Interest-free crediting will finally become available to residents of Armenia’s frontier regionsNovember 4, 2010 - 18:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In accordance with government-approved program, residents of Armenia’s frontier regions were given a possibility to receive interest-free crediting. “For over 2 years, the program has been implemented with serious omissions,” Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan stated at November 4 governmental sitting. In this connection, the Prime Minister instructed Armenian Minister of Finance Tigran Davtyan to submit a relevant decision on structural changes. “It’s unacceptable that the allocated funds should not reach the peasants,” Sargsyan emphasized. 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. |