Armenia tax revenues grew by 24% in Q1April 3, 2019 - 18:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In the first quarter of 2019, tax revenues grew by 24% against the same period last year to amount o AMD 296.5 billion. According to head of the State Revenue Committee David Ananyan, AMD 239.2 billion was collected in taxes in Q1 2018. Ananyan had earlier met Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan who revealed in a Facebook post published immediately after the meeting, that the budget collection plan for Q1 was overdone by AMD 11.4 billion. 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 | Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |