Armenian Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs spent its budget inefficientlyDecember 22, 2009 - 18:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian NA Control Chamber held a meeting chaired by Ishkhan Zakaryan on December 22. Deputy Head of 7th department of Control Chamber Mr. Tovmasyan made a report on results of inspection of RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs's spending.According to Mr. Tovmasyan, budget resources were spent by the ministry inefficiently and with gross violations. He particularly stressed the program of ensuring alumni of orphanages with apartments. According to Mr. Tovmasyan, the program suffered a complete fiasco. Tovmasyan reported that in 2009 the budget allocated AMD 301 million for housing of orphanages' alumni of Armenia. AMD 124 million were returned to the budget and the entire program collapsed. Answering journalists' questions Ishkhan Zakaryan noted that the Board of Control Chamber did not make yet make a decision to send the factual materials to the Prosecutor office. 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 | Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. 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. |