On the 29th anniversary of Armenia’s independence, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan joined RA President Armen Sarkissian, Artsakh Republic President Arayik Harutyunyan, Catholicos of All Armenians His Holiness Karekin II, RA National Assembly Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan and other dignitaries for a visit to Yerablur military pantheon, where he paid floral tribute to those Armenian servicemen who perished for Motherland’s independence. The Prime Minister laid flowers at the graves of...
The Government continues discussing public agencies’ performance reports for 2019-2020. For the first time, annual performance reports were submitted by government-affiliated inspection authorities. Today, the Health and Labor, Education, and Market Control inspectorates reported on the work done in 2019 and during this year’s first 8 months. Arthur Asoyan, Head of the Office for Coordination of Inspection Bodies’ Activities, presented the programs implemented in the...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Before discussing the agenda items, the Prime Minister referred to the epidemiological situation in Armenia. He noted that less than 200 infections were registered daily during the past month, except for one day, which saw a spike up to 203 cases. “The number of positive tests has considerably increased over the past few days. We had 257 infected people the day before, and 295 - yesterday. At the same...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today received Lydian Canada Ventures Board of Directors member Jeffrey Coach and Lydian Armenia Executive Director Hayk Aloyan. The interlocutors discussed issues related to the situation around the Amulsar project. The Prime Minister once again emphasized that the Government of Armenia and he personally prioritize the balanced interest of the Republic of Armenia, including that of those communities affected by the project. He noted that any decision will...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan partook in the opening ceremony of Basic School N 153 after Rafael Ishkhanyan in Yerevan. The event was attended by Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan, Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Suren Papikyan, Minister of Education, Science, Culture, Sports Arayik Harutyunyan and others. Addressing those present, the Prime Minister said: “Dear colleagues, Dear parents, students and first-graders, I had been asking myself all the way...
Today the Government discussed a mid-term report on capital expenditure programs implemented in 2020 through state budget funding, loans and grant facilities. The Prime Minister was briefed on the programs implemented by the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, Ministry of Healthcare, Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports and the Yerevan Town Hall. The meeting reviewed the status of the ongoing capital expenditure programs in the spheres of road...
