 billion AMD or 4.2 billion USD in 2018-2024 On April 15, the National Assembly debated the report on the implementation of the Government programme of the Republic of Armenia (2021-2026) for 2024, which was presented by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.“After the people's, non-violent, velvet revolution of 2018, o...  15.04.2025CoE representatives in Parliament On April 15, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Health Care Arsen Torosyan and the Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan met with the Head of Programming Department, Directorate of Programme Co-ordination of the Council of Eu...  15.04.2025National Assembly begins work of regular sittings On April 15, the National Assembly began the work of the regular sittings. The NA President Alen Simonyan informed that the Central Electoral Commission presented Protocol No. 25 on giving the mandate of a deputy elected to the National Assembly and whose powers terminated prematurely to the next ca...  14.04.2025Euronest PA Co-President Sergey Lagodinsky hosted in Parliament On April 14, the Head of the RA NA delegation to Euronest PA, the member of the NA Civil Contract Faction Maria Karapetyan met with the Co-President of the Euronest PA Sergey Lagodinsky.Maria Karapetyan presented to the guest the security challenges of Armenia and the steps aimed at their solution, ...  14.04.202521 items included in draft agenda of NA regular sittings to be convened on April 15 On April 14, the sitting of the National Assembly Council took place. The RA NA President Alen Simonyan presided over it.The drafts on making addenda to the agenda of the ninth session of the eighth convocation of the National Assembly and the agenda of the regular sittings to be convened on April 1...  14.04.2025Alen Simonyan has telephone conversation with Speaker of Georgian Parliament On April 14, the RA NA Alen Simonyan had a telephone conversation with Speaker of Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili. The interlocutors debated issues on the development of opportunities of regional cooperation.Besides, the issue of a meeting between the heads of the parliaments of Armenia and G...  14.04.2025Ruben Rubinyan receives Co-Chair of Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Sergey Lagodinsky On April 14, the NA Vice President Ruben Rubinyan received the Co-Chair of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Sergey Lagodinsky.Issues on deepening Armenia-European Union cooperation were discussed. Ruben Rubinyan spoke about the importance of the visa liberalisation process of the European Union f...  14.04.2025It is proposed to regulate intra-community passenger transportation and establish administrative liability for persons using service without payment According to the regulations of the Law on Road Transport, intra-community passenger transportation by the community can also be organized by an operator with 100% community participation, in which case the cost of transportation is determined by the community Council of Elders. It follows from the ...  14.04.2025Draft law On Cryptoassets debated The law on Cryptoassets is a mother law, which will initiate the regulation of the cryptoassets sector. The RA Deputy Governor at the Central Bank Armen Nurbekyan said this at the extraordinary sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs, presenting the draft law o...  14.04.2025Endorsement to drafts debated in second reading On April 14, at the sitting the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs debated in the second reading the draft law On Making Addenda to the Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia.According to the key rapporteur, the RA Deputy Governor at the Central Bank Armen Nurbekyan, after the first rea...  14.04.2025Deadline for entry into force of legislative package on enforcement proceedings to be extended It is proposed to set the date for the entry into force of the package of laws not as July 1, 2025, but as January 1, 2026, and to set the dates for the introduction and integration of channels with the courts as March 1, 2026 instead of September 1, 2025.The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Gevorg Koc...  14.04.2025Committee endorses legislative initiatives debated in second reading At April 14 sitting, the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security debated in the second reading the draft law On Making Addenda and Amendments to the Law on Holding the Arrestees and Detainees. The RA Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Armen Mkrtchyan informed that proposals were received and ...  14.04.2025Issue of Ratifying Convention on Protection of Patients’ Rights Debated The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine (Oviedo Convention) was opened for signature on April 4, 1997, and entered into force on December 1, 1999. The Republic of Armenia signed it on May 16, 2024. The pu...  14.04.2025Amendment is proposed to law on Remuneration of Persons Holding State Positions and State Service Positions According to the draft, in order to fully establish professional contractual military service in the Armed Forces, the positions of army general staff, sergeant, corps sergeant, and staff sergeant, and their pay coefficients are established. The RA Deputy Minister of Defense Arman Sargsyan informed ...  