New Year’s Message by RA Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan
Dear Compatriots, I have the honor and the opportunity to address you with New Year and Christmas congratulations. May your families be blessed with much happiness, homely warmth, love and solidarity in the New Year! As usual, we summarize the outgoing year in the run-up to the New Year. The annual economic performance will be better than we expected in 2016, and positively different from the indicators of other countries in the region. To cope with all the problems facing the... more »
PM Hosts Mass Media Representatives on New Year, Christmas Holidays
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan hosted mass media representatives on the occasion of New Year and Christmas holidays. The Premier congratulated the media representatives on the upcoming Holiday Season, wishing them good health, happiness, love, peace and homely warmth in their families. “We all dream of seeing our country better and stronger, and in this regard, you have an extremely important mission and responsibility to complete. You can highlight issues of public interest,... more »
Prime Minister Karapetyan: “The Government will be working under pressure in 2018”
A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan. Before discussing the agenda issues, the Prime Minister thanked the members of his government for joint work. “Today, we are holding this year’s last Cabinet meeting. During the first 15 days of January, we will be summarizing and presenting to the public what we have done so far, while over the next 15 days we will formulate the tasks of 2018 with the ministries and government agencies,”... more »
Jubilee Commission for Preparation and Coordination of Events Dedicated to 2800th Anniversary of Yerevan Founding Holds Meeting
Chaired by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, the jubilee commission for preparation and coordination of events dedicated to Yerevan’s 2800th anniversary met today in the Office of Government. Deputy Mayor of Yerevan Aram Sukiasyan presented the program of events dedicated to the anniversary celebration, after which a number of organizational issues were discussed. The Premier made a point of ensuring close cooperation between the Town Hall of Yerevan and the public agencies in... more »
Government Discusses Legislative Amendments on Enhanced Safety Regulations for Installation and Operation of Gas Cylinders
Chaired by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, a consultation was held in the Office of Government to discuss legislative amendments aimed at streamlining activities related to installation and regular certification of gas cylinders for motor vehicles to run on compressed natural or oil gas. It was reported that the proposed amendments are meant to streamline the complex of activities related to the installation and periodic certification of gas cylinders for motor vehicles to run on... more »
Digital Armenia Fund Board of Trustees Holds Meeting
Chaired by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, the Board of Trustees of the Digital Armenia Fund met today in the Office of Government. Digital Armenia Fund Executive Director Edward Nersisyan presented the Fund’s 2017 activity report. The report details the activities projected and implemented under the 2017 program aimed developing electronic systems and a digital environment in all spheres of public administration, namely taking stock of digitization strategies in the public... more »
Center for Strategic Initiatives Presents 2017 Annual Activity Report
Chaired by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, the Board of Trustees of the Center for Strategic Initiatives (CSI) Foundation held a meeting in the CSI Office. The meeting reviewed the Center’s annual report on the activities carried out in 2017 and discussed the action plan for 2018. CSI Executive Director Aleksandr Khachaturyan reported back on the ongoing activities in the fields of public administration, tax and customs administration, tourism, education,... more »
Karen Karapetyan: “We will have qualitatively different territorial administration in 2018”
Chaired by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, a consultative meeting was held in the Office of Government, attended by heads of various government departments and governors. The Premier noted that the meeting was organized to discuss next year’s plans and activities, as well as ways of improving local administration efficiency in 2018. “2018 will be a very exciting, busy and dynamic year. What are the goals, tasks and objectives to achieve? It is obvious that economic activity... more »
Government Set to Enhance Regional Investment Programs’ Efficiency
Today, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan chaired a working consultation to look at ways of improving efficiency in the investment and business programs submitted from different regions of Armenia. Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Development Varazdat Karapetyan reported that 80 applications had not been approved, but they were reassessed and 19 of then could be eligible for funding after undergoing the prescribed procedure. Prime Minister Karapetyan instructed the heads... more »
Joint Appeals Commission of Inspection Agencies Holds Meeting
Chaired by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, the RA Joint Appeals Commission of Inspection Agencies met today in the Office of Government. The Commission discussed three applications filed against the decisions made by the Board of Appeals of Tax and Customs Authorities of RA State Revenue Committee. After discussing the substantiations and arguments provided in the applications, the Commission decided to comply with one of the applications and decline the other two.
