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19/12/2018 10:39Hraparak: Number of NA Standing Committees to growThe paper says the new committees are additional expenses to the budget with the status of their chairpersons being equivalent to the status of a minister. The paper says they receive high salary, have own staff.
18/12/2018 10:47Zhamanak: Battle for post of heads of NA standing committees inside Civil Contract partyThe members of the Civil Contract party who will be deprived of ministerial portfolios do not want to be just MPs but at least want to be heads of NA’s standing committees.
15/12/2018 11:17Zhamanak: Armenia to face serious financial issues after New Year holidaysZhamanak paper writes that according to its sources close to the authorities after the New Year holidays Armenia may face serious financial issues and the default predicted by different experts for quite a long time will be inevitable.
14/12/2018 10:12Hraparak: Number of deputy PMs to be cut to one, number of ministries to 11According to the circulating news, the newly formed government will have not three deputy PMs set by the law but one and the number of ministries will be cut from 18 to 11.
13/12/2018 11:08Zhamanak: Gas price to rise, responsibility lies on authoritiesCiting its sources that paper says negotiations are not being held currently with the Russian side over new contract and it is not excluded that from January 1 Russia will sell gas to Armenia at higher price which in its turn will result in growth of gas tariff for consumers.
11/12/2018 10:11Zhamanak: NSS director may possibly be appointed first deputy PMThe paper also says that acting emergency situations minister Felix Tsolakyan will replace Artur Vanetsyan in NSS director’s post.
05/12/2018 10:28Zhoghovurd: Corruption crime revelations significantly grow in ArmeniaPresenting the statistics, the paper says that according to the Statistical Service, 413 cases have been filed for getting or mediating for getting bribes in the period from January-October 2018 against 132 of the past year.
04/12/2018 10:22Zhamanak: Parliament not to manage to discuss Prosecutor General’s petition to arrest lawmaker Aram HarutyunyanThe paper says for discussing a petition an extraordinary session must be convened but the leadership of the parliament understands that it will be impossible to ensure quorum thus it will not come up with such initiative.
30/11/2018 10:09Hraparak: Secret polls conducted, My Step bloc chances high but not as much as during Yerevan electionsAccording to them the Civil Contract’s party had high percentage but much less than registered during the Yerevan City Council elections.
27/11/2018 10:13Past: Pashinyan dissatisfied with the number of march participants, reprimands organizersThe paper says Nikol Pashinyan has reprimanded the organizers of the march for not ensuring enough participation.
22/11/2018 10:15Zhamanak: Ex Nature Protection minister to be arrested in DecemberThe paper writes that earlier in acting PM Nikol Pashinyan stated in the NA that an MP will be arrested they are just waiting for an official document from abroad.
22/11/2018 10:04Zhamanak: PAP leader departed for Belarus, then for MoscowHe will return to Armenia on November 26 after marking his 62d birthday anniversary abroad, as usual.
21/11/2018 10:19Zhamanak: Artak Zeynalyan not to be re-appointed in ministerial post after electionsThe paper says some ministers including the acting justice minister Artak Zeynalyan, who is participating in the elections with We bloc, will not be re-appointed in the post.
20/11/2018 10:27Zhoghovurd: CSTO secretary general appointment may again be postponedCiting its sources, the paper says the issue may not be settled on December 6 too and attempt will be made to postpone it until the end of Armenia’s tenure in the office. The paper says that Russia’s voice will be resolute in the issue.
16/11/2018 10:02Zhamanak: Eight MPs from current Tsarukyan faction not included in PAP’s listAmong them is the head of 2017 campaign headquarters head Ishkhan Zakaryan, chairman of All-National Movement Ararat Zurabyan and Argam Abrahamyan, son of former PM Hovik Abrahamyan.