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Armenia Highlights TIGRAN SARGSYAN: AGRI- SEVEN ARMENIANS TO CULTURE WILL BE PRIORITY RUN FOR ELECTION TO FOR THE PARLIAMENT OF ARMENIA IN 2011 PAGE 3 TURKEY pAge 5 ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS Weekly Digest of the Government of Armenia January 25-31, 2011 THEMA “Quote of the week” “no incidences of VAT refund delAys or non- pAymenTs have been recorded oVer The lAsT Two yeArs And They will be ruled ouT AheAd.“ WORKING VISIT OF PRESIDENT TigrAn SargsyAn prime minisTer of rA SERZH SARGSYAN TO GERMANY on february 4, the delegation head- is in germany on a working visit, at ed by president serzh sargsyan ar- the conclusion of the first day of the rived to the federal republic of munich security policy conference germany on a working visit to partic- met today with the minister of for- Upcoming Events ipate at the security policy confer- eign Affairs of Australia Kevin rudd. ence which commenced in munich. The president of Armenia discussed The conference brought together with the head of the Australian for- FEBRUARY 16: Working visit of leaders of states and governments eign office the Armenian-Australian PM of Georgia to Armenia from a dozen states and many in- bilateral relations and prospects for ternational organizations, heads of their development as well as issues FEBRUARY 25-28: “Bridge 2011 foreign affairs and defense agen- pertinent to the cooperation of the two “ economic forum to be hosted in cies, other high ranking officials. states in international organizations. Tsaghkadzor The agenda of the munich confer- The parties highlighted the bridging role ence contains a number of important of the Armenian community in the de- issues which relate to the challeng- velopment of bilateral relations, which es of global policies. discussions in their opinion could also consider- will be held in the framework of ably promote the trade and economic the official segment of the con- cooperation. They also spoke about the ference and also during numerous possibilities of attracting Australian in- USEFUL LINKS informal meetings of the partici- vestments into the Armenian economy. • www.president.am pants. Today, among other topics on february 5, president serzh sarg- • www.gov.am the participants of the conference syan will continue to participate at the • www.parliament.am will discuss issues pertinent to the works of the security policy conference • www.mfa.am impact of the financial crisis on and will also hold bilateral meetings. • www.armenpress.am the global stability and security. February 4, 2011 www.president.am • www.panarmenian.net president serzh sargsyan, who • www.matenadaran.am ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS CHRONICA PENSION-LINES TO BE RULED OUT HEADLINES OF eminding his previous directive concern- ment of VAT for over AMD 300mn worth THE WEEK Ring the streamlining of the process of of goods imported by SPAyKA ltd in the • FEBRUARY 1: Armenia may pension payment, prime minister asked the period between february 1, 2011 and decem- lease Ukraine-manufactured buses minister of labor and social Affairs what ber 31, 2013. under the investment program, • AH had been done to that end. based on the com- a 24ha wide greenhouse complex and a fruit • FEBRUARY 2: Armenian Ombudsman ments of the minister, and vegetable process- submits resignation letter to parliament the prime minister ing plant will be built • AH concluded that as from in Armenia owing to • FEBRUARY 3: Armenia, Italy to ex- this march the pension- which imports will be pand interparliamentary cooperation ers will no longer have taken up to 70 thousand • to stand in line while tons a year with 500 • FEBRUARY AH4: iPhone App getting their pensions. new jobs available at dedicated to Armenian Geno- The government de- the plant. Another deci- cide recognition to be developed cided to defer until feb- sion was passed to ex- • ruary 1, 2014 the pay- tend until April 30, 2012 • FEBRUARY 5: Synop- the temporary import regime for such goods as will be imported by VKs Armenia ltd under sys Armenia educational pro- specific declarations. The company currently employs 335 persons most of which are wom- gram to be introduced in JNTU en. A new clothing factory will be set up in Amasia community of shirak marz. in this con- • AH nection, the prime minister stressed the need for giving wide public coverage to the forego- • FEBRUARY 6: Armenian Geno- ing decisions and charged the minister of economy to inform the public on a regular basis. cide: Sweden ready to sacrifice The government allocated AMD 10012000.0 thousand from its reserve fund to address the historic truth to please Turkey problems faced in the provinces. prime minister Tigran sargsyan said the decision had been • AH passed based on a presidential directive aimed at raising rural population’s living standards. • FEBRUARY 7: Expert: or- The executive approved a package of amendments to several previous decrees in or- ganization of “Twitter