Armenian MPs travel expenses to be increased next yearOctober 19, 2010 - 15:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Deputy Minister Pavel Safaryan said that the revised personnel policy influenced the 2011 government budget. “Reduction in the government payroll of 250 positions in legislative, executive and judicial agencies is envisaged,” Safaryan told a joint sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Financial, Credit and Budgetary Affairs and Committee on State Legal Affairs. “The move was taken for more efficient management, but not as a result of financial difficulties,” the Armenian Deputy Minister of Finance said, adding that it is better to have smaller number of professional employees and pay them higher salary, than on the contrary. Presenting the 2011 RA National Assembly budget, Chief of the RA NA Staff Gegham Gharibjanyan said for his part that all Armenian parliamentarians will be provided with computers next year. “Besides, travel expenses will be increased by AMD 106mln, as parliamentary diplomacy has considerably intensified,” he said. 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 | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |