As Europe unveils its most ambitious digital legislation
simplification initiative in decades, Armenia faces an uncertain
path to regulatory harmonization. While Brussels promises relief,
Yerevan's nascent data protection infrastructure may struggle
to keep pace.
On October 28, 2025, Armenia's Minister of Justice Srhubi
Galyan announced plans to establish "a new personal data
protection body that will comply with the requirement of full
functional and institutional independence, the Council of Europe
Convention 108+, and EU regulations."
Three weeks later, on November 19, 2025, the European Commission
presented the Digital Omnibus Package—described as the most
wide-ranging overhaul of EU digital regulatory framework since the
GDPR's 2018 implementation. The Commission projects that
simplification efforts could reduce administrative costs for
businesses by up to €5 billion by 2029, with the European
Business Wallets framework potentially generating an