14.04.2025Amendments proposed to RA Code on Administrative Offenses The draft is aimed at clarifying the code and resolving issues arising from practice. Technical and editorial amendments have also been made. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Armen Mkrtchyan, presenting the draft law on Making Addenda and Amendmen...  13.04.2025RA NA delegation participates in work of 150th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union The RA NA delegation led by the NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan participated in the work of the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in the capital of Uzbekistan.In Tashkent the Armenian delegates had a number of meetings in parallel with the work of the Assembly, presented to their col...  12.04.2025NA delegation participates in work of PACE Spring Session The PACE Spring Session took place in Strasbourg, in which work the RA NA delegation to the Assembly led by the NA Vice President, the Head of the delegation Ruben Rubinyan participated.The geopolitical developments and the ongoing wars were at the core of the sittings. A reference was also made to ...  12.04.2025Delegation led by Hakob Arshakyan meets with Head of Parliamentary Delegation of Norway The delegation led by the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan met with the Head of the parliamentary delegation of Norway Tellef Inge Mørland in Tashkent.Hakob Arshakyan noted that Armenia is interested in developing the Armenian-Norwegian relations.During the meeting a number of issues referred to...  11.04.2025Hayk Mamijanyan gives a speech during PACE Session The RA NA delegation is taking part in the work of PACE Session going in Strasbourg. During the Assembly the member of the delegation Hayk Mamijanyan gave a speech.“Honourable Chair, distinguished colleagues,Over 50 states and 10 international organisations welcomed the finalisation of the negotiati...  11.04.2025Hakob Arshakyan meets with Deputy Speaker of Shura Council of Qatar Hamda bint Hassan Al-Sulaiti Hakob Arshakyan met with the Deputy Speaker of the Shura Council of Qatar Hamda bint Hassan Al-Sulaiti.The sides discussed the regional developments and the peace agenda between Armenia and Azerbaijan.During the meeting, Hakob Arshakyan spoke about his visit to Qatar, noting his pleasant memories an...  11.04.2025Hakob Arshakyan meets with Deputy Chairperson of Indian Parliament in Tashkent The RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan met with the Deputy Chairperson of the Indian Parliament Harivansh Narayan Singh.The sides discussed a large scope of issues regarding the Armenian-Indian inter-parliamentary relations.Hakob Arshakyan highlighted the friendly relations between the two countri...  11.04.2025Round-table discussion on topic Human Rights in the Armed Forces of Armenia On April 10-11, on the initiative of the RA NA Standing Committees on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs and on Defense and Security a round-table discussion was on the topic the Human Rights in the Armed Forces of Armenia in Tsaghkadzor. The Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan, the NA ...  11.04.2025Hasmik Hakobyan meets with students On April 11, the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Hasmik Hakobyan met with the students of the Faculty of Foreign Relations of Yerevan State University. The issues regarding the main directions of Armenia’s foreign policy are at the core of the meeting.The students were interested in the issu...  11.04.2025Committee Endorses Loan Agreement The Loan Agreement Implementation of the Universal Health Coverage Programme between the Republic of Armenia and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development was signed on July 25, 2024.The Agreement envisages the bank providing Armenia with a loan of 102.000.000 euros for the execution...  10.04.2025Armen Gevorgyan gives a speech within framework of PACE Session The member of the RA NA delegation to PACE gave a speech during the debate on the topic Interconnections between the Council of Europe and the European Political Community held on April 10.The deputy noted in his speech:“Mister President,It is the right time to discuss not only the pressures facing ...  10.04.2025Arusyak Julhakyan gives a speech at PACE Session The RA NA delegation is taking part in the work of the Second Part of the Annual Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) going on in Strasbourg. During the session the member of the delegation Arusyak Julhakyan gave a speech.“Thank you, Madame Chair, and thank you, Kons...  10.04.2025Sisak Gabrielyan meets with students On April 10, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport Sisak Gabielyan met with the students studying met with students studying in the dual education system at regional colleges within the framework of the Modernizing Vocational Education an...  10.04.2025Hakob Arshakyan meets with President of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Pia Kauma Within the framework of the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union the NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan met with the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Pia Kauma.The interlocutors discussed issues regarding the peace and security in the region.The RA NA Vice President underscored...  