Tigran Avinyan joins Healthcare Minister for a tour of medical facilities
On June 5, Deputy Prime Minister, State of Emergency Commandant Tigran Avinyan and Healthcare Minister Arsen Torosyan visited the Nork Infectious Disease Clinical Hospital and the St. Gregory the Illuminator Medical Center in Yerevan. Accompanied by the heads of medical institutions, Tigran Avinyan and Arsen Torosyan inspected the conditions available for patients under treatment and the process of treatment. They toured the wards and asked the patients about their health status. The... more »
8923 beneficiaries received a total of 1.7 bn drams within the 18th measure aimed at easing the economic impacts of coronavirus
About 73% of the program beneficiaries has filed a request Within the 18th measure aimed at easing the economic impacts of the coronavirus, 12 227 taxpayers have been considered as the program’s beneficiaries as a result of evaluation of monthly calculations of income tax and social payment for April 2020: they have been notified, and 8923, or about 73% of them have applied for the assistance as of June 1, 2020. The committee has already issued the respective payment orders... more »
SRC carries out strengthened control over export of certain agricultural and medical goods
Export of goods prescribed in the decisions of EAEC and the commandant has been restricted The SRC announces that it has strengthened control over export of goods listed in the decisions of the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Commandant of Armenia. According to decision No 41 of 24.03.2020 of the Eurasian Economic Commission Board, export of a number of medical goods from EAEU’s customs territory is prohibited until September 30, 2020 (inclusive). Also, EAEC Board’s... more »
SRC summarizes the results of the 10th measure to ease the economic impact of coronavirus
5387 economic agents received a total of about 294 m drams The SRC announces that the tenth measure aimed at easing the economic impact of coronavirus has ended. The end date for submitting applications was May 20. As part of the measure, the committee studied the data of all economic entities meeting the requirements of the measure and concluded that 6161 economic entities could be potential beneficiaries of the program. As of May 21, 2020, 5387 entities (about 87.4% of... more »
Announcement regarding freight movement from Iran to Armenia
Transit declarations will temporarily be completed at Meghri customs checkpoint division for goods imported from Iran in trucks registered in Armenia Given the spread of coronavirus and the current restrictions, import of goods from Iran to Armenia has been being carried out via reloading (reloading of 70-80 trucks per day). Whereas, freight movement to other places in Armenia has been accompanied by police (80-100 trucks per day). However, 150-180 trucks are entering the area of the... more »
Eduard Aghajanyan holds video call with OGP CEO Sanjay Pradhan
On May 15, Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of Armenia Eduard Aghajanyan held a video call with Open Government Partnership CEO Sanjay Pradhan. Eduard Aghajanyan presented the socio-economic, educational and healthcare measures that the Government is implementing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and the problems with transparency, accessibility and mutual trust that have emerged in the stage of implementation. Sanjay Pradhan spoke about the successful democratic models used... more »
Deputy PM Attends World Economic Forum Meeting
On May 18, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan attended the online meeting of the World Economic Forum’s Europe and Eurasia Group. The meeting discussed the strategies of governments and businesses aimed at overcoming the economic crisis caused by the novel coronavirus, as well as the emerging challenges in global and regional value chains. Addressing the meeting participants, Tigran Avinyan said all countries are facing a public health crisis and the COVID-19 is going to be a... more »
North-South Road Corridor, Sustainable Urban Development Investment and Northern Corridor Modernization Programs Managing Board Holds Meeting
On May 15, 2020, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, the Managing Board of the North-South Road Corridor, Sustainable Urban Development Investment and Northern Corridor Modernization programs held an online meeting in the Office of Government. Reference was made to the design work on the Isakov-Arshakunyats road section project under the Sustainable Urban Development Investment Program. Considering that an agreement had been reached with the European Bank for... more »
Software implementation for calculating tax penalties for failure to pay by due date has been completed
The SRC announces that according to law No HO-220-N 22.04.2020 on making amendment and supplement to the Tax Code of Armenia, and law No HO-221-N of 22.04.2020 on making amendment to the law on funded pensions, taxpayers or tax agents pay penalty at 0.04% for each overdue day instead of 0.075% starting from April 21, 2020. Relevant changes have been made to personal account cards and other related systems in order to calculate penalties at the new rate. The SRC announces that the... more »
SRC summarizes the results of the 5th measure aimed at neutralizing the economic consequences of coronavirus
13,956 economic agents received a total of about 2.2 bn drams The SRC announces that the fifth measure aimed at neutralizing the economic consequences of coronavirus has ended. The deadline for submitting applications was May 10. For the purposes of the measure, the committee has studied 52,606 taxpayers’ monthly calculations of income tax and social payment. By the results of the tax calculations of January and February, 25,071 economic agents who had 2-50 jobs could... more »
