North-South Road Corridor Investment Program Governing Council approved tender results
The North-South Road Corridor Investment Program Governing Council met at the Office of Government, chaired by council head, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The council approved the composition of the commission assessing the results of first-tranche construction technical oversight- and second-tranche detailed engineering project consultancy-related tender held under the North-South Road Corridor Investment Program. RA Minister of Transport and Communications Manuk Vardanyan reported... more »
Armenian-Chinese technical cooperation agreement was signed
Attended by RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, a technical cooperation agreement was signed between the government of the People’s Republic of China and the government of the Republic of Armenia in the Office of RA Government. The two governments have also signed a letter and message on behalf of the government of the Republic of Armenia, as well as a similar letter and message on behalf of the government of the People’s Republic of China. The documents were signed by Armenian... more »
Jubilee commissions met in a session
Today a session of jubilee commissions on preparation of 750th anniversary of medieval Armenian architect, miniaturist and master of “khahkars” Momik and 150th anniversary of great artist Vardges Surenyants was held at the Office of Government, presided at by chairman of the commissions, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The session discussed a broad range of yearlong events to be held in both Yerevan and marzes under various cultural programs subject to the... more »
The head of the government received students - economists
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received ten students - winners of the contest of student’s abstracts entitled “I am tackling the crisis” which was held a year ago. It was organized by Mediamax news agency with the assistance of RA Government and CBA. The authors of best works who are students of Yerevan State University and State Economics University of Armenia presented their views on Armenia’s economic position. A year later, the authors of 10 best works were... more »
The Prime Minister visits a Children’s Day-dedicated exposition
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited the opening of a International Children’s Day-dedicated exposition at the Armenian Popular Arts Museum. Co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture, the Armenian Popular Arts Museum, the Armenian Painters’ Union of the World, the Araratian Patriarchal Diocese and Armentel CJSC, the exposition is held under the high patronage of Armenia’s Prime Minister. Tigran Sargsyan walked round the stands getting acquainted with the wide range of... more »
Challenges and responses discussed at the ITDSC sitting
The Information Technology Development Support Council met at the Office of Government, chaired by Council Chair, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. Before proceeding to the agenda, the meeting reviewed the implementation status of previous sittings’ assignments. Council members were reported on the pace of preparations for the ArmTech-2010. They were introduced to the essence of the concept note on formation of e-society in Armenia. The Prime Minister emphasized that a... more »
www.gov.am and www.e-gov.am websites presented
Head of Republic of Armenia Government Staff David Sargsyan gave a news conference to present the RA government’s renovated www.gov.am and newly launched www.e-gov.am websites. David Sargsyan noted that there were two reasons behind the renovation of www.gov.am website: to have a dynamic site and achieve maximum transparency. Another improvement was the change in the design of the website: instead of the former red background the site is made out in orange which symbolizes one of the... more »
Business development conditions being improved
Chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, the Government held a regular session at the Office of Government. The Government invalidated two previous decisions making it possible for different organizations and individual businessmen to get their taxpayer registration numbers through the RA State Register in parallel to the process of registration. To this end, the tax authority has allowed online access to its automated data bases. Thereby, any taxpayer will be registered and granted a... more »
Mining sector development emphasized at a meeting with the World Bank delegation
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received a WB delegation led by South Caucasus Leading Economist Pedro Rodriguez. The meeting was attended by head of the World Bank Yerevan office Aristomene Varudakis. The parties have discussed details of present and future cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the World Bank. In particular, mining sector development was prioritized during the meeting. The need for having improved legislation on the use of subsoil was... more »
Developed gardening to help generate new jobs
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan paid a working visit to Tavush marz to get acquainted with the course of implementation of Tamara Fruit JSC-initiated organic gardens’ project. Tamara Fruit is one of those private companies having been subsidized to the amount of AMD 300mn under the government’s anti-crisis program thanks to the Operative Staff. AMD 170mn has been drawn from this sum which is meant to finance construction of organic gardens in Armenia. The project seeks to... more »
