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06.06.2023
NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan: Armenia is in quite a good position in terms of internet access
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On June 6, the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan took part in the European Communication Summit on Connecting the Unconnected: Europe & Beyond.

Welcoming the organizers and the participants of the event, the NA Vice President touched upon the importance, opportunities and challenges of the Internet. “During the last twenty years, humanity has overcome significant challenges and implemented a new technological revolution, and today we are witnessing the wide availability of information on vehicles and UAVs controlled by computer technology and the Internet,” Hakob Arshakyan said adding that this progress creates both great opportunities and serious challenges.

Speaking about the opportunities, he noted that the access to the Internet has given humanity great opportunities to get alternative education, access to education through new technologies, which was hard to imagine before. In the context of the development of the Internet and technologies, the NA Vice President also spoke about the importance of the development of transport and logistics systems. “Having global positioning systems, the Internet, now you can get orientated anywhere in the world,” he stated.

According to Hakob Arshakyan, Armenia is in a fairly good position in terms of Internet access all over the world: the reactions of the tourists also testify to this. According to him, this affects the ranking of our country, the development of tourism, and the quality of people’s lives.

Touching upon the challenges, he opined that they exist both in Armenia and throughout the world. In this context, the NA Vice President spoke about certain restrictions for children regarding information security and access to the Internet. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament mentioned that in this regard, work is being done at the legislative level in order to create the necessary toolkit for families, children, schools and certain groups.

The Government programme for 2021-2026 aims to provide 80% of settlements with broadband Internet: the RA Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry Avet Poghosyan spoke about this. He added that now 66.6% are provided with broadband internet, which includes 96% of the population. According to the Deputy Minister, it is a pretty good index.

An honored technologist of the global Internet Society organization Michuki Mwangi welcomed the participants of the event online. The President at ISOC AM Chapter NGO Igor Mkrtumyan also spoke about the problems of Internet access in Armenia.

The aim of the two-day summit is to bring together experts and the concerned organizations in Armenia and around the world and discuss the possibilities of providing Internet access in distant communities. During the panel discussions, the participants recorded that the Internet connection is among the priorities today and creates equal opportunities for the balanced development of communities and touched upon the mechanisms of providing additional Internet access.


06.06.2023
Legal relations of purchase of products of agricultural producers and suppliers and commercial networks to be clarified
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06.06.2023
Deputy Minister of Economy presents budget 2022 execution report in field of agriculture
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06.06.2023
Acting Mayor of Yerevan presents budget 2022 execution report of Municipality
The actual revenues of the budget 2022 of the city of Yerevan amounted to 86 billion 187 million AMD, the budget execution was 98.5%. According to the specified 2022 budget of the city of Yerevan, own revenues were planned to be 34 billion 560 million AMD, the actual performance in terms of own reve...

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State budget 2022 execution of the RA Ministry of Environment is 85%
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Drafts debated in the second reading endorsed
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06.06.2023
It is designed to regulate the issues regarding the organization of education for children needing education and development with special conditions at pre-school educational degree
At June 5 sitting, the NA Standing on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport debated the legislative package on Making Addenda and Amendments to the law on Pre-School Education and on Amending the HO-267-N law of May 6, 2020 on Amending the law on Pre-School Education.It is expected ...

06.06.2023
Provisions regarding right to pension of persons holding autonomous positions in investigative body of State Revenue Committee recognized as invalid with initiative
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06.06.2023
It is proposed to increase amount of fines in case of damage to roads, railway tracks and other road engineering structures
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06.06.2023
In NA Standing Committees debates of budget execution continue: This year little water is stored, and probably, there will be a problem for letting out additional water quantity
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State Budget 2022 Execution Report on territorial administration, local self-government, agriculture and environment debated
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06.06.2023
RA Ministry of Justice to carry out checking approximation conformity on the initiative of RA-EU legislations
The Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement signed between the Republic of Armenia and the European Union entered into force from 1 March 2021, by which our country assumed obligation to approximate its legislation with the legislation of the European Union. The RA Deputy Minister of Justic...

06.06.2023
Grigor Minasyan: There will be an opportunity to appeal decision of Supreme Judicial Council to subject judge to disciplinary liability
The draft on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Constitutional Law Judicial Code of the Republic of Armenia proposes to provide a legal opportunity to appeal the decisions of the Supreme Judicial Council on the issues of holding the judge accountable and termination of the judge’s powers. The Mini...



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