Prime Minister and MCC CEO visit Ararat marz
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan traveled to Ararat marz where he participated in the opening of the Armarsh pump station as rehabilitated in the framework of the MCA-Armenia program. The event was also attended by Millenium Challenge Corporation CEO Daniel Yhannes, Vice Prime Minister Armen Gevorkyan and U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch. MCA-Armenia made an investment equivalent of USD 2,892,000 funding the replacement of all pumps and engines, electrical devices and cables,... more »
Pension laws being codified
A cabinet sitting was held today under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. In line with the law on State pensions, effective since January 1, 2011, the government passed about a dozen of decisions to streamline the relationship associated with pension assignment, reassessment and payment. The government made a decision to provide monthly payments of AMD 25 thousand to Genocide survivors born before 1915 in the Ottoman Turkey as a supplement of pension. Mindful of... more »