Shadow employment makes 29% in ArmeniaDecember 21, 2009 - 14:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The control service of Armenia does not supervise issue of sales slips in entertainment facilities and restaurants, said Hovhannes Hovsepyan, the head of control service at the RA presidential administration. He informed that the state revenue committee has already addressed the problem. Mr. Hovsepyan also said that shadow employment makes 29% in Armenia. "There are companies which register elderly or disabled people as owners in order to avoid tax payments," he 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 | EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. |