A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The beneficiaries of this event are recent students in a paid system of undergraduate, graduate and clinical residency programs, with an average grade of 90 or more percent of the highest grade for the entire period of study until the end of the first half of the 2019-2020 academic year, students of other courses in these categories, average the rating indicator of which is 90 percent or more. The government...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hosted a group of MPs representing the economic bloc of My Step, Prosperous Armenia and Bright Armenia parliamentary factions. Addressing the guests, the Prime Minister first touched on the government’s anti-crisis efforts. “As you may know, the government has so far adopted 13 anti-crisis programs. Tomorrow’s Cabinet meeting will at least feature another such program aimed at reimbursing tuition fees. We are also planning to make some...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today held a regular consultation on the government’s anti-crisis action plan. The meeting first summed up the results of daily monitoring of 13 government-approved programs. The following was reported on the economic assistance measures: within the framework of the first measure 249 credit applications worth 13,159 million drams have been approved; within the framework of the second measure 2943 applications were approved, out of which 2632 -...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today held a regular consultation on the government’s anti-crisis action plan. The discussion focused on agriculture support programs and long-term development prospects. The meeting was attended by the heads of the agencies concerned, MPs, experts, banking system and civil society representatives. Addressing those present, Prime Minister Pashinyan noted: “Dear colleagues, This is the format in which we discuss our anti-crisis efforts....
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, a consultative meeting was held to discuss the draft five-year development strategy of Armenia’s healthcare system. Healthcare Minister Arsen Torosyan presented the strategic principles set out in the draft, its main goals. In this context, he dwelt on the problems faced in the healthcare sector. The strategy seeks to raise the overall level of public health, enhance average life expectancy, root out the causes of child and maternal...
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, discussions continue on actions aimed at minimizing the adverse socioeconomic impact of COVID-19. New proposals were presented at today’s meeting, which discussed ways of supporting universities and students. Tuition fee compensation mechanisms and student loans for high-performing students were on the agenda. In this connection, the Premier emphasized that not a single student with high academic performance should be fired for failure...
