  Armenia’s 2013 budget envisages USD 450 mln military spending November 2, 2012 - 21:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s 2013 state budget envisages military expenditures at AMD 182778 mln. (USD 451 mln), with USD105 mln growth to be recorded as compared with 2012. As Deputy Minister of Finance Pavel Safaryan noted, AMD 177845 mln (USD 439 mln) will be allocated exclusively for military expenses, with AMD 94,7 mln (USD 233 756 ) planned to be allotted for implementation of humanitarian demining programs and organization of expert services. Armenian national budget revenues are planned to be set at USD 2,5 bln, with the expenditures to be set at USD 2,2 bln.   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 |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
