Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended the opening of a residential building built by Grand Holding Company in Shengavit administrative district of Yerevan. The building is meant to address the housing problems of Grand Holding’s employees. The Head of Government toured the apartments and congratulated the new residents. Located at Bagratunyats 47/2, the residential building has 104 four-room apartments and 92 parking lots. About USD 7 million was spent on the project. Accompanied...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had working dinner with members of the Union of Businessmen and Industrialists of Armenia. Discussed were issues related to Armenia’s investment climate, legislative regulation and tax reforms. The interlocutors emphasized the importance of economic reforms carried out by the Government in a bid to improve the investment environment. The entrepreneurs in attendance noted that a competitive business environment and free market relations have been...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Cyril Muller. Stressing the importance of World Bank’s financial and technical support to our country, the Prime Minister expressed his government’s interest in deepening cooperation and increasing the effectiveness and targeting of those programs implemented with the Bank. Nikol Pashinyan said the Government’s goal is to turn the political revolution into an economic...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received a delegation of Index Ventures venture foundation, including founder Nina Achadjian, Mike Volpi and Dominique Vidal, who were involved in Cisco, Amazon, Yahoo and other well-known companies before coming to Index Ventures. The meeting was attended by RA Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies Hakob Arshakyan. During the meeting, the Prime Minister was briefed on the activities carried out by Index Ventures and their plans...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The meeting amended the government decision of May 5, 2011 On Enforcing the RA Law on State Pensions. In particular, as of January 1, 2018, income tax shall be substituted with profit tax in the provisions of the law relating to the pension rights of self-employed persons and notaries. A procedure has been established for granting a pension or paying the unpaid pension to persons disabled due injuries had while...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk were in attendance. Welcoming Miroslav Lajčák’s visit, the Prime Minister highlighted the role played by the OSCE in ensuring regional security, respect of human rights and promoting sustainable development. He said Armenia ready to support...
