Tax collection efficiency should be raised in ArmeniaJune 18, 2009 - 20:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - RA prime minister Tigran Sargsyan at the sitting on Thursday called on state agencies to support the Committee on state revenues in tax collection. According to Mr. Sargsyan, first nine month will be the most difficult, and at the end of the year showings will improve. Tigran Sargsyan noted, that there are considerable problems with taxation in health, agriculture, construction, transport and communication spheres. Besides, as prime minister mentioned, the economic downturn in the country is conditioned mainly by the decline in the construction sphere due to reduction of investments from Russia and other countries. "We must take additional measures to stimulate construction," Mr. Sargsyan 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |