  Medicine procurement violations badly damage Armenian budget October 5, 2012 - 14:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Market research in the field of procurement of medicines by State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition of Armenia has revealed cases of anti-competitive agreements, with several companies fined. Natali Pharm, a major distributor of medicaments in Armenia, was fined AMD 50 mln. The damage inflicted on the state budget as a result of the violation of public procurement process totaled AMD 1,5 bn. With 134 hospitals and 300 companies inspected, the study revealed that 134 health institutions purchased about 100 medicines without competitive bidding. Partner news  Top stories Zvartnots airport will host a press conference on May 24 on the operation of Tel Aviv-Yerevan- Tel Aviv flights. “The increase for energy tariffs is prompted by a price hike for gas used in production,” Garegin Baghramyan said. Earlier, ArmRosgazprom CJSC addressed Armenia’s Public Services Regulatory Commission with an offer to reconsider natural gas prices. Finance Minister linked the step with the collection of air taxes. He further noted that lawsuits were filed by other lenders, too.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenia’s Special Investigation Service gets new chief  President spoke of the reasons for relieving the former Head of the Service Andranik Mirzoyan of his duties and tasks set before the institution.Kerry, Lavrov to discuss Syria in Paris U.S. officials say they want to advance efforts to start talks between the Syrian government and opposition leaders.Muse to play free London show after Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” premiere The concert will take place on Sunday, June 2 and 15,000 tickets will be made available for the event.Artsakh defense army command staff exercises end in Martakert President Sahakyan stressed the combat readiness of Artsakh defense among key factors in the country’s security and state building. |
