Medicine procurement violations badly damage Armenian budgetOctober 5, 2012 - 14:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Market research in the field of procurement of medicines by State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition of Armenia has revealed cases of anti-competitive agreements, with several companies fined. Natali Pharm, a major distributor of medicaments in Armenia, was fined AMD 50 mln. The damage inflicted on the state budget as a result of the violation of public procurement process totaled AMD 1,5 bn. With 134 hospitals and 300 companies inspected, the study revealed that 134 health institutions purchased about 100 medicines without competitive bidding. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. At least 2 CSTO members participated in preparing 44-day war against Armenia – PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared that at least two CSTO member countries participated in preparations for the 44-day war against Armenia. |