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PM Attends Fifth Congress of Rural Communities in Jermuk10.11.2015

PM Attends Fifth Congress of Rural Communities in Jermuk

 The fifth annual congress of rural communities kicked off in Jermuk, attended by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. The forum aims at sustainable development of rural communities at all levels of local self-government and rural communities to discuss exchange of experience and information on rural programs and policies. Note that on November 10, 2015, the 19th anniversary of introduction of the local self-government system is marked in Armenia. For valuable contribution to the... more →

Official Opening of the Four-Day National Model UN Conference is Held in the RA National Assembly06.11.2015

Official Opening of the Four-Day National Model UN Conference is Held in the RA National Assembly

 On November 6 the official opening of the Four-Day National Model UN Conference in the RA National Assembly took place in the Session Hall of the RA National Assembly, where delegates from twenty-eight countries (from eight higher educational institutions and eight schools) took part. The conference was organized at the initiative of the UN Armenia Office Department of Public Information jointly with the American University of Armenia. It is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the... more →

Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan met with Saint Petersburg Governor Georgi Poltavchenko06.11.2015

Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan met with Saint Petersburg Governor Georgi Poltavchenko

 Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan who is in Saint Petersburg with an official visit met with the governor of the northern capital of Russia Georgi Poltavchenko in Smolni. First of all Taron Margaryan once again conveyed his and all Yerevanians' condolences to his colleague upon the plane crash at Sinai peninsula which took away the lives of 224 people adding that no human being could feel indifferent to the pain of loss. Expressing gratitude for condolences and support Georgi... more →

Government to Assist Accident Survivors, Victims’ Families05.11.2015

Government to Assist Accident Survivors, Victims’ Families

 The Government held today a regular meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian. Before proceeding to the agenda, the Prime Minister suggested holding a minute of silence for the Moscow-Yerevan bus crash victims. Hovik Abrahamyan said that a government commission had been set up according to the Prime Minister’s decision, headed by Minister of Transport and Communication Gagik Beglaryan. “Healthcare Minister Armen Muradyan and Gagik Beglaryan have been in Tula... more →

Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan's congratulation on the Day of Social Worker04.11.2015

Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan's congratulation on the Day of Social Worker

 Respectable employees of the sphere of social welfare, I cordially congratulate you on the professional holiday, Social Worker's Day. It's really impossible not to appreciate your everyday work. It's particularly invaluable as it relates to the most vulnerable social groups. Unfortunately, nowadays there are still people who need our care and support. On this festive occasion I would like to thank you on behalf of the veterans of the Great Patriotic and Artsakh wars,... more →

PM Hovik Abrahamyan Welcomes Czech Catholic Church Leader Cardinal Dominik Duka04.11.2015

PM Hovik Abrahamyan Welcomes Czech Catholic Church Leader Cardinal Dominik Duka

 Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan met today with Czech Catholic Church leader, Archbishop of Prague, Cardinal Dominik Duka. Welcoming the Cardinal, the Prime Minister appreciated the spiritual affinities between the Armenian and Czech peoples, which are based on common faith and shared values. Hovik Abrahamyan thanked Dominik Duka for handing over the Holy Spirit Church in Prague to the Armenian Apostolic Church parish community of St. Gregory the Illuminator, as well as for a warm... more →