Parliament to discuss tax code during June extraordinary sessionMay 30, 2019 - 12:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Head of the Committee on Economic Issues and Investments of the National Parliament, Babken Tunyan announced that the large package of the tax code changes will be included in the agenda of the plenary session in the first reading during the extraordinary session on the first ten days of June. Tunyan reminded that the Committee on Economic Issues approved the package of the tax code changes which had been initiated by the government. “However the four-day session was not included as it was quite busy, and the topic of the tax code had to be discussed for a longer time. And hence it was decided to not be included. I would like to tell to all business people to remain calm as the new code will be approved within the stated deadlines”, said Tunyan. Earlier, the government had presented the package of changes in the tax code to legislative bodies. 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 | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |