Social expenses priority in 2009 Armenian state budgetApril 14, 2009 - 15:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Irrelative of further development of the situation, the Armenian government will secure social expenditures, RA Prime Minister said. "The matter concerns not only 114 thousand needy families but the whole social sector," Tigran Sargsyan said during Social Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Armenia conference in Yerevan. He said that passing on to per quarter budget management, the RA government will hence plan expenses proceeding from tax collection level. "We have revised the budget taking into account all possible risks," the Prime Minister said. 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 | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |