Armenian government make amendments to laws related to operation of casinosOctober 1, 2009 - 20:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The government of Armenia introduced a number of amendments and additions to the laws "On Fixed Payments", "On State Duty", "On Profit Tax", "On Value Added Tax" at the meeting on Thursday. This package of laws is aimed at regulating the activities of casinos and gambling halls in the country. Casinos and gaming halls must pay annually 400 million AMD and 50 million AMD respectively, regardless of operating gaming tables. 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 to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |