Around 40,000 cases of dispensing prescription-only drugs without electronic prescriptions were recorded in Armenia in 2024. This was announced by the head of the Health and Labor Inspectorate (HLI), Slavik Sargsyan, during the 2024 year-end press conference.
Read MoreA draft law in Armenia aims to reduce working hours by one hour, setting them to 7 hours a day, with the goal of regulating the work-life domain and improving work efficiency.
Read MoreArmenia will join the Permanent Court of Arbitration. The draft law on ratifying the “Conventions for the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes,” adopted in The Hague on July 29, 1899, and October 18, 1907, was presented to the National Assembly’s Legal and Judicial Affairs Committee by Armenia’s Representative on International Legal Issues, Yeghishe Kirakosyan.
Read MoreIn 2025, the program for compensating deposits made in the USSR Savings Bank (the Armenian SSR Republican Bank) before June 10, 1993, will continue. According to the government’s decision, compensation will be provided to citizens born on or before December 31, 1942, including those whose deposit was made by a deceased spouse during their married life.
Read MoreLast year, Armenia’s Ministry of Defense signed contracts worth over 170 billion AMD (approximately $430 million) with local defense industry companies. This was announced by Minister of High-Tech Industry Mkhitar Hayrapetyan during a summary press conference on January 9.
Read MoreThe deployment of the European Union’s civilian mission in Armenia could be extended for an additional two years. This proposal was made by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas.
Read MoreAccording to data from the first six days of the current year, the number of passengers arriving in Armenia by air transport increased by 19.8% compared to the same days in 2024. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shared this information on his Facebook page.
Read MoreDuring a year-end press conference in 2024, Garegin Khachatryan, Head of the Urban Development, Technical, and Fire Safety Inspection Authority, reported that the activities of 120 gas stations, petrol stations, and liquid fuel storage facilities operating with violations were halted across Armenia.
Read MoreA case of illegal logging has been uncovered in the town of Yeghegnadzor, Vayots Dzor Province. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Along the banks of the Arpa River, near a restaurant complex, 40 freshly cut willow stumps were found. A 40-year-old man admitted that between December and January 8, he had cut down these trees without the necessary permits, using the wood as fuel.
Read MoreThe lyrics of the Armenian National Anthem will undergo modifications, with adjustments to the order of the quatrains. It has also been proposed to replace the phrase “vor aprel es daredar” with “vor aprum es daredar.”
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