A new system of co-settlement to be tested in healthcare
Chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, the Government met in a regular session at the Office of Government. The Government made changes to one of its previous decisions approving the procedure set for experimental application of a new method of service payment by means of co-settlement within the framework of State-guaranteed medical aid and health services. Co-settlement is the gap between the State-administered treatment price and the medical institution-determined cost-price of a... more »
MCA-Armenia Governing Council meeting
MCA-Armenia SNCO governing council met, chaired by council head, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The Council discussed and approved a package of application and attached documents for a sixteenth disbursement under the program subject to MCC approval. According to the application, MCA-Armenia expects to get USD 25, 046.945 million for the third quarter of 2010 (July - September). The quasi-totality of this sum will be funneled toward the Irrigated Agriculture project, with the balance... more »
“The Government is mindful of IT challenges,” the Prime Minister stated
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended today the opening of DigiTec Business-2010 third annual forum-exposition. Held under the Prime Minister’s high patronage from June 9 through June 10, 2010, this forum is meant to promote a sustained dialog between business and technologies in an effort to help expand the IT sector in the Republic of Armenia. Addressing the forum, the head of government stressed its role in developing information technologies in Armenia. Noting that the IT... more »
Foundation by-laws approved
International Pan-Armenian Youth Center foundation board of trustees met at the Office of Government, chaired by president of board of trustees, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. In compliance with the proposals made at the meeting, the council discussed and approved the new draft of foundation by-laws under which the latter was renamed into Hayastan Youth Foundation. Under another agenda item, Karen Avagyan was appointed to be foundation council coordinator. Tigran Sargsyan... more »
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s statement in National Assembly on 2009 RA State budget performance report
The 2009 State budget performance report was discussed in all detail during the joint sitting of parliamentary commissions. Now, I would like to clear up the rationale behind the government’s anti-crisis program which is broken down in figures in the report at issue. Firstly, it should be noted that our financial and economic systems, as well as the welfare network met with serious threats last year. Amid the stated 14.2% downturn, Armenia’s financial, economic and welfare... more »
The head of government received the delegation of “Sitronics” company
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received the delegation of Russian “Sitronics” company top executives, led by company president Sergey Aslanyan. The parties referred to joint programs. In particular, they discussed the possibility of establishing a venture fund and an innovation-technology-based free economic zone on the site of RAO Mars CJSC.
The Prime Minister makes a point of using Italian know-how in tourism
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan welcomed a delegation led by Milan regional council president Bruno Dappey. Greeting the guests, the Prime Minister expressed high opinion of today’s level of bilateral economic and cultural ties. He stressed the need for making a better use of the existing potentialities through diversified economic interaction. Tigran Sargsyan made a point of establishing and developing direct ties between the region of Milan and Kotayk marz of Armenia. Tigran... more »
The Prime Minister took part in the startup of “Clean Homeland” national program
Today, on the International Day of Nature Protection, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan took part in the startup of a cleanup effort in Hrazdan gorge referred to as the Three Bridges project as implemented within the framework of the national program initiated by the Prime Minister of Armenia under the “Clean Homeland” nationwide program. The program was developed by an interdepartmental task force established by the Prime Minister’s decision to carry out a cleanup and... more »
Continued cooperation between RA State agencies and EU Advisory Group
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received EU Advisory Group members, led by Head of EU Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Raul Lutzenberger. Head of EU Delegation to Armenia Raul de Luzenberger thanked the Prime Minister for reception. He assured of the Group’s continued assistance with the ongoing preparations for the signing of a free trade agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the European Union. Head of EU Advisory Group to Armenia Rolf Boehnke described the... more »
Landslide consequences to be eliminated
Chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, the Government met in a regular session at the Office of Government. The Government decided that water intake quota from Lake Sevan should rise up to 144.5 million cubic meters for the irrigation season 2010. The Cabinet made amendments to the decree adopted on May 18, 2006 on approval of the procedure to follow in legalizing unauthorized buildings. The new decision is expected to define economic leverages for preventing construction of... more »
