RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended the Ministry of Diaspora-hosted first all-Armenian forum of lawyers in Yerevan, scheduled for September 19-20 and referred to as “The Armenian law-making thought and the threats posed by the 21st century.” The forum seeks to mobilize the aggregate potential of Armenian lawyers toward the strengthening of the Armenian statehood, formulating and discussing scientific - educational problems of nationwide importance, as well as founding an... more »
Today the RA National Competitiveness Council held its 12th enlarged session at the Government’s Guest House, chaired by RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The agenda comprised the following items: review of economic development trends worldwide and at home, submission of projects on the launching and expansion of the all-Armenian network, hearing of Competitiveness Fund’s performance report, discussion of its by-laws and rules of procedure. The session was attended by... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended today the opening ceremony for the new building of ArmSwissbank. Speaking about the Bank’s activities, Tigran Sargsyan indicated that ArmSwissBank is a dynamically developing entity. He expressed hope that it will help promote competition in the banking sector. Concerning the challenges faced by the banking sector, the head of the Armenian government said that domestic banks should be directed to sharply increase the level of lending at... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received a delegation led by Governor of Russian Federation’s Ulianovsk region Sergey Morozov. During the meeting, the Prime Minister stressed the need for developing cooperation between individual administrative units of Armenia and Russia. The Governor of Ulianovsk gave a shortlist of those cooperation arrangements reached with Shirak marz in the field of mechanical engineering, agriculture and processing industries, as well as in textile... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received today an IMF mission, led by Mark Lewis. The parties have discussed the status of ongoing joint programs.
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended today the presentation of Economy and Values Research Center-prepared “Armenia’s National Competitiveness Report - 2009” in Erebuni Plaza hotel complex of Yerevan. The report assesses Armenia’s innovational performance as compared to that of other countries, with an emphasis on the role of innovations in the formation of a knowledge-based economy. It seeks to foster an extensive dialog between the private and public... more »
The Governing Council of Millenium Challenge Account-Armenia SNCO met at the Office of Government, presided at by GC Chairman, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The Council discussed and approved a package of application and attached documents for a thirteenth disbursement under the program which will be submitted to the MCC for consideration. Under the aforementioned request, the MCA-Armenia expects to be allocated USD 16,583,699 next quarter (October – December, 2009). The... more »
Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the European Judo Cup U-20, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended the opening ceremony for the European Cup, scheduled for September 11-13 at Yerevan’s Sport and Concert Complex after K. Demirchyan. The European Judo Federation’s commemorative gold medal was handed to Tigran Sargsyan by EJF President Sergey Soloveychik. National male and female teams from 38 countries will participate in the tournament.
A session of RA government’s charitable project coordination commission took place, chaired by commission head Simon Ter-Simonyan. The commission has discussed and approved 15 projects, including: Hayastan All-Armenian Fund-financed “Installation of a milk reception station in the school building of Azatamut village Tavush marz,” and “Design of internal irrigation networks in border villages of Tavush marz,” Holy See of St Echmiadzin-implemented... more »
By RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s decision, Rubik Harutunyan was appointed RA Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations.
