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Nikol Pashinyan Forms Government
Artsvik Minasyan from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), formerly an MP, was appointed RA Minister of Economic Development and Investments. Previously he hold the post.... Read More »
‘Inflation Is Inevitable:’ Armenian Parliament Passes Amendments to Excise Tax Law
Lawmaker Khachatur Kokobelyan, in turn, stated that the amendments would affect local producers negatively. “Have you though of what would happen in the event that some productions – of vodka or cigarettes...Read More »
Public Opinion Matters, But Ultimate Decision Belongs to Parliament: MP on Community Enlargement Project
Public opinion should be taken into account, but that does not mean that the National Assembly can't make a decision contradicting the results of the referendum. Naturally, no reform is adopted through consensus...Read More »
Who Votes Against or For and Who Doesn’t Vote At All in Armenian Parliament
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF-D) faction members usually abstain during votes in the National Assembly. The party’s secretary Artsvik Minasyan has abstained 194 times...Read More »
Voting Most in Favor of Legislative Proposals are Republican Party of Armenia MPs
Voting in favor the most for various legislative packages at the National Assembly's fifth convocation (operating since May 31, 2012) were ruling Republican Party of...Read More »
‘Not Manly’: Members of Ruling Party Adopt Revised Law on Funded Pension System
"Never in my life have I felt so humiliated. You are adopting a law that you know 80% of society opposes. We need a recess," said Prosperous Armenia Party...Read More »
MP Compared Enthusiasm of Court’s Ruling on Pension System with Armenia-Turkey Match
With its new draft law on the funded pension system, the Armenian government is bursting the enthusiasm society had after the Constitutional Court's ruling...Read More »
Reducing Income Tax May Lead to Increase in Shadow Economy: MP
The bill the government is proposing aims to reduce income tax from 3.5% to 1% for those business entities that have an annual turnover of 58.3 million AMD.Read More »
Prosperous Armenia Party, Dashnaktsutyun Complain About Government’s Proposed Program
There is no analysis of the current situation is in the government program; moreover, there isn't a single criticism, said Prosperous Armenia Party MP Stepan Margaryan...Read More »
PM Not Ready to Relinquish Supervisory Bodies to the Opposition
RA Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan said in parliament today that he never promised that he is ready to see opposition candidates in supervisory bodies.Read More »