Business environment improvement in focus
RA Minister of Finance Tigran Davtyan, Deputy Minister of Finance Suren Karayan and Deputy Head of State Revenue Committee Armen Alaverdyan were the speakers of today’s briefing which followed today’s government sitting. Note that earlier today the government endorsed a package of amendments to the law on profit tax and six other legal acts, a set of draft laws on licensing fees to reduce the number of taxpayer statements, establish uniform deadlines for return submittal... more »
The procedures applicable to technical control entities liberalized
The procedures applicable to vehicle technical control entities have been liberalized in accordance with RA Government’s decision. The matter was commented on by RA Minister of Transport and Communication Manuk Vardanyan during a briefing held today at the Government’s Press Center. “The Government has amended to liberalize the rules and procedures applicable to vehicle control entities in the Republic of Armenia. Formerly they were supposed to attend a specific area... more »
New certificates for residential houses in Yerevan
The briefing which followed today’s government sitting treated of the amendments to the law “On the status of Yerevan-located private residential houses with no ownership certificates.” The matter was commented on by Deputy Head of State Committee on Immovable Property Cadastre by the Government Ashot Musoyan. According to the speaker, the law has been effective since 2008 applicable to those houses in want of ownership certificates. This was necessary to ensure that the... more »
The draft law prescribes a procedure to follow in making implants and transplants
RA Deputy Minister of Healthcare Haik Darbinyan commented on the amendments to the law on human tissue or organ transplantation during the briefing that followed today’s government sitting. He advised that highly technological medical implantation services are provided by many healthcare institutions and dental clinics operational in Armenia. Where it seems impossible to find natural substitutes for damaged tissues or organs of humans, physicians resort to manmade ones. Implants... more »
Domestic production of wheat seeds will help lower import-dependency
Today’s cabinet sitting approved the 2010-2014 wheat seed-growing development program of the Republic of Armenia and authorized seeds imports. RA Minister of Agriculture Gerasim Alaverdyan was hosted at the government’s press center to comment on these decisions. The minister advised that earlier the government had allocated AMD 558 million for importing elite wheat seeds into Armenia. 950 tons of “Krasnodar-99” and some other highly-performing seeds of winter... more »
Joint press conference by RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and RF Government Vice President Alexander Zhukov
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and RF Government Vice President Alexander Zhukov met with journalists at the press center of RA Government to comment on a bilateral cooperation-related agenda. “Our sports bases can be of interest to Russian athletes. I hope that the exchange of views and the ongoing attempts of cooperation will be successful as the Russian side seems to have great interest. ASSR-based sports centers contributed much to the achievements of all-Union athletes... more »
Cash register introduction and application requirements presented
A draft government decree on simplified mode of introduction and application of cash registers was approved at today’s government session. The Government’s press center hosted a briefing involving Deputy Head of State Revenue Committee Rubik Kocharyan as keynote speaker to comment on the draft at issue. According to Mr. Kocharyan, the given draft provides for simpler rules for the use of cash registers. This first of all concerns those requirements formerly applied to the... more »
Energy sector development challenges and prospects
Today the press conference of RA Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan was held at the press centre of government. The speaker presented the status of energy sector development programs. With reference to the latest developments around the Armenia-bound Georgia-transiting gas pipeline, the minister informed that Georgian authorities have not yet officially declared that they are going to sell the pipeline. “The existing concerns are not properly grounded:... more »
Wheat crop areas to grow to 3000 tons of seeds produced yearly
The Government approved today Armenia’s seed-breeding and seed-cultivating program for 2010-2013. RA Minister of Agriculture Gerasim Alaverdyan detailed the program for media representatives in the Government’s Press Center. According to the Minister, no high-standard seeds have been imported into the country for the past 7.10 years due to which wheat crop areas fell to 82,000 ha from 130,000 ha of 2005. Most of 650-720 thousand tons of annually consumed wheat is imported.... more »
The State to guarantee future pensioner-funded sums
Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Artem Asatryan and Deputy Minister of Finance Vardan Aramyan met with journalists at the Government’s Press Center. The meeting was entitled: “On the way to implementing pension reform: action and challenges.” The speakers described the past and future steps on the way to implementing Armenia’s pension reform. Artem Asatryan noted that some 50 legal acts and 5 draft statutory laws will have to be adopted, with 44 laws set to... more »
