Armenian veterans to receive compensations for “frozen” Soviet depositsApril 6, 2010 - 17:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - As Armenia's Minister of Finance Tigran Davtyan told journalists on April 6, the Armenian government initiated a pre-term compensation of the “frozen” deposits of the Great Patriotic War veterans to the amount of AMD800 million. A PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent in the parliament reported that the government submitted this amendment to the Law on Armenia's State Budget for 2010 for the parliament's discussion on occasion of 65th anniversary of Victory. According to the Minister of Finance, upon adoption of the amendments by the RA National Assembly, the government will fulfill the payments even before May 9, while this process will last until the end of 2010. 3.7thous. veterans will receive compensations for the “frozen deposits” on a priority basis. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |