Новости за 26.09.2016

ArmInfo. The authors of  the latest assessment of progress, published in the medical journal  The Lancet, have compared 33 health-related SDG indicators across 188  countries. Armenia is ranked 86th overall in the world in making progress  towards the United Nations' health-related Sustainable Development  Goals (SDG). The UN General Assembly established the SDGs in  September 2015, to replace the millennium development goal (MDG)  framework that expired last year. The SDGs specify 17 universal  goals... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. Acting Minister of  Territorial Administration of Armenia David Lokyan and Acting  Minister of Education and Science Levon Mkrtchyan will retain their  portfolios in the new government of Armenia, Secretary of the ARF  Dashnaktsutyun Faction Aghvan Vardanyan told reporters on September  26.  Vardanyan noted that Acting Minister of Economy Artsvik Minasyan  will also remain in the government, but he will head the Ministry of  Nature Protection. "Minasyan's intellectual skills will let him... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. The Republican  Party of Armenia (RPA) and ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD) have agreed on  the number of ministerial portfolios only, Head of the RPA Faction  Vahram Baghdasaryan told reporters on September 26.      "We have not agreed on which ministries the ARFD members will head,"  he said, adding that the new Prime Minister, Karen Karapetyan, has  his own idea of the government structure, so there will be reshuffle  among the ministers. He noted that the RPA was satisfied with Acting  Economy Minister Artsvik Minasyan's work... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. On September 26,  Artak Shaboyan, Chairman of the Armenian State Committee for the  Protection of Economic Competition, will leave for Russia.  The press office of the State Committee has told ArmInfo that Moscow  will host a joint sitting of the heads of competition protection  structures of the CIS and EEU member states. Since the beginning of  2016, Armenia has been the head of the Council of Antimonopoly  Bodies.   During the sitting, the heads of the specified structures will inform... Читать дальше...

АрмИнфо. Центробанк Армении смягчил для банков норматив обязательного резервирования по привлеченным валютным средствам - с 20% до 18% и удлинил срок перечисления в ЦБ резервируемых сумм до 28-30 дней с  прежних 2-х недель. Как сообщили АрмИнфо 26 сентября в пресс- службе ЦБ, дополнения и изменения в Положение №2 "Регулирование деятельности банков, основные экономические нормативы банковской деятельности" внесены 20 сентября на заседании Совета Центробанка. Центробанк начиная с 2015 года последовательно... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. On September 23, 2016  a briefing devoted to the adoption of the new edition of the  Constitution of Turkmenistan was held at the Turkmen National  Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under President of  Turkmenistan. The briefing was organized by the Ministry of Foreign  Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Mejlis (Parliament) of Turkmenistan, and  the Turkmen National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under  President of Turkmenistan, according to the Embassy of Turkmenistan  to the Republic of Armenia. Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. The Armenian  Defense Ministry's delegation headed by Chief of the Radiation,  Chemical, and Biological Defense Troops of the Armenian Armed Forces,  Colonel Vardan Nshanyan will pay a working visit to Belarus on  September 26-28.  The press office of the Armenian Defense Ministry has told ArmInfo  that in Belarus the Armenian delegation will take part in the  discussions of the two countries' ministries regarding the  cooperation in the field of radiation, chemical, and biological  defense.

ArmInfo. Armenia's Deputy  Minister of Defense David Tonoyan held a phone call with OSCE CiO  Personal Representative, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, according to  the Defense Ministry press-office. The sides discussed the situation on the Line of Contact of the  Azerbaijani and Karabakh troops.  David Tonoyan informed Andrzej  Kasprzyk about the recent fatality on the Line of Contact when  soldier Sevak Khachatryan (1997) was killed by the Azerbaijani side.   Tonoyan blamed Azerbaijan saying it is... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. Chairman of Union of  Political Analysts of Armenia (UPAA)Hmayak Hovhannisyan has faced  charges for malicious evasion of execution of the court ruling.   Recognizance not to leave is chosen as the measures of restrains  against him. UPAA's statement received by ArmInfo says that Hmayak Hovhannisyan is  a member of the Political Council of New Armenia Front of Public  Salvation was summoned to the Police on September 24 over facts of  falsifications the Constitutional referendum held last December and  asked to help the investigation.

ArmInfo. On September 24,  Edward Nalbandian, the Acting Foreign Minister of Armenia, had a  meeting with Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary General, on sidelines of  the 71st regular session of the UN General Assembly, according to the  Foreign Ministry press-office. The UN Secretary General expressed gratitude for the active  involvement of Armenia into the activities of the Organization during  his tenure and emphasized that the Armenian diplomacy has played a  significant and constructive role in... Читать дальше...