One-Stop-Shop Due In Social Security
“3 priorities are set before the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in 2012: building infrastructures necessary for the functionality of a multistage pension system, laying a legal basis for the provision of integrated social services and drafting of national a program for the defense of children’s rights,” Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arthur Grigoryan told today’s press conference at the Government Press Center As the Minister said, the systemic... more »
Protected Zone Upgrading Efforts To Be Continued
Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan met with journalists at the government’s press center to present his ministry’s priorities: Lake Sevan ecosystem rehabilitation, upgrades of protected zones, water resources management, new projects and international cooperation. The Ministry of Nature Protection will continue upgrading Armenia’s protected zones throughout the running year. Minister Aram Haroutunyan said ecosystem rehabilitation, landscape and biological... more »
Hrair Tovmasyan Looking Forward To Increased Confidence For Justice Over Coming Years
The government press center hosted today Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Hrair Tovmasyan who briefed the journalists on his ministry’s priorities and upcoming plans. A strategic action plan was said developed for the period 2012-2016 in an effort to reduce the level of public distrust towards justice at least twice from the current 70%-80% to 30-40%. “The program implies a number of key targets: clearing up of prosecution-related procedures, application of... more »
Educational Reform To Be Continued In 2012
Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan met today with journalists at the government’s pres center to present the Ministry’s plans for 2012. According to the minister, this year will see the completion of ongoing processes and the implementation of new steps in the field of education and science. Education quality, affordability, welfare problems, as well as the fight against corruption will be the main targets of reforms. “This is what we are striving for and... more »
Corruption Risks Shrinking Nationwide
During the press conference held after the Cabinet sitting, expert Armen Khudaverdyan advised that owing to the government’s anti-corruption strategy, corruption risks proved 5% down in 2012 compared to 2008. The statistics is being summarized to be published next year. “It is noteworthy that corruption went down in health care, road police and tax service which used to be prone to large-scale corruption,” Khudaverdyan noted. Twice as many cases were said revealed in the... more »
Certification Cancelled In Public Catering
At today’s cabinet sitting, the government amended a previous decision, invalidating another one in order to harmonize Armenia’s technical streamlining procedures with the EU directives. To this end, the public catering service was removed from the list of those activities subject to mandatory licensing. As Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan told the news conference following the cabinet sitting, “There are currently 4 different entities delivering catering certificates... more »
Small And Medium-Size Business Overburdened With Taxes In Armenia
The council on small and medium-size enterprise development held its second meeting in the Office of Government, chaired by council head, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The sitting was followed by a briefing involving Coordinator of Business Advocacy Network NGO Gagik Poghosyan and President of Armenian Shippers Union NGO Yeghishe Hovhannisyan. “Small and medium-size businesses are overburdened with taxes in Armenia,” Gagik Poghosyan noted citing those countries where... more »
