Hrair Tovmasyan Looking Forward To Increased Confidence For Justice Over Coming Years
The government press center hosted today Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Hrair Tovmasyan who briefed the journalists on his ministry’s priorities and upcoming plans. A strategic action plan was said developed for the period 2012-2016 in an effort to reduce the level of public distrust towards justice at least twice from the current 70%-80% to 30-40%. “The program implies a number of key targets: clearing up of prosecution-related procedures, application of... more »
Educational Reform To Be Continued In 2012
Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan met today with journalists at the government’s pres center to present the Ministry’s plans for 2012. According to the minister, this year will see the completion of ongoing processes and the implementation of new steps in the field of education and science. Education quality, affordability, welfare problems, as well as the fight against corruption will be the main targets of reforms. “This is what we are striving for and... more »
Corruption Risks Shrinking Nationwide
During the press conference held after the Cabinet sitting, expert Armen Khudaverdyan advised that owing to the government’s anti-corruption strategy, corruption risks proved 5% down in 2012 compared to 2008. The statistics is being summarized to be published next year. “It is noteworthy that corruption went down in health care, road police and tax service which used to be prone to large-scale corruption,” Khudaverdyan noted. Twice as many cases were said revealed in the... more »
Certification Cancelled In Public Catering
At today’s cabinet sitting, the government amended a previous decision, invalidating another one in order to harmonize Armenia’s technical streamlining procedures with the EU directives. To this end, the public catering service was removed from the list of those activities subject to mandatory licensing. As Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan told the news conference following the cabinet sitting, “There are currently 4 different entities delivering catering certificates... more »
Small And Medium-Size Business Overburdened With Taxes In Armenia
The council on small and medium-size enterprise development held its second meeting in the Office of Government, chaired by council head, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The sitting was followed by a briefing involving Coordinator of Business Advocacy Network NGO Gagik Poghosyan and President of Armenian Shippers Union NGO Yeghishe Hovhannisyan. “Small and medium-size businesses are overburdened with taxes in Armenia,” Gagik Poghosyan noted citing those countries where... more »
ARIAL High-Frequency Linear Accelerator Construction Underway
Head of the State Committee on Science by the Ministry of Education and Science Samvel Harutyunyan met with media at the government’s press center to give a highlight of scientific achievements of 2011. He noted that ARIAL high-frequency linear accelerator project is launched in Armenia to be completed in lat 2013. Mr. Harutyunyan further said that construction is ensured in cooperation with a German company using euro 3mn worth equipment imported from Germany. An agreement... more »
Artak Shaboyan: “The applicable legal field enables effective handling of competition-related issues”
“We have managed to identify a multitude of threats owing to this year’s legislative amendments. The law on economic competition has been improved considerably, enabling new efficacious control tools and mechanisms,” Head of Antitrust Commission Artak Shaboyan told the news conference that followed today’s cabinet sitting. He advised that legal proceedings had been launched for economic misbehavior resulting in some 86 rulings passed over the past 9 months as compared... more »
All Sectors Due To Grow This Year Safe Construction
At a press conference that followed today’s government sitting, Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan said that all economic sectors will boast a double-digit growth by yearend to provide a solid groundwork for economic development and revenue collection. This will be a strong asset for the government to embark upon its 2012 activities. As he said, at this point industry boasts a 12% growth which is expected to be continued through this yearend: “The same is true for agriculture... more »
Killed Servicemen’s Families To Get 21% Higher Benefits
Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Head of Social Insurance Service Head Artem Asatryan met todasy with journalists at the government’s press center. The speaker dwelt on the legislative amendments concerning the pensions and benefits provided to killed servicemen’s families. Prioritizing the level of relief accorded to the families of servicemen killed in the Artsakh war and in duty, Artem Asatryan advised that monetary allowance available to 5,300 families has... more »
Real Estate State Registration Procedures Simplified
At the press conference held following today’s cabinet sitting, Deputy Head of State Committee on Immovable Property Cadastre by the Government Ashot Musayan introduced the government-approved bills on amendments to the laws on State registration of property rights, remuneration of civil servants, as well as to the Civil Code of Republic Armenia. Essential changes have been brought to the bill on State registration of immovable property. Until now, the bulk of registration of real... more »
