Economy
12/02/2019 14:38Main economic figures mentioned in government’s program: ministerThe minister stressed that the important figures are mentioned and the people will gradually see the changes and results. The minister said that the program is quite realistic.
12/02/2019 12:31No risks, no figures, no growth in percents: PAP faction head dissatisfied with the programThe PAP faction head stressed that they will give questions, get answers and then understand to vote for or against the program. He once against noted the need of making changes in it.
12/02/2019 12:20No big cuts expected after government’s optimization program: Armenia’s PM“Each state official, ministerial employee will get an opportunity to prove that he/she works and has enough qualification for doing this work. This, in the first phase the ministries will be combined automatically. Of course, the repeated jobs will be cut but in general no big job cuts are expected,” the PM said.
12/02/2019 12:00People in Armenia must have opportunity to start business from 0: Armenian PMHe stressed that with the amendments in the tax legislation the government offers relieving micro-business with 24 million AMD annual turnover from different taxes and voiced hope that the parliament will approve the legislative changes.
12/02/2019 11:47Economic revolution to be carried out with same toolset as political one: Armenia’s PM“In April-May 2018 we managed to show our will and become the guarantor of the will of proud citizen of Armenia. We did not need to carry out an armed attack. We managed to use new technology and the live videos on Facebook,” the head of the government said.
12/02/2019 11:26Government’s program worked out to avoid responsibility and not be accountable to people: ARF-D statementAccording to the ARF-D the program has not properly referred to the national security issue, including to the mechanisms guaranteeing Artsakh’s military-political security.
12/02/2019 11:07Export is Armenia’s economy’s development prospect: PM“In short, human mind, intellect must become the motor of the new Armenia. Our issue must be to make people do less physical work but more mental,” Pashinyan stressed.
12/02/2019 10:51We need to free homeland from last elements of criminal-oligarchic and corrupted regime: Pashinyan“Of course, it does not mean that the political system established in the country is flawless and has no need of improvement and reforms. It means that the former criminal-oligarchic regime will not return any more, and now we need to free the homeland from the last elements of criminal-oligarchic and corrupted regime,” Pashinyan said.
12/02/2019 10:40Government’s program does not promise economic revolution: PAP faction headAsked whether the faction has already made a decision on how to vote for a program, Tsarukyan said, “A revolution took place, today is the turn for economic revolution. This is not a program for economic revolution, if it is not changed we will not vote for it.”
11/02/2019 14:33Last scream of dying euphoria: ex MP Gagik Minasyan on government’s program“If the progress in the government’s program presented 8 months ago referred practically to all sectors, under new developments the new program registers about economic revolution in the last sentence which may be considered the last scream of dying euphoria.”
11/02/2019 13:21Armenia’s PM calls community heads to join them in building free, powerful and happy Armenia“The heads of communities must not be measures with one criteria. I am speaking about existing traditions. I welcome the heads of communities who enjoy the trust of the residents and are ready to become government’s allies in replacing the old reality with the new one,” he said, adding that everything will be done to support them in that issue.
11/02/2019 11:33My Step MP offers to establish two-chamber parliamentThe MP also noted that the Armenian parliament must have two chambers with the upper chamber to deal with Diaspora issues.
09/02/2019 15:20Armenia’s PM seems to be the only person concerned with investments: economistThe absence of investments is agreed with a number of objective reasons like Armenia’s geopolitical position, country’s blockade and restricted consumption market, economist Tatul Manaseryan said, speaking to Aysor.am, referring to the post of PM that Armenia is among best 20 countries regarding the anti-monopoly policy which is an important signal for potential investors.
09/02/2019 11:26International community recognizes Armenia’s success in fighting against monopoly in 2018: Nikol PashinyanArmenia has registered a record progress with the index of monopolization degree at Davos World Economic Forum. Armenia has improved its position with 9 points and has been ranked 19th, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wrote in Facebook.
09/02/2019 11:13IMF's Lagarde says oil exporters have not fully recovered from oil shock, cautions against 'white elephant projects'She said there was scope to improve fiscal frameworks in the Middle East with some of the weaknesses emanating from “short-termism and insufficient credibility”.