Economy
20/11/2018 15:08EAEU provides good opportunities: Acting PM“There are big opportunities in the EAEU. As we have promised we will do everything to use this opportunity at its best,” he said.
20/11/2018 14:43Allowances amounting to 500 million AMD stolen from insecure families: Acting PMHe said the unemployed people who get allowance do not want to get job not to be deprived of this allowance. “The allowance should not be given as a verdict – continue being poor, but to help them overcome the poverty,” he said.
20/11/2018 13:55Structural changes to take place in Armenia’s government after elections: Nikol Pashinyan“Today we have 17 ministers, after the elections their number will be less,” he said, adding that huge staff changes are expected in the government. “It is not just about cutting number of ministries, it is about making content changes,” Pashinyan said.
20/11/2018 13:35Armenian government not to tax migrant workers: Acting PM“The general declaration idea has been discussed, with many countries we have many laws excluding double taxation, now we want to have it with all countries, to exclude double taxation in case of one country and to double tax in case of the other,” he said, adding that all ideas are being discussed.
20/11/2018 13:2337 thousand jobs created in Armenia after revolution: Acting PM“We will create conditions for development of business in Armenia, for increasing the number of tax payers,” Pashinyan said.
20/11/2018 12:56Eradication of monopoly, fight against corruption government’s biggest achievements: Acting PMAs to the failure in the economic sphere, Pashinyan said, “The biggest failure and problem is the negative background our mining industry policy creates in the investment environment.”
20/11/2018 12:26Armenia’s government kept all promises given to people: Acting PM“We have promised to remove Serzh Sargsuan and his force in a peaceful way and we did it,” he said, adding that another promise conduction of fair, frank elections is to follow.
20/11/2018 11:51Oil prices drop as broad market sell-off outweighs supply concernsBrent crude oil futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $66.43 a barrel at 0608 GMT, down 36 cents, or 0.5 percent, from their last close.
19/11/2018 15:56No concrete bill on taxing transfers submitted to government: SRC chairman“I understand that during this pre-electoral period it may be commented in a wrong way and become a reason for speculations,” he said, adding that there is no concrete bill in the government now.
19/11/2018 15:33No additional taxes to be applied without public consent: Acting deputy PM“It is excluded. Many ideas may be discussed and be distorted and commented in a wrong way. But they may also be presented in a real way and either be approved or not by the people,” he said.
19/11/2018 14:42Mission of state official is to serve people, not have benefits: Acting PM“The people who will use the service entrusted them by the people against these very people will be caught one by one. I hope this message will be seriously perceived,” he said.
19/11/2018 13:53People against sharing own income with state: Vahram Baghdasaryan“Transfers have serious influence on the economy of our country. We had serious issues in 90s and managed to stabilize the situation thanks to transfers,” he said, adding that the issue should be treated attentively, as the people will find other ways of sending money to their relatives.
19/11/2018 13:14New, third generation banknotes to be put into circulation from November 22New 2,000 banknote will also be put into circulation picturing Tigran Petrosyan.
19/11/2018 13:05Newly presented bill by SRC to harm most insecure cluster of population: Arpine Hovhannisyan“It means that a farmer who sells his products must declare the income received from it, or citizens who left to work abroad and send money to their families here must declare and pay taxes from it. It means that if a person sends $100 he is to pay 23% to state budget which is unacceptable,” she stated, adding that this variant of the bill should not be brought to reality.
19/11/2018 12:16No need of “making up” new taxes everywhere: Tsarukyan faction secretary on SRC idea“Raising the threshold of taxes, or adding new ones or better to say “making up” new ones is unnecessary. It is necessary to change the social economic situation of the country, ensure flow of investments and not add taxes everywhere,” he said.