Parliament convenes emergency session
11:00,
YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. The Parliament of Armenia convened an emergency session today.
The decision was approved today by the Council of the Parliament.
6 items are on agenda of the emergency session.
11:34,
YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan met on June 27 with Philip Rose, Executive Director at Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Austria, Germany, Turkey, Luxembourg and UK, and ADB Armenia Director Paolo Spantigati, the finance ministry said.
In his remarks Minister Khachatryan highlighted the 15th anniversary of the cooperation with ADB, stating that the regular meetings with the Bank especially in this unpredictable time period are very important.
Philip Rose in turn said that Armenia is a country of great opportunities, and the ADB is ready to always assist the ongoing projects here.
The sides exchanged views on private sector development, public investments, development of state infrastructure programs, etc.
12:44,
YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. 139 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Armenia in the past one week, the ministry of health said.
The total number of confirmed cases has reached 423,243.
4780 tests were conducted within a week.
1 death case has been registered. The death toll has risen to 8626.
The number of recoveries rose by 62, bringing the total to 412,755.
The number of active cases is 178.
13:03,
YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. The delegation led by Mayor of Yerevan Hrachya Sargsyan is on an official visit in Marseille, Lyon and Paris at the invitation of the mayors of these cities, the Yerevan City Hall said in a statement.
Hrachya Sargsyan will participate in the events marking the 30th anniversary of Yerevan-Marseille partnership, the 4th Armenian-French decentralized cooperation conference in Lyon, the climate change summit in Abidjan. The Mayor will also have meetings with his counterparts of Marseille, Lyon and Paris.
The Yerevan City Hall’s delegation will also visit a number of city economy management structures.
The visit will end on July 7.
13:35,
YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. Rain with thunderstorm is forecast in Armenia’s capital of Yerevan after the daytime of June 27, on June 28-30 and on July 1-2 in the evening hours, the ministry of environment said.
Air temperature across the Republic will gradually rise by 6-9 degrees on June 27-30.
As for the weather in Artsakh, no precipitation is expected in the Republic on June 27 and 28.
14:52,
YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. On June 26 Anna Hakobyan, the spouse of the Armenian prime minister, was hosted at the Parsamian cultural complex in Nice on the sidelines of her visit in France. She was accompanied by High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs of Armenia Zareh Sinanyan, Anna Hakobyan’s Office said.
The PM’s spouse toured the college, got acquainted with the history of the foundation of school, the key events and traditions.
The Parsamian College is celebrating this year the 35th anniversary of its foundation. 85 students study in the College now. The school has maintained the entire component of the Armenian language.
Anna Hakobyan had a meeting with the executives of the College, the representatives of the community, and members of Parliament. The exchange of views was followed by an event marking the 35th anniversary of the foundation of the College.
The leadership of the College thanked Anna Hakobyan for accepting the invitation to participate in the event, highlighting the importance of her visit both for the College and the Armenian community of Nice.
In his remarks Member of Parliament Éric Ciotti said his close ties with the Armenian community have a history of decades. He expressed hope that the Armenian-French ties will further intensify thanks to the current leadership of Armenia. “In 2018 we were closely following the events in Armenia. What the Armenian people did led by Mr. Pashinyan was a major step of democracy”, he said.
In her turn Anna Hakobyan said that the Armenian community of France with its rich history and heritage, high reputation within the French society, is one of the most important communities of the Diaspora.
“When I received the invitation on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the foundation of the Parsamian College, I couldn’t reject it because any topic connected with education is familiar and close to me. Parsamian College is really unique: being a French public school, it keeps the entire component of Armenian education while teaching, starting from Armenian language up to Armenian culture, song, dance and theater”, Anna Hakobyan said.
She highlighted the fact that the first congress of Armenian schools of Diaspora was held in the Parsamian College.
“Let us once again express our gratitude to the founder philanthropists of the school – Thoros, Lucy and Suzanne Parsamian. Let there be many such significant jubilees in the Armenian community of Côte d’Azur, let Armenian topics always remain on agenda and be discussed in the native language”, Anna Hakobyan said, expressing hope that their next meeting will take place in Yerevan.
14:59,
YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. On May 21-27, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh David Babayan was on a working visit to the Russian Federation, the ministry said.
In Moscow and a number of other cities, the Foreign Minister of Artsakh had meetings with representatives of political, information, public, scientific-educational circles, the Armenian community of Russia and the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Issues related to the current situation and possible developments in the region, the role of Artsakh in regional geopolitical processes, the prospects for the settlement of the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict, and further deepening of the Artsakh-Diaspora relations were discussed.
15:16,
YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired a consultation today relating to the agenda and process of education reforms, the PM’s Office said.
Issues relating to the development of strategy in education sector and in this context the higher, professional education and general education reforms were discussed.
The meeting participants touched upon the regulations proposed by the draft law on Higher Education and Science, the criteria for the quality of higher education and the strategic guidelines, the study opportunities in foreign languages and other topics. The process of reform of professional education was presented. The works launched in general education field were discussed.
Prime Minister Pashinyan said education reform is one of the absolute priorities of the government, highlighting the need to go to strategic solutions in this area. He added that it is necessary to intensively continue the discussions on education strategy, focusing on solving issues of forming education content, physical infrastructure and high-quality professional staff.
Armenian MP steps down
15:25,
YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. Member of Parliament Artur Davtyan has submitted a resignation letter today, the Parliament’s press service said.
Artur Davtyan is a member of the ruling Civil Contract faction of the Parliament.
15:35,
YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s economic activity index increased by 10.2% in January-May 2022 compared to January-May 2021, the Statistical Committee said.
The industrial production volume increased by 2.7%, that of construction by 11.4% in January-May 2022 compared to the same period of 2021.
8.9% increase was registered in trade turnover in the same period.
The services volume recorded 24.9% increase.
The consumer price index increased by 7.7% in January-May 2022.
The index of industrial production prices increased by 9.6%, and the electricity production volume by 13.1%.
36.6% increase was registered in external trade turnover volumes. The export growth comprised 27.5%, and the import growth – 42.2%.
The dram exchange rate against the US dollar comprised 477.34 drams in January-May 2022.