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 25.12.2024New Year Festive Event in National Assembly The gates of the National Assembly Park were opened expecting a miracle. Gifts, festive event and good mood…The NA President Alen Simonyan congratulated the attendees on the upcoming holidays, then together they met Santa Claus – the symbol of the New Year....  24.12.2024RA NA Council convenes extraordinary sitting On December 24, the RA NA Council convened an extraordinary sitting presided over by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan.As a result of debate, member of the Competitive Council being formed for the election of the candidate in the position of the member of the Anti-Corruption Committee was appointed ...  20.12.2024Narek Babayan meets with IRI Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia On December 20, the Head of the RA NA Friendship Group Armenia-Iran Narek Babayan met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Armenia Mehdi Sobhani.Narek Babayan noted that change of composition took place in the friendship groups of the parliaments o...  20.12.2024RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan gives a speech at UN Internet Governance Forum held in Saudi Arabia On December 18, at the invitation of the Head of the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat Chengetai Masango the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan took part in the UN Internet Governance Forum 2024 in Riyadh (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). During the panel discussion “Powerful collective forc...  19.12.2024Delegation led by RA NA President Alen Simonyan on an official visit in India The delegation led by NA President Alen Simonyan left for New Delhi on an official visit at the invitation of the Indian side. Armenia greatly highlights the strengthening of friendly, mutually beneficial ties with India and the establishing of new cooperative relations. In this context, the role of...  19.12.2024Sona Ghazaryan meets with students On December 19, the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Sona Ghazaryan met with different-year students of the International Faculty of Yerevan State University and V. Brusov State University.During the meeting, reference was made to the priorities of Armenia’s foreign policy, the interaction of...  18.12.2024Perspectives for cooperation with international organizations discussed Korea is a one of the key partners of Armenia in the East Asia Region, we attach great importance to the further development of our relations, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs Tsovinar Vardanyan said, welcoming the Director of the Center for ODA Res...  18.12.2024Standing Committee on European Integration Hosts Head of EU Delegation to Armenia The deputies of the Standing Committee on European Integration of the National Assembly met with the Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Armenia Vassilis Maragos and the latter’s Deputy Jan Plešinger.At the meeting held on December 18 issues regarding the development of the Armenia-EU rela...  18.12.2024Protocol on considering terminated the powers of the deputy, the RA NA deputy David Arushanyan “Taking as a basis the deputy’s resignation letter and being led by the requirements of Article 154.1.6.and Article 155.2.2 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the ...  18.12.2024Alen Simonyan meets with Speaker of Lower House of Indian Parliament The delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan being in India on an official visit met with Om Birla, the Speaker of the Lower House (Lok Sabha) of the Indian Parliament. Om Birla welcomed the delegation led by the RA NA President in India and noted that this visit will open new perspective...  17.12.2024Arman Yeghoyan meets with representatives of Armenian Winemaking The cooperation of Armenia with the European Union in all spheres is rapidly developing. In this context, issues related to the export and import of wine products, in particular, become important in economic relations. The Chair of the NA Standing Committee on European Integration Arman Yeghoyan sai...  17.12.2024It is designed by legislative initiative to replace the militia system with local defense forces The current militia system is designed to be replaced with local defense forces, defining their role, leadership principles, and structure.The RA Deputy Minister of Defense Arman Sargsyan said this.The law on Making Amendments and Addendum to the law on Defense and the enclosed presented package of ...  17.12.2024Alen Simonyan meets with Chairman of Upper House of Indian Parliament The RA NA President Alen Simonyan being in India on an official visit met with the Chairman of the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) of the Indian Parliament, the Vice President of India Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar.At the core of the interlocutors’ discussion were the issues on inter-parliamentary relations, educ...  17.12.2024Parliamentary hearings on draft law on Youth Policy Unlocking the talent, energy, and potential of young people is one of the priorities for the development of our country. It is noteworthy that today the Republic of Armenia has the youngest average age parliament in the world. This is evidence that the voice of young people already plays a decisive ...  17.12.2024Ruben Rubinyan receives delegation led by Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President Anwar Garagash On December 17, the Vice President of the National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan received the delegation led by the Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Anwar Garagash.Welcoming the members of the delegation, Ruben Rubinyan noted that the United Arab Emirates is one of the...  17.12.2024RA NA Staff announces journalists’ accreditation The RA NA Staff will implement accreditation of journalists covering the activities of the ninth session of the eighth convocation of the RA National Assembly from December 9 until 23, 2024 including.According to Clause 5 of the order of journalists’ accreditation in the National Assembly, to accred...  16.12.2024Debate in Committee on Ten Years in the Eurasian Economic Union: Results and Perspectives On 2 January 2025, will be ten years of the membership of the Republic of Armenia to the EEU. In the last 5-6 years, the RA worked effectively, and by the international partners’ assessment rather high economic growth was recorded.The Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Regional and Eurasian I...  16.12.2024NA President’s statement on nominating candidate for position of Chair of NA Standing Committee In accordance with Article 8.1.5 and Article 138.1.2 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the Civil Contract Faction of the National Assembly nominated Arsen Torosyan as a candidate for the position of the Chair of the Standing Committee on Health Care,” the sta...  16.12.2024Alen Simonyan meets with President of India On December 16, the delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan being in India on an official visit met with the President of India Droupadi Murmu.The sides stated with satisfaction the high dynamics of the development of the relations between the two countries and added that despite the bro...  14.12.2024Members of Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs visit Lori Electric poles and electricity, water pipes, sidewalks and asphalt paving. The problems were addressed and are waiting for their solutions. The members of the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs were on a three-day visit in Lori Marz (province). The deputies met and t...  13.12.202464th Plenary Session of the PABSEC General Assembly held in Yerevan The 64th Plenary Session of the General Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation was held in Yerevan. The parliamentary delegations of Armenia, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, Serbia and North Macedonia, observers arrived from different countries, special...  13.12.2024Members of Friendship Group Armenia-Great Britain meet with Member of the House of Lords of Parliament of the United Kingdom Mark McInnes On December 13, the Head of the RA NA Friendship Group Armenia-Great Britain Eduard Aghajanyan met with the Member of the House of Lords of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mark McInnes, who arrived in Yerevan to take part in the 5th Global Forum Against the Cri...  13.12.2024Regular coordination meeting with international partners implementing parliamentary support held For the third consecutive year, the National Assembly staff has been organizing semi-annual and annual coordination meetings with partners implementing parliamentary support. As a result of joint interaction, a number of important projects have been brought to life, which are being successfully impl...  13.12.2024NA-SME Working Group on Cooperation convenes regular sitting Back in 2019, by the decision of the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, a Working Group on Cooperation between the National Assembly and the Small and Medium Entrepreneurship (SME) was established, the purpose of which was to strengthen the dialogue between the deputies and the SMEs.The plat...  12.12.202464th Plenary Session of PABSEC General Assembly held in Yerevan On December 11, the 64th Plenary Session of the General Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) began its work in Yerevan.The parliamentary delegations of Armenia, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, Serbia and North Macedonia, as well as observers from various co...  11.12.2024Members of the RA NA Armenia-Ukraine Friendship Group Meet with Deputies of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine On December 11, the Head of the Armenia-Ukraine Friendship Group of the National Assembly of Armenia, Hrachya Hakobyan and members of the group Arsen Torosyan and Davit Karapetyan met with Lyubov Shpak, a member of the Ukraine-Armenia Friendship Group of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and Vadym Ivch...  11.12.2024NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan participates in Global Diaspora Forum in San Francisco On December 11, in San Francisco the India-Armenia Edition of the Global Diaspora Forum was held, which was dedicated to the disclosure of the new ways of the economic cooperation between Armenia and India, as well as in the Diaspora. It brought together representatives of various fields: entreprene...  11.12.2024Meeting of PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Right held in NA The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) observed Armenia a platform for debating the important issues of human rights. Besides the Committee member delegates, PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis arrived in Yerevan. ...  11.12.2024Parliament hosts Member of Cyprus Delegation to PACE Constantinos Efstathiou On December 11, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Vladimir Vardanyan met with the member of the Cyprus Delegation to the PACE Constantinos Efstathiou.The Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan, the member of the Committee Maria Karap...  11.12.2024RA NA President’s statement on resignation letter of NA deputy David Arushanyan Pursuant to Article 155.1 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia David Arushanyan submitted his resignation letter on December 11, 2024.According to Article 155.2 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of...  11.12.2024RA NA President Alen Simonyan gives an opening speech at the opening ceremony of the 64th Plenary Session of the PABSEC General Assembly The opening ceremony of the 64th Plenary Session of the General Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation was held in Yerevan, during which the RA NA President Alen Simonyan gave an opening speech.“I am glad to welcome the participants of the Parliamentary Assembly...  11.12.2024Draft law on Youth Policy to be presented for public debate On December 17, parliamentary hearings on the draft law on Youth Policy will be convened by the decision of the RA NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport.The issue was debated at the extraordinary sitting of the Committee on December 11.The Committee Chair Si...  10.12.2024Work of PABSEC General Assembly begins in Yerevan On December 10, the work of the General Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) began in Yerevan....  10.12.2024Members of PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights visit Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex On December 10, the members of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) accompanied by the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, the member of the above-mentioned Committee Vladimir Vardanyan visited Tsi...  09.12.2024Parliament hosts Delegation of the House Democracy Partnership of the U.S. House of Representatives arrived in RA on a three-day visit On December 9, the deputy of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Sona Ghazaryan met with the Congressional Delegation led by the Chairman of the House Democracy Partnership (HDP) of the U.S. House of Representatives David Price, arrived in Armenia on a three-day visit.Welcoming the members of the Deleg...  09.12.2024Vladimir Vardanyan refers to debated items within the framework of the Meeting of PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights On December 9-10, the Meeting of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is held in the RA National Assembly.During the briefing with the media representatives, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs,...  09.12.2024Delegation of the House Democracy Partnership (HDP) of the U.S. House of Representatives hosted in Parliament On December 9, the deputies of the Civil Contract of the RA National Assembly Arusyak Julhakyan, Arsen Torosyan, Meri Galstyan and Maria Karapetyan met with the Congressional Delegation led by the Chairman of the House Democracy Partnership (HDP) of the U.S. House of Representatives David Price, arr...  09.12.2024Alen Simonyan’s address in the opening session of the Meeting of PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights I am glad to welcome the participants of the Meeting of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Yerevan. This year we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe, and until now the organisation continues to act as a...  09.12.2024Meeting of PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights is held in Armenia On December 9, in Armenia the Meeting of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) launched, within the framework of which PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis arrived in Armenia. Before the beginning of the Meeti...  06.12.2024Delegation led by Ruben Rubinyan visits Bosnia and Herzegovina The delegation led by the RA NA Vice President Ruben Rubinyan with the NA deputy Sona Ghazaryan, will be in Bosnia and Herzegovina on December 4-7.Within the framework of the visit the NA Vice President Ruben Rubinyan met with the Head of the delegation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to PACE Saša Magazin...  06.12.2024Parliamentary briefings: Civil Contract Faction During the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings, the Secretary of the Civil Contract Faction Artur Hovhannisyan and the Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Babken Tunyan answered the journalists’ questions....  06.12.2024Parliamentary Hearings: With Honor Faction During the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings, the Head of With Honor Faction HaykMamijan...  06.12.2024Parliamentary briefings: Armenia Faction The deputies Artur Khachatryan and Anna Grigoryan from the Armenia Faction took part in the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings. First, the speakers made an introductory speech, then answered the journalists’ questions....  05.12.2024Committees endorse bills debated in second reading At the extraordinary sitting of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs on December 5, the draft law on Amending the Tax Code of the Republic of Armenia was debated and endorsed in the second reading. By the legislative initiative, entities engaged in the production of agricultural products will ...  05.12.2024A number of draft laws debated in second reading at extraordinary sitting of National Assembly At the extraordinary sitting convened on December 5, at the initiative of the Government, the Parliament debated a number of draft laws in the second reading.The Minister of Justice Srbuhi Galyan presented the revised version of the legislative package providing for amendments and addenda to the Ele...  05.12.2024It is proposed to regulate issues related to prematurely termination of the powers of the Community Council of Elders “The amendment to the Law on Local Self-Government is intended to eliminate the power vacuum that may arise in cases where we encounter a situation where the Community Council of Elders has prematurely terminated its powers as a result of inaction or failure to fulfill its functions, and in that sit...  05.12.2024Alen Simonyan meets with Special Envoy of Canada to the European Union, Europe and Armenia Stéphane Dion On December 5, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Special Envoy of Canada to the European Union, Europe and Armenia Stéphane Dion. The sides discussed a large scope of issues regarding the agenda of the Armenian-Canadian relations, including different issues on the inter-parliamentary co...  05.12.2024Positive changes for the benefit of RA citizens and improving the business environment The government makes positive changes for the benefit of the citizens of the Republic of Armenia and improving the business environment. During the NA extraordinary sitting convened on December 5, the RA Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan said this, presenting the draft law on Amending the RA Tax Co...  05.12.2024Asian Development Bank to provide Armenia a loan of 89.469.000 euros by the Agreement The Fiscal Stability and Financial Markets Development Program and Subprogram 2 Loan Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the Asian Development Bank was signed on November 1, 2024. The Agreement envisages attracting a budget support loan in the amount of 89,469,000 euros. The Agreement will...  05.12.2024National Assembly convenes extraordinary sitting on the initiative of Government On December 5, on the initiative of the Government the National Assembly convened an extraordinary sitting. The Parliament, approving the agenda of the extraordinary sitting, debated the draft law on Ratifying the Loan Agreement Second Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development Program between the R...  05.12.2024Armen Marukhyan elected member of Corruption Prevention Commission Based on the decision of the Competition Council, the candidacies of Narine Azaryan and Armen Marukhyan were proposed for the vacant position of member of the Corruption Prevention Commission.63 NA deputies out of 107 took part in voting. 2 deputies voted for Narine Azaryan’s candidacy and 7 deputie...  05.12.2024National Assembly continues work of regular sittings On December 5, the parliament continued the work of the regular sittings.The deputies debated in the second reading the draft law on Amendments and Addenda to the Law on Remuneration of Persons Holding State Positions and State Service Positions authored by the Government, the adoption of which is c...  05.12.2024Entities engaged in production of agricultural products to be exempted from paying profit tax by 31 December 2026 According to the legislative initiative, the entities engaged in the production of agricultural products will be exempted from paying profit tax by 31 December 2026. This was stated by the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Gevorg Papoyan during the extraordinary sitting of the Standing ...  05.12.2024Committee endorses proposed addendum to Law on Local Self-Government The deputies of the NA Civil Contract Faction Vladimir Vardanyan, Anush Kloyan and Emma Palyan proposed to make an amendment to the Law on Local Self-Government.The issue was debated at the extraordinary sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agric...  04.12.2024Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs endorses debated drafts At December 4 extraordinary sitting of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, the bill on Making Addendum to the on Remuneration of Persons Holding State Positions and State Service Positions was debated in the second reading.The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mnatsakan Safaryan remi...  04.12.2024Committee debates a number of draft laws in second reading On December 4, at the extraordinary sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Health Care the draft law on Making Addenda to the RA Code on Administrative Offences was debated in the second reading.The key rapporteur, the Head of the Inspection Bodies’ Coordination Bureau Petros Martirosyan noted t...  04.12.2024RA to be provided with a budget support loan worth 50 million euros: Bill on ratifying Agreement endorsed The Fiscal Sustainability and Financial Markets Development Program (Subprogram 2) Loan Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the Asian Development Bank was signed on November 1, 2024. It is planned to provide Armenia with a loan of 89.469.000 euros for the implementation of the budget suppo...  04.12.2024Parliament debates issue of electing a member of Corruption Prevention Commission On December 4, the parliament debated the issue of electing a member of the Corruption Prevention Commission. Based on the decision of the Competition Council, Narine Azaryan’s candidacy was proposed for the vacant position of a member of the Corruption Prevention Commission.The deputy of the RA NA ...  04.12.2024A number of drafts submitted for second reading debated The National Assembly debated a number of drafts in the second reading at the sitting of December 4.The package of bills on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Civil Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia and the attached bills was presented by the Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of A...  04.12.2024Parliament continues work of regular sittings On December 4, the parliament continued the debate of the draft law on Making Addenda and Amendments to the RA Tax Code and the package of the enclosed presented draft laws.On behalf of the RA NA Armenia Faction the Secretary of the Faction Artsvik Minasyan noted that the adoption of the draft will ...  03.12.2024National Assembly debates a number of draft laws in second reading At the sitting of December 3, the Parliament debated a number of draft laws in the second reading.The bill on State Support for the High-Tech Sector and the package of the related bills were presented by the Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia Mkhitar Hayrapetyan. According to ...  03.12.2024It is proposed to transfer the taxation of a number of professional works and services to the general taxation system The package of draft laws on Amendments and Addenda to the RA Tax Code authored by the Government proposes to transfer the taxation of a number of professional works and services to the general taxation system. In particular, it is suggested to restrict the organization of a number of types of activ...  03.12.2024State duties for obtaining citizenship and terminating citizenship are being changed The package of drafts proposes to establish an electronic procedure for applying for citizenship and terminating citizenship.The parliament in the first reading debated the legislative package On Making Amendments and Addenda to the law On Citizenship of the Republic of Armenia and On Making Amendme...  03.12.2024Issue of providing an investment loan to finance the construction of Kajaran tunnel debated As a result of the adoption of the draft law on Ratifying the Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the Eurasian Development Bank on the Provision of an Investment Loan for Financing the Construction of the Kajaran Tunnel Project from the Funds of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Deve...  03.12.2024Goal of legislative initiative is to create a more predictable environment for activities of SMEs The proposing amendment is aimed at benefiting the business and improving the business environment at present. The RA Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan said this during the RA NA regular sitting on December 3.The draft law on Amendments and Addenda to the RA Tax Code was debated in the first readin...  03.12.2024Sale of energy drinks to teenagers to be prohibited: Draft debated in first reading It is proposed to limit the circulation of energy drinks in order to protect the health of persons under 18 years of age, as well as to create legal bases.The deputies of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Alkhas Ghazaryan, Hakob Arshakyan, Babken Tunyan, Sona Ghazaryan, Arusyak Julhakyan, Arsen Toros...  03.12.2024Goal of legislative initiative is to implement effective surveillenace in the sphere The necessity of amending the legal act is conditioned by the logic of identifying and correcting certain inconsistencies in the current law, which will enable the RA Market Surveillance Inspection Body to carry out effective administration. The RA Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan said this during...  03.12.2024With the legislative amendment some administrative acts of the Inspection Body to be subject to immediate execution The Executive proposes amendments and addenda to the laws on State Regulation of Ensuring Technical Safety, on Fire Safety ...  03.12.2024It is proposed to establish a new amount of salary for each rank of a diplomat The continuously changing security environment in the region and the world, the external threats and challenges surrounding the Republic of Armenia require the RA Foreign Ministry to exert greater strength and make incomparably more vigorous efforts on almost all bilateral and multilateral platforms...  03.12.2024Liability is designed for violating public health standards The purpose of the adoption of the draft is to establish liability for violating public health standards, in addition to violating sanitary, sanitary-hygienic and sanitary-anti-epidemic rules and norms, hygienic standards in the Code on Administrative Offences, based on the regulations of the Law on...  03.12.2024Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development granted status of an international financial organization with amendments provided for in Protocol The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development was established by Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and the Russian Federation by the Agreement on the Establishment of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development dated June 9, 2009, the main objective of which is to co...  03.12.2024Committee endorses draft law On December 3, at the extraordinary sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection the draft law on Making Addenda and Amendments to the law on Lake Sevan was debated in the second reading.According to the main rap...  03.12.2024Nikol Pashinyan: The Republic of Armenia must act solely in accordance with its own economic development interests The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan gave a closing speech at the debate of the bill on the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia for 2025. The Prime Minister first expressed his gratitude for the budgetary debates in Parliament and noted that the state budget is a very im...  03.12.2024Parliament begins work of regular sittings: Revised version of main financial document of coming year debated On December 3, the National Assembly began the work of the regular sittings.The NA President Alen Simonyan informed that the RA Central Electoral Commission presented Protocol No. 22 on providing the mandate of a deputy elected to the National Assembly and whose powers prematurely terminated to the ...  02.12.2024Deputy Chair of NA Standing Committee and HRD visit Arevut enlarged Yazidi community of Aragatsotn Marz On December 2, the Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan, the members of the Committee Marina Ghazaryan and Tigran Parsilyan, the Defender of Human Rights (HRD) Anahit Manasyan visited Arevut enlarged Yazidi community of Aragatso...  02.12.202423 items included in draft agenda of regular sittings to be convened on December 3 On December 2, the sitting of the Council of the National Assembly was held. The RA NA President Alen Simonyan presided over it.The drafts of the agendas of the eighth session of the NA eighth convocation and the regular sittings to be convened on December 3 were debated and approved.The sequence of...  02.12.2024Committee endorses the legislative initiative aimed at ensuring progressive development in the high-tech sector The package of draft laws on State Support of the High-Tech Sector and on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Tax Code was debated in the second reading at December 2 extraordinary sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs. The purpose of adopting the package of drafts is to re...  02.12.2024Committee debates in second reading drafts on reforming legal regulations At December 2 sitting, the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs debated and endorsed a number of drafts under debate in the second reading. The parliament has already passed in the first reading the amendments and addenda being enshrined to the law on Remuneration of the Persons Holding ...  02.12.2024Initiative to review the amount of the bonus paid to diplomats for diplomatic rank was debated Due to the need to review the amount of the bonus paid to diplomats for diplomatic rank, the Government makes Amendments and Addenda to the Law on Remuneration of Persons Holding State Positions and State Service Positions.According to the RA Deputy Foreign Minister Mnatsakan Safaryan, the continuou...  02.12.2024Alen Simonyan meets with Ambassador of Colombia to Armenia The RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia to Armenia Hector Isidro Arenas Neira.Welcoming the Ambassador in the Parliament of Armenia, Alen Simonyan expressed hope that such meetings can have their contribution to the deve...  29.11.2024Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan meets with Civil Contract Faction On November 29, the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with the Civil Contract Faction in the National Assembly.At the meeting issues of ideological character were discussed. ...  29.11.2024Issues on obtaining RA citizenship of persons forcibly displaced from Nagorno Karabakh discussed On November 29, on the initiative of the deputies of the RA NA Armenia Faction Anna Grigoryan and Elinar Vardanyan a debate was held over the issues on obtaining citizenship of the Republic of Armenia of persons forcibly displaced from Nagorno Karabakh.The NA deputies, the persons forcibly displaced...  29.11.2024RA NA extraordinary sitting to be convened According to Articles 100 of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia and 41 of the constitutional law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, by the RA NA President’s decision an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly will be convened after half an hour from the end of the regul...  29.11.2024Members of NA Standing Committee discuss mechanisms of cooperation with representatives of international partner organization In recent years, a number of international and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have shown great interest in the sphere of social protection, thereby supporting the state in solving the problems of people in difficult life situations. One of those organizations is also the Democracy Internation...  29.11.2024Hakob Arshakyan receives delegation of Friendship Group Kazakhstan-Armenia On November 29, the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan received the delegation of the Friendship Group Kazakhstan-Armenia.Hakob Arshakyan congratulated the attendees on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of signing the Treaty on Friendship and Cooperation between Armenia and Kazakhstan.“I am sur...  28.11.2024Vagharshak Hakobyan: High level of cooperation has been established between Armenia and Kazakhstan A high level of cooperation has been established between Armenia and Kazakhstan, particularly within the framework of inter-parliamentary cooperation: Welcoming the members of the Kazakhstan-Armenia Friendship Group to the National Assembly, the Head of the Armenia-Kazakhstan Friendship Group Vaghar...  28.11.2024It is proposed to digitize services provided in processes of obtaining and terminating citizenship The package of draft laws proposes to establish an electronic procedure for applying to obtain and terminate citizenship.The proposal of the Government on the package of draft laws on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Armenia and on Making Amendments and Adde...  27.11.2024Rustam Bakoyan meets with international experts The Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan met with the representatives-experts of the independent international organisation Equal Rights Trust being in Armenia with an expert mission. At the core of the meeting were the issues r...  27.11.2024Issues regarding the law on Ensuring Legal equality and Protection from Discrimination and the attached draft laws discussed On November 27, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on European Integration, the member of the Committee Sona Ghazaryan met with the representatives-experts of the independent international organisation Equal Rights Trust (ERT). Issues regarding the law on Ensuring Legal equality and Protectio...  27.11.2024Committee debates drafts regulating the economic sphere in the second reading At the sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs a number of initiatives were debated. The Chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee (SRC) Artur Manukyan presented for debate the draft law in the second reading on Making Addenda and Amendments to the RA Tax Code authored by the Ex...  27.11.2024Arman Yeghoyan receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Norway On November 27, the Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration of the National Assembly Arman Yeghoyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Norway to the Republic of Armenia Bergljot Hovland (residence in Tbilisi).Arman Yeghoyan highlighted the non-resident Ambas...  27.11.2024Legal bases to be created for immediate execution of administrative acts Taking into consideration the fact that violations of legislation on technical and fire safety, as a rule, cause a significant and immediate threat to human life and health, it is proposed to provide by legislative initiative that the order prohibiting the operation of a hazardous production facilit...  27.11.2024RA NA President receives newly appointed Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Armenia On November 27, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Armenia Marieke Harriett Monroy-Winter. Welcoming the Ambassador, Alen Simonyan congratulated her on the assumption of the important commitment and express...  27.11.2024Members of Committee meet with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation to Armenia I would like to thank Switzerland for being next to Armenia in a number of continuous works. The relations between Armenia and Switzerland are dynamically developing. The inter-parliamentary ties are also developing. The Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Pub...  27.11.2024Proposal debated in the first reading: Taxation of a number of professional works and services to be transferred to the general taxation system The Government proposed to transfer the taxation of a number of professional works and services to the general taxation system. The RA Deputy Minister of Finance4 Arman Poghosyan presented the package of draft laws on Making Addenda and Amendments to the RA Tax Code, on Making Addenda to the HO-285-...  27.11.2024Alen Simonyan receives newly appointed Ambassador of Germany to Armenia On November 27, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Armenia Claudia Busch. Congratulating the newly appointed Ambassador on the assumption of her diplomatic service in Armenia, the RA NA President wished he...  27.11.2024It is proposed to create a more predictable environment for the activities of SMEs The goal of the draft law on Amendments and Addenda to the RA Tax Code authored by the G...  27.11.2024Sale of energy drinks to persons under 18 to be prohibited: Draft debated in first reading The legislative package on Making Addenda to the RA Law on Trade and Services authored by the RA NA deputies Alkhas Ghazaryan, Hakob Arshakyan, Babken Tunyan, Sona Ghazaryan, Arusyak Julhakyan, Arsen Torosyan, Mariam Poghosyan, Hasmik Hakobyan aims to limit the circulation of energy drinks containin...  27.11.2024RA NA President’s statement on nominating a candidate for the position of member of Supreme Judicial Council According to Article 144.2 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the Civil Contract Faction of the National Assembly has nominated Alexander Sirunyan as a candidate for the position of a member of the Supreme Judicial Council. ...  27.11.2024Legal bases to be provided for the retail sale of items made of precious metals The necessity to amend the legal act is conditioned by the logic of identifying and rectifying inconsistencies in the current law, as well as by the RA Market Surveillance Inspection Body for implementing more effective supervision in the retail trade of i...  26.11.2024Hasmik Hakobyan: Attention towards youth is of state strategic importance priority Attention towards youth is of state strategic importance priority, and the state should have an appropriate toolset for coordinating the sector: The deputy of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Hasmik Hakobyan said, welcoming the students of the Paul O’Neill School on Public and Environmental Affairs ...  26.11.2024RA NA President receives President of Poland Andrzej Duda being on an official visit in Armenia On November 26, the RA NA President Andrzej Duda received the President of Poland Andrzej Duda being on an official visit in Armenia. At the meeting in an extended format reference was made to a large scope of issues regarding the Armenian-Polish agenda.The RA NA President thanked the President of P...  26.11.2024Alen Simonyan has a farewell meeting with Ambassador of Italy to Armenia Alfonso Di Riso On November 26, the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador of Italy to the Republic of Armenia Alfonso Di Riso, who is completing his diplomatic mission in our country.The RA NA President highly appreciated the work of Ambassador Di Riso i...  26.11.2024Inspection body to more fully implement the functions assigned to it with the legislative amendment The law on Public Health has entered into forces from September 27 of the current year. The law on Ensuring Sanitary and Epidemiological Safety of the Population of the Republic of Armenia has been repealed, on the basis of which the Health and Labor Inspection Body is reserved with the implementati...  26.11.2024Committee endorses legislative package aimed at introducing a digital system for concluding employment contracts The adoption of the draft laws is conditioned by the necessity to introduce a digital system for concluding employment contracts, through which the transparency of the employment relations of the employee and the employer will be ensured, the parties to the employment relations will be given the opp... |
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