revo- der to streamline household vulnerability assessment and certification process- lution” in Armenia not easy es or establish alternative procedures to that effect. At the same time, it was decid- AH ed that the household evaluation (registration) operations scheduled for the months of January and february, 2011 will be carried out on february 11 and march 11, 2011 respectively. According to the prime minister, these measures seek to define the targets of the govern- CONstITUTION - A NORM OF ment’s social programs. The findings of the control chamber and the ministry of labor and LIFE AND BEHAVIOR social Affairs evidence several irregularities available in the lists of beneficiaries. The gov- ernment’s initiative will help save up additional funds to boost the level of welfare benefits. February 3, 2011 full story www.gov.am THE NEWLY APPOINTED AMBAssADOR OF IRELAND PRESENts THE COPIES OF HIS CREDENTIALS TO THE MINIstER OF FOR- EIGN AFFAIRS OF ARMENIA EDWARD NALBANDIAN pressed confidence that the newly ebruary 6 is the 15th Anniversary of rA appointed Ambassador of ireland fconstitutional court (rA CC). in 1996- will have his important contribution 2010 rA CC made 931 rulings as a result of to the development of bilateral rela- final hearings. only during the last 4 years rA tions between Armenia and ireland. CC received 208 applications by abstract order, The sides stressed the importance of and 1327 applications by specific order, legal the necessity of intensification of po- advices were delivered to 2265 citizens. 7.6% litical dialogue and trade-economic of applications presented to rA CC by specif- ties through the expansion of high- ic order in the period from July 1, 2006 till the level reciprocal visits, regular con- beginning of the current year were admitted sultations and legal-contractual field. for investigation. by the way, the average eu- n december 7, the Armenian in the course of the meeting pos- ropean index is 3-5%. during the same period oforeign minister edward nal- sibilities of interaction in interna- on 37 cases investigated on the basis of 88 in- bandian received John ruan, the tional organizations, as well as in dividual applications, the provisions which lit- newly appointed Ambassador of the frameworks of the eastern part- igated the laws were recognized not conform- ireland to Armenia (residence in nership program were discussed. ing to the constitution and were invalidated. sofia) on the occasion of present- The sides also touched upon a within the framework of the events, dedicated ing the copies of his credentials. number of regional issues and to the 15th anniversary of the constitutional minister nalbandian congratu- the ways of their solutions. court, an exhibition, titled “constitution and lated Ambassador ruan on the oc- February 7, 2011 www.mfa.am Art”, was also opened yesterday at the rA CC. casion of his appointment and ex- February 5 2011, full story www.hhpress.am 2 AH ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS RES PUBLICA THE ARMENIAN CHEss FEDERATION HELD Its ANNUAL “who Are The ArmeniAns?” CONFERENCE booK by susAn Pattie pub- board and set were the main directions for lished in london the federation’s activities in 2011-2012. later, there took place the elections for the president and members of the board. The activities of the federation for 2009- 2010 were assessed as satisfactory. president serzh sargsyan was reelected the president of the Armenian chess federation. elected were also 64 members of the board. n february 1, at the Tigran petros- later, there took place the award giving cer- osian chess palace, the Armenian emony for the winners of the premier group chess federation held its annual confer- of the Armenian championship. president ence to hear reports and elect new offi- serzh sargsyan handed awards to the cham- ho Are the Armenians?” cials. The conference was chaired by the pion of Armenia for 2011 robert hovan- “wbook by susan pattie with president of Armenia, president of the Ar- nissian, silver and bronze winners samvel gagik stepan–sarkissian and maral menian chess federation serzh sargsyan. Ter-sahakian and Zaven Andriassian. it was Kerovpyan was published in london. At the conference presented were the re- noted that for the first time in the history of This is a guide for both children and port on the federation’s activities in the national championships, all participants adults to learn about the Armenian 2009-2010, the report of the control of this tournament were grand masters. people., a source in london told pan- February 1, 2011 full story www.president.am ARMENIAn.net 2 COMPANIES WIN TENDER FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOMETRIC PAss- Aimed at children aged 5 – 12, the PORts IN ARMENIA book brings the 3000-year-old Arme- ublic relations manager of the ment will adopt the final decision after nian history and culture to life through PAgency for government purchases consideration of the projects.
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