State budget revenue grows by 9,7% over Jan-Aug 2011October 4, 2011 - 17:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The state budget revenues amounted to AMD 552,1 bln in January-August 2011 in Armenia, while expenditures totaled AMD 566,9 bln. 9,7% (AMD 48,8 bln) growth was recorded in the state budget revenues as compared with January-August 2010, according to the RA Ministry of Finance. The state budgetary expenditures amounted to AMD 37,1 bln that is 7% (AMD 37,1 bln) higher compared to January-August 2010. The state budget was fulfilled with an AMD 14,8 bln deficit in January-July 2011. The deficit was financed with AMD 14,4 bln from internal sources, and AMD 340, 4 mln from external ones. 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. |