Cheese Industry Development Programs Presented
After several irregularities had been revealed in the cheese industry under a State control campaign, 17 out of 18 sanctioned companies have already resumed their activities. As acting head of the State Food Safety and Quality Control Inspectorate Arman Araratyan told the news conference, which was held following today’s cabinet suiting, the offenders have taken all the necessary measures to rule out breaches and failures ahead. Concerning the question of intestinal bacilli,... more »
Irregularities Detected With Cheese Manufacturers
Intestinal disease bacilli have been detected in the products (mainly “Chanakh”) manufactured by 18 out of 59 Armenian companies engaged in the production of cheese. As Head of Ministry of Agriculture-affiliated State Food Safety Service Abram Bakhchagulyan told today’s press conference, which was held at the Government Press Center, the targeted companies have been banned with about 5.5 tons of cheese destroyed. According to the speaker, they may resume operations... more »
Armenia Boasts Best Business Environment In CIS
According to the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation’s “Flexible settings for SMEs – 2013” report, dated October 23, 2012, as compared to last year, Armenia has improved its standing by 18 points to the 32nd position among 175 countries. Note that the report is drawn up by businesses and government agencies based on questionnaire summaries. As Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan told today’s press conference, this year’s... more »
New Cash-Registers To Be Introduced From January 1, 2013
At today’s sitting, the Cabinet approved a draft amendment to Government Decree N 946 - A of June 1, 2005. During the press conference, which was held at the Government Press Center, Deputy Head of State Revenue Committee Vakhtang Mirumyan told the journalists that the passing of this decision was first of all necessitated by the requirements of the law on the use of cash registers in the Republic of Armenia. The law stipulates in particular that as of next January 1,... more »
Vulnerable Household Student Tuition Fees To Be Funded By State In Full Or In Part
At a press conference held at the Government Press Center, Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan advised that from September 1, 2013, the State will be paying in full or in part the tuition fee for about 1,000 students from vulnerable households through the system of student benefits. At its October 10 sitting the Government approved a new procedure for granting partial refund of tuition fees with the options of 50 to 100 percent compensation for students from vulnerable... more »
State budget to finance economic entities’ electronic signature maintenance fees
According to the law on personal income tax, which will be effective as of January 1, 2013, employers are required to submit their registration applications solely in electronic form and on a monthly basis. The latter is a personalized account, which should reflect the amounts paid to individuals in wages and the estimated amount of income tax. Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Artem Asatryan told the press conference, which was held at the Government Press Center, that in 2013 State... more »
Violations in Milk-Producing Companies
RA State Food Safety Service conducted studies in the distribution networks and warehouses of the entities engaged in the production of dairy products. Today Head of the State Food Safety Service Abram Bakhchagulyan presented the results of their studies at the Government’s press center. Abram Bakhchagulyan noted that the samples were submitted to laboratory testing and the examination showed that the milk produced by 7 of the 11 companies contained alkali. The Head of the... more »
RA New Law on “Income Tax” Comes Into Force in January 2013
By the RA new law on “Income Tax”, income tax, compulsory social security and personal social security payments were united into one “Income Tax”. During the press conference, held at the Government’s office, RA minister of Labor and Social Affairs Artem Asatryan informed, that the law, adopted within the framework of pension reforms, will come into force in January 2013. “Thus, the aim is to optimize the employers’ reports, which will be... more »
Armenia Allocated Humanitarian Aid to Iran
The activities of providing humanitarian aids to different countries are in the center of the attention of the Armenian government. At the press conference held at the Government’s press center, RA Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan informed, that Armenia provided 57 million AMD humanitarian aid to Iran, suffered from the earthquake on August 11. 26 thousand boxes of different kinds of canned food, about 40 thousand liters of drinking water, 81 tents, 1000 coverings, 6000... more »
Vanadzor-Chemprom May Meet Local Market Demand For Potash And Nitrogenous Fertilizers
During the press conference that followed today’s cabinet sitting, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Grisha Baghiyan talked about the process of local production of fertilizers and the expected results. The Deputy Minister noted that no chemical fertilizers have been used in Armenia over the last 20 years. According to G. Baghiyan, Vanadzor-Chemprom CJSC will be producing nitrogenous and potash fertilizers from this September. The company will be supported by the Ministry of... more »
