ANC member: 2012 draft state budget will bring no improvementsNovember 16, 2011 - 15:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 2012 draft state budget discussed at Armenian National Assembly will bring no qualitative and qualitative improvements, a member of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc said. Former mayor of Yerevan Vahan Khachatryan noted that the draft budget will not help Armenia handle the political and economic crisis the country currently faces. He also expressed skepticism over Armenian government export-oriented industrial program. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |