An extraordinary cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Government decided to extend the state of emergency, which was declared on March 16, 2020 for 30 days from April 14 through May 14, 2020, 17:00 local time. As part of the proposed amendment, Chapter 7 of the above decision on state of emergency that dealt with media activity restrictions shall be declared invalid. The following change concerns the Compulsory Enforcement Service: during the...
Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Government holds daily discussions on further steps to curb the adverse consequences of COVID-19. Today’s regular meeting summed up the interim results of the monitoring of government-approved activities. It was reported on the implementation of economic and social assistance programs, proposals were presented to improve some of the proposed measures. In this context, Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan touched on the...
The process of implementing credit programs in the system of public administration, healthcare and social spheres was discussed today during a consultation chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. In particular, it was reported that the goal of the 3rd credit program on modernization of the public sector, underway since 2016, is the introduction of an electronic management system, as well as digitization tools in the public administration. The program is expected to complete in 2022....
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today chaired a meeting of the Coronavirus Response Task Force. Healthcare Minister Arsen Torosyan gave updated COVID-19 statistics and information on infected patients’ health status. Emergency Situation Commandant, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan recommended extending the state of emergency for 30 days and maintaining the nationwide lockdown, including the restrictions on people’s free movement, public transport and inter-regional...
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Government held another discussion of anti-crisis measures to curb the adverse economic impact of COVID-19. The Premier was briefed on the progress in the ongoing social programs. Assistance is being provided under the 7th program. The lists of the 8th program beneficiaries are being finalized. The application procedures for the 9th and 10th activities are being worked out and will start to function from next week after expedited circulation...
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Commission for Coordination of Anti-Pandemic Action met today in the Office of Government. Minister of Healthcare Arsen Torosyan gave updated statistics of confirmed infections in Armenia. He reported on the dynamics and health status of those infected. Deputy Prime Minister, Emergency Situations Commandant Tigran Avinyan touched upon the steps taken as part of the Government’s anti-pandemic policy. He noted that the proposed IT tools,...
