Armenia: PM reports on budget overperformance in Q1April 2, 2019 - 14:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Tuesday, April 2 met the chairman of the State Revenue Committee, David Ananyan. In a Facebook post published immediately after the meeting, Pashinyan revealed that the budget collection plan for Q1 was overdone by AMD 11.4 billion. According to him, Armenia’s reserve fund totals AMD 9.4 billion, which means that budget overperformance in the first three months of 2019 exceeded the reserve fund by AMD 2 billion. In March 2019, 8․361 million more fiscal receipts were printed against the same period last year, and 20․71 million more receipts were issued in Q1, Pashinyan added. 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 | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Pashinyan: Armenia’s desired goal is “on the horizon” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia is moving forward “without interruption”. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. |