PM Karen Karapetyan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology experts discuss Gyumri town development vision
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received Hashim Sarkis, Dean of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Brent Ryan, City Planning Specialist. The parties focused on their cooperation over the Gyumri town development prospects. The MIT experts said to have arrived at the invitation of the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies in order to get acquainted with the opportunities available in Gyumri and work out innovative... more »
Prime Minister discusses details of Armenian Village program with representatives of international companies
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received today the representatives of four international companies that have applied for the construction of the Armenian Village ethnographic district in Yerevan. The meeting discussed issues related to the development of the district. Reference was made to the details and the vision of the program. In this context, the Premier was told that the developers had already discussed the program in all detail with the Ministry of Culture and the Armenian... more »
PM instructs to comply with Armenia’s international commitment to combat corruption
A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan. Prior to the discussion of the agenda, the Prime Minister gave a number of instructions. The Premier’s first instruction called for the fulfillment of Armenia’s international commitments to curb corruption in the country. “We have repeatedly stated our determination to combat corruption. Last year, we initiated and implemented a number of substantive legislative and practical reforms. The... more »
Teachers’ Day Message by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan
Dear Teachers, I cordially congratulate you on your professional holiday. Your role is invaluable not only as to the transfer of knowledge, but also in terms of upbringing of the rising generations. The value system of tomorrow’s society is predetermined by your work. Educating generations is a complex and responsible mission that calls for endless dedication, which makes a calling of teacher’s profession. Today, we are at an important stage of reforms. Education is the... more »
Karen Karapetyan, Milan Štěch mindful of developing trade and economic relations
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received a delegation led by President of the Senate of Czech Republic Milan Štěch. Welcoming the guests, the Premier noted that the Czech Republic is one of Armenia’s main partners in Europe, and our country is interested in expanding and deepening cooperation in both bilateral and multilateral formats. Karen Karapetyan expressed satisfaction at the current level of the Armenian-Czech political relations. In the context of interaction, he... more »
PM: Armenian-Lithuanian trade and economic cooperation has great development potential
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received today a delegation of the Government of Lithuania, consisting of Minister of Economy Mindauñas Sinkevičius, Social Security and Labor Minister Linas Kukuraitis and other government officials. The delegation is in Armenia to attend a meeting of the Armenian-Lithuanian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation. The Prime Minister stressed that the visit of such a representative delegation testifies to the high level of... more »
Issues of international cooperation in the fight against corruption were discussed
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan called a consultative meeting to discuss issues of international cooperation in the fight against corruption and the process of fulfillment of Armenia’s commitments. The Premier was briefed on the results of implementation of the fourth-stage recommendations issued by the Council of Europe’s Anticorruption Team (GRECO). The meeting reviewed the process of implementing the Anticorruption Action Plan and the EU Budget Assistance Program for the... more »
Karen Karapetyan: Government keen to create such an environment as would allow young people to manifest their skills and participate in the development of the country
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan attended the World Economic Forum’s “Shape Eurasia-2017”conference, which is held under the motto “National Competitiveness: Form Your Advantage.” Welcoming the participants of the conference, the Prime Minister noted with satisfaction that the Global Shapers Center has grown into a well-established entity over the past five years of its operations in Yerevan and has the honor to host the conference participants.... more »
PM Briefed on Armenia’s Business Environment Improvement Process in 2017
Chaired by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, a consultation was held today in the Office of Government to discuss the implementation of the 2017 action plan aimed at improving Armenia’s business environment. It was reported that 22 out of 49 actions planned for the current year have already been completed. The remaining 27 are in progress, and they are expected to come to completion by the end of November as planned. Our country is expected to improve its position in the World... more »
Inspection Agencies’ Joint Appeals Commission Holds Meeting
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan chaired a meeting of RA Joint Appeals Commission of Inspection Agencies, which was held in the Office of Government. The meeting discussed four applications filed against the decisions made by the Board of Appeals of RA State Revenue Committee’s tax and customs authorities. After discussing the substantiations and arguments provided in the appeals, the Commission decided to decline all of the four applications.
