A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Government adopted a decision to tackle the housing needs for 300 young orphanage leavers. About 300 orphans will receive a home purchase certificate. Labor and Social Affairs Minister Zarouhi Batoyan noted that the State has failed to fulfill, or otherwise, has fallen short of its commitment to provide housing to orphanage leavers over the past 16 years. State and non-governmental organizations paid...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, his spouse Anna Hakobyan and their daughters attended a concert by British Jamiroquai band at Karen Demirtchian Sports Complex in Yerevan. The concert comes as part of the Silk Note Festival, which is co-hosted by the My Step Foundation, chaired by Anna Hakobyan, the Prime Minister’s spouse.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received the son of renowned French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, Nicolas Aznavour, who is the co-founder of Aznavour Foundation. The meeting was attended by Aznavour Foundation Executive Director Kristina Sarkissian. The meeting focused on the Foundation’s first cultural project – the establishment of the Aznavour Center in Yerevan, which will present the renowned singer’s life and professional career. Reference was made to the ongoing...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today received Artsakh National Assembly Homeland faction members, headed by Free Homeland party leader Arayik Haroutunyan. Highlighting the meetings held in that format, the Premier advised that meetings with Artsakh’s parliamentary factions will be held on a regular basis. “This is a good opportunity to sum up the developments in the relations with Artsakh we saw during the past one and a half years. I would like to talk about the...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received President of Greece Procopios Pavlopolos who has arrived in Armenia on official visit. Welcoming the Greek President, the Prime Minister expressed confidence that the visit would help develop and expand the friendly relations between Armenia and Greece. “Mr. President, I have kept fond recollections of our meeting in Beijing, China, held at the Forum of Asian Civilizations, where we could enjoy a detailed talk about our countries’...
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Government today discussed Healthcare Ministry‘s budget request for FY 2020. The meeting focused on the activities to be carried out in line with the Ministry’s priorities and primary tasks, as well as in pursuit of the reforms envisaged for 2020. The meeting discussed ways of improving the demographic situation and the provision of medicines, as well as on targeted state-supported programs in the field of healthcare. Building the...
