International institutions praise Armenian state revenue committee activityMarch 26, 2011 - 14:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian state revenue committee has held a presentation of reforms it carried out for the improvement of business environment in the country. The event was attended by representatives of various international institutions, including UN, World Bank, IMF, USAID,EBRD, ADB and OSCE Office in Yerevan. Committee deputy chairmen Arthur Afrikyan and Artashes Beybutyan presented the large-scale reforms implemented in tax and customs sectors, including introduction of ‘one-window’ system for business registration. The participants praised the committee’s cooperation with the internationals organizations. 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 | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |