Armenia’s budget executed with AMD 1,5bln surplus in Jan-Oct 2012December 4, 2012 - 13:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s state budget income for January-October 2012 totaled AMD 752,6 billion to provide 80,9% implementation of a governmental program, Head of Department of Reporting and Analysis at Ministry of Finance said. As Gayane Zargaryan stated at an December 4 briefing, over the reporting period, the budget expenditures amounted to AMD 751,1 billion (76,9% program implementation.) According to her, in January-October 2012, state budget income rose by 9,1% against the same period in 2011, with the growth achieved through tax income increase. 94,2% of state budget income was provided though tax income, state duties and obligatory social payments; 5,2% was procured through other incomes and 0,6% through officials donations. As Ms. Zargaryan further noted, in January-October Armenia's state budget has been executed with a surplus of AMD 1.5 billion. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |