  RA parliament approves state budget for 2008November 28, 2007 - 14:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - With a vote 82 to 2 and 8 abstentions, the Armenian parliament approved the state budget for 2008. The reviewed budget provides for 766,3, billion AMD ($2,529 billion) income, 842,3 billion AMD ($2,78 billion) expenditure. Deficit will make 76 billion AMD ($261 million).According to the Minister of Finance and Economy, Vardan Khachatryan, the government received 331 proposals from the MPs, 144 were admitted. The tax taking tends to increase with 2 billion AMD bringing the tax specific weight in the GDP up to 17%. At that 79,9% of income will be provided by tax and duty. Dram-to-dollar rate was fixed at 325,16/1. Dram-to-euro rate was fixed at 469,76/1, IA Regnum reports.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
