NKR government issued annual report on 2008 budget executionMay 23, 2009 - 12:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - NKR National Assembly has considered the annual governmental report on execution of 2008 budget.Minister of Finance Spartak Tevosyan presented the index fixed in various sectors and progress achieved. Prime Minister Ara Harutyunyan briefed on trends of financial and economic progress in the first quarter of 2009. Completing the session, NA chairman Ashot Ghulyan said discussions will continue in various parliamentary panels in compliance with the schedule, the NKR NA press office reported. 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. |