A regular Cabinet meeting took place today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Government adopted a decision proposing to promote the process of updating vehicles imported from third countries and involved in regular passenger transportation, enabling individual entrepreneurs and organizations to import transport vehicles of new production. As a result, it will be possible to promote the renewal of the transport fleet involved in the regular passenger transportation sector,...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has received , General Director of Food and Agriculture Organization Qu Dongyu. The Prime Minister highly appreciated the effective cooperation formed between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Food and Agriculture Organization, particularly in the field of ensuring food security. Nikol Pashinyan emphasized the continuous implementation of joint projects in the fields of agriculture and environment and expressed belief that the visit of the...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, together with his wife Anna Hakobyan, toured some newly built schools in the country, familiarized himself with the works and the created conditions. The Prime Minister's first stop was the "Heratsi" high school in Yerevan. The Government allocated more than 1 billion AMD for the construction works that started in 2019. The high school is designed for 520 students. The school is fully equipped. The Prime Minister congratulated those...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hosted the President of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay, Ana Olivera, and the Vice-President of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay, Pedro Khisdonyan, who are on an official visit to Armenia. The Prime Minister welcomed the visit of the leadership of the legislature of Uruguay to Armenia and emphasized the fact of warm and friendly relations between the two countries. Nikol Pashinyan noted that Uruguay has always stood by Armenia and the...
A regular Cabinet meeting took place today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The government made additions and changes to the training procedure for teachers subject to regular certification of the educational institution that implements basic general education programs. Presenting the issue, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan considered the compulsory training system of teachers to be an important reform. Accordingly, the system of training all...
A consultation was held under the leadership of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, during which the main provisions of the bill "On Higher Education and Science" were discussed. Chairman of the Committee of Higher Education and Science, Sargis Hayotsyan, presented the main points of the bill, noting that new standards of quality control, licensing and accreditation will be established, the vertical model of university management will be replaced by a horizontal model, where in...
