Parliamentary session to focus on tax administration programDecember 3, 2012 - 16:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Financing agreement signed in the framework of an Armenia-IDA tax administration improvement program was discussed at a parliamentary meeting led by the chair of the Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affair Gagik Minasyan. According to the first deputy chair of the State Revenue Committee, Armen Alaverdyan, the program aims to hamper tax evasion, stimulate implementation of tax liabilities and boost administrative effectiveness. The document discussed was approved by the Committee to be included on 4-day parliamentary session agenda. 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 Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar. Pillars installed in Armenian border village of Kirants In the Armenian village of Kirants, three border markers have been installed, and border guards stand next to them. Armenian Foreign Minister regrets “tragic loss” of Iranian counterpart The Armenian Foreign Ministry has expressed shock over the death of the Iranian President and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. |