On June 18-22 Economic Conference will be held in Sankt-Peteresburg. On June 18 the delegation of the Armenian Parliament led by the speaker Mr Armen Khachatryan, will leave for Moscow to participate in the works of the conference. The chairman of the permanent parliamentarian commission on fiinance, credit, budget and economy issues Mr Gagik Minasyan, the vice-chairman of the same commission Mr...

Taking into account Armenian government initiative and guided by 70th clause of the Constitution, republic's president Robert Kocharyan Friday issued an edict on helding extraordinary parliamentary session on June 18, at 12:00.

Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan has completed his visit to Italy. Oskanyan met with the Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Commission on Foreign Relationship, Gustavo Selva on Friday and with former Prime Minister and acting senator Julio Andreotti on Saturday. Issues relating to Armenia foreign policy and South Caucasus regional problems were discussed at the meetings.

Today president Robert Kocharyan met the representatives of youth's and students' organizations.During the meeting matters on the youth's and students' problems were referred to. It was also spoken about the youth's and students' standpoints on the matters of grave importance for the country.On the issue on social problems the president said it was impossible to solve all of them at once as crisis...

Armenian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan left for Uzbekistan Wednesday. Vardan Oskanyan met with his Uzbeki counterpart Abdulaziz Camilov. Both sided were underlined that two countries relationship is in need to be raised on a new level. Opportunities of establishing Uzbeki embassy in Armenia and Armenian embassy in Uzbekistan were considered. A protocol on cooperation between...

Armenian President Robert Kocharyan received newly appointed French Co-Chairman of OSCE Minsk Group Hugue Perne today. The officials exchanged their thoughts over today’s stage of Karabakhi conflict settlement and spoke on Minsk Group’s further activityas well.

Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sarkisyan received newly appointed French co-chairman of OSCE Minsk Group Hugue Perne and French ambassador to Armenia Henry Cuny on Wednesday, as reported by MEDIAMAX news agency. Prospects of Nagorno-Karabakh republic status and peaceful solution to Karabakkhi conflict were discussed at the meeting. Issues relating to regional development were discussed as well.

Speaker of Armenian National Assembly Armen Khachatryan congratulated Wednesday Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan on his birthday: "DEAR MR. PRIME MINISTER Happy birthday to you! I wish you happiness, health and good luck in your important and complicated work for the welfare of the country and people".

Today president Robert Kocharyan hold a work deliberation with the participation of the Ministers of National Security, Trade and Economic Development, Finance and Economics, State Revenues, the General Prosecutor of Armenia, the chairman of Customs Committee and other Departments interested.President stated businessmen had recently given warnings of illegal and ungrounded interferences by management...

On June 10 the president of the Republic of Armenia signed two more laws passed by the National Assembly of RA. Those are the Law "On providing privileges to the fund "Gafeschyan Museum" in tax, customs and obligatory payments" and the Law "On Additions to the Law on Import and Export of Values of Culture"

Speaker of Armenian National Assembly Aram Khachatryan received Monday the Chinese parliamentary delegation, headed by Timur Davamat, the Deputy Chairman of the Chinese Assembly’s Committee of Popular Representatives. There is not discord in the Armenian-Chinese political relations and development of economic ties, advantageous to both countries, can become the best proof of it, says Khachatryan. Davamat,...

Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan received the President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Arkadi Ghukassyan today. They spoke about economic and political issues at the meeting. The issues relating to upcoming presidential elections in NKR were discussed as well.

On June the 7-th Garegin the Second, the Catholicos of all the Armenians, received Hans-Wolf Bartels, Germany's ambassador of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia.The Catholicos welcomed the ambassador's first visit to Saint Echmiadzin Church and stated that Church is in good relations with Germany's Embassy and co-operates with the legation in Armenia.Thanking officially for the reception,...

Turkey's military delegation, led by General Huseyn Kivrioghli, the head of General Staff of Turkey's armed forces, will pay a work visit to Tbilisi on June the 10-th.As Media Max Agency releases, Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze will decorate Kivrioghli with the "Order of Honour" "for the contribution to the development of military collaboration between 2 countries".

On June the 5-th meetings with Jeskar d'Estend, the chairman of European Convent, were held. Mr. d'Estend's Office is engaged in the issues on expansion of European Union and structural changes.On the same day Minister Oskanyan met Mr. Watson, the chairman of Liberal party of European Parliament. The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs visited European Union's Office for the Armenian Problem.

On June 5, 2002 the president Robert Kocharyan signed the following laws having been passed in the National Assembly: "About Local Government", "About Proving Food Security", "About Changes to the Law on Education"

President Robert Kocharyan signed Tuesday the Multi-Apartment Building Administration Law and the Condominiums Law passed by National Assembly. He signed also the Act on making amendments in Armenia’s Civil Code and the Armenian Holidays and Commemoration Days Law.

Today in Moscow Andranik Margarayn, the Prime-Minister of Armenia met Ilya Klebanov, the co-chairman of Armenian-Russian intergovernmental economic Commission. Issues on the execution of the agreements for process of paying the debts to Russia were discussed.Mr. Klebanov informed Armenian Prime-Minister that he would visit Armenia in the second decade of June to finish the negotiation process and to sign the last documents.

Today in Moscow a session of CIS Prime-Ministers' council of was held. Armenian Prime-Minister Andranik Margaryan took part in it. Before the session Mr. Margaryan received Avtandil Jorbenadze, the Georgian State Minister. They referred to issues that were interesting for both sides. Mr. Jorbenadze was interested in the draft on construction of Iran-Armenia gas pipe-line, saying that issue on Georgia'...

Today Daniel Buchan / residence Athens /, the Croatian newly-appointed Ambassador of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia presented his credentials to Armenian president Robert Kocharyan.

From the 29-th to 30-th of May the session of Super Ecclesiastical Council, guided by Garegin the Second, the Catholicos of All the Armenians, held in Saint Echmiadzin Church.Some issues on inner church' matters were discussed.

Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan is to leave for Moscow Thursday to attend the session of the Council of the CIS countries' Prime Ministers. More than 20 issues relating to cooperation in economy, health-care, education and other spheres will be discussed at the session. Regular sitting of the Armenian Government scheduled for Thursday expected to be held by president Kocharyan.

The president of the Republic of Armenia congratulated today the people of Armenia on the ocassion of the Day of Republic.

The deledation headed by Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, Vladimir Rushailo, arrived in Yerevan Monday. Armenian Defence Minister Serje Sarkisyan welcomed his Russian colleagues in the airport. Rushailo says issues related to regional and international security, bilateral and multylateral cooperarion and legal structures to be discussed during the visit.