09.04.2025Sargis Khandanyan on a working visit in Norway On April 8-9, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan was on a working visit in Oslo. Within the framework of his visit Sargis Khandanyan met with the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense of Stortinget, the Parliament of Norway Ine Eriksen Sø...  09.04.2025Delegation led by Hakob Arshakyan meets with Head of Danish delegation in Tashkent The delegation led by the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan met with the Head of the Danish delegation Søren Søndergaard. During the meeting the sides highlighted the continuous development of the Armenian-Danish relations, discussed issues regarding the inter-parliamentary cooperation, regional ...  09.04.2025Parliamentary Hearings on Road Traffic Safety in the Republic of Armenia At the initiative of the RA NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security, parliamentary hearings on Road Traffic Safety in the Republic of Armenia were convened on April 9.The hearings were attended by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan, Deputy Ministers, road p...  09.04.2025Draft law on Higher Education and Science debated: Proposals improving the draft accepted In fact, during our last meeting, we agreed to move forward with the following logic: as the draft law on Higher Education and Science was at the stage of revision, we agreed to get proposals from you. During this period, approximately 500 pages of proposals were received from both Gituzh and indivi...  09.04.2025Tsovinar Vardanyan’s speech within the framework of the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union The member of the RA NA delegation to the Assembly Tsovinar Vardanyan gave a speech within the framework of the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, noting:...  09.04.2025Hayk Konjoryan receives Ambassador of Cyprus to Armenia The Head of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction hayk Konjoryan received the Ambassador of Cyprus to Armenia Michael Mavros in the National Assembly.As Chair of Armenia-Cyprus Inter-Parliamentary Committee, Hayk Konjoryan highly appreciated the inter-parliamentary cooperation between the two countries. ...  09.04.2025Meri Galstyan meets with Senior Adviser of the United Kingdom of the Caspian Policy Center David Moran The Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on European Integration, the deputy of the Civil Contract Faction Meri Galstyan met with the Chief Adviser of the United Kingdom of the Caspian Policy Center, the former Chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North...  09.04.2025Sona Ghazaryan gives a speech at PACE Session The member of the RA NA delegation Sona Ghazaryan gave a speech at the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) going on in Strasbourg. The MP noted: “Madam President, distinguished colleagues!On behalf of the ALDE Group I would like to thank the Committee on Rules of Pr...  09.04.2025Vladimir Vardanyan gives a speech at PACE Annual Session The members of the RA NA delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe take part in the work of the Second Part of the Annual Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). During the session the member of the delegation Vladimir Vardanyan gave a speech.“H...  09.04.2025Government to be able to approve a support programme under the enabling norm provided for in the Law on Transport The initiative proposes to include an authorizing norm in the Law on Transport, based on which the Government can approve a support program for acquiring new means of transport for the development of passenger and freight transportation in the automobile, railway, water and air transport sectors, as...  09.04.2025Amendments being proposed in Tax Code debated The draft proposes to suspend the final stage of the gradual increase in the real estate tax burden on citizens, with the exception of the case of taxation of real estate with a tax base of more than 200 million AMD, in which case the current regulations are proposed to be left unchanged. That is, a...  09.04.2025Hakob Arshakyan meets with his Iranian counterpart: Armenia greatly highlights the relations with Iran based on mutual respect and trust Within the framework of the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union the Vice President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Hakob Arshakyan and the Deputy Speaker of the Majlis of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee had an effective meeting within the framework...  09.04.2025Hakob Arshakyan meets with Presidents of Chamber of Representatives and Senate of Belgium Within the framework of the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, being held in the capital of Uzbekistan Tashkent, the Vice President of the RA National Assembly Hakob Arshakyan met with the President of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium Peter De Roover and the President of the S... |
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