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ArmInfo. Yerevan is preparing a bill to effectively combat illegal construction and seizure of land, Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan stated at a working meeting of the Council of Elders on January 8.

ArmInfo.France, through the Agence Francaise de l'AFD - Agence Francaise de D‚veloppement, supports the AGBU (Armenian General Benevolent Union) for the improvement of the health system in Syunik. Thanks to an AFD grant of 1 million euros, AGBU, via the intervention of Sante Armenia, is aiming for three objectives:

ArmInfo.The Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF) has announced changes in its management staff. On the initiative of the Ministry of Economy, changes were made to the management staff, including the board of  directors of ANIF. Previously the Board of ANIF was chaired by Dominique de Villepin, former PM of and Minister of the Interior of France. 

ArmInfo. Only dollar and euro  transactions were carried out at the foreign currency interbank of  Armenia in the first short week of January 2024 (January 3-5), hile  there were no euro transactions in the same period a year ago,  instead there were ruble transactions  along with dollar ones, but  both then and now they were recorded in small volumes with downward  trend in dollar transactions. 

ArmInfo. The authorized  capital of National Airlines of Armenia CJSC (Fly Arna) has been  increased by 2,011,050,000 drams. This was reported by the press  service of the Ministry of Economy.  According to the source, the  decision was made on December 25 last year at the general meeting of  shareholders of the company.

ArmInfo. From January 1, 2024,  persons with disabilities will be provided with the service of a  personal assistant. The decision was made on January 4 at a meeting  of the Cabinet of Ministers.

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ArmInfo. Scientific workers with  an academic degree involved in budgetary basic programs and working  full time from January 1, 2024 will receive an additional payment.  The decision was made at a meeting of the Armenian Cabinet of  Ministers on January 4.

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ArmInfo.In Armenia, those  persons who are subject to the mandatory declaration of their  incomes, when entering the electronic system, will notice that some  parts of the application will be pre-filled. Chairman of the State  Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia Rustam Badasyan told  reporters on January 4.

ArmInfo. According to the  forecasts of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia,  according to the results of last year, a significant improvement in  the ratio of taxes to GDP in Armenia will be recorded. The head of  the department, Rustam Badasyan, stated on January 4 in a  conversation with reporters.

ArmInfo. Armenia's Cabinet has  extended the ban on the export of raw leather once again.   As noted in the explanation to the document, currently local  industrial companies engaged in leather processing in Armenia have a  demand for leather raw materials, and the capabilities of the raw  material base are still not fully used.

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ArmInfo. Chairman of the Urban  Development Committee Armen Ghularyan has been dismissed.

ArmInfo. Governor of Lori Province Aram Khachatryan has been dismissed. 

ArmInfo. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  visited Lori Province and got acquainted with the progress of the  projects implemented in communities funded by the Government.

ArmInfo. Armenia will close 2023  with GDP growth in the range of 8- 8.5%, instead of the 7% planned by  the state budget and the 7.2% expected by the budget for 2024. At the  same time, the country's GDP generation potential, as before, does  not exceed 5%, Armenia's former minister of finance Vardan Aramyan  told ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo. The State Revenue Committee of Armenia (SRC) summed up the results of 2023 with tax revenues in the amount of 2 trillion 221.9 billion drams, exceeding the previous year by 295.9 billion drams or 15.4%.