ArmInfo.Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) aims to ensure the allocation of a $ 100 million grant to Armenia under the Millennium Challenge Program for educational purposes.

ArmInfo.From July 1, 2018, the mandatory funded pension system will become mandatory for all categories of Armenian citizens. Deputy Minister of Finance of the  Republic of Armenia Karen Tamazyan stated this on July 3 from the  rostrum of the Armenian parliament, presenting the draft amendments  to the law on the mandatory funded pension and the package of  accompanying laws that were adopted by the RA National Assembly on  October 4 in the first reading.  

ArmInfo.The Armenian government will consider the possibility of attracting older citizens to the labor market. On September 28, at a meeting of the Government  of Armenia, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan called for supporting  programs on the active lifestyle of the elderly.

ArmInfo.Of course, all countries in the region are against the establishment of an  independent Kurdistan - Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria are in the neighborhood, and each of them has many Kurds, so they fear the export of a wave of Kurdish independence to their territory, but the creation of an independent Iraqi Kurdistan is already an irreversible process. The deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia from the  Kurdish minority, Knyaz Gasanov, stated this in the conversation with the correspondent of ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.The United States is satisfied with the current agreement on avoidance of double taxation with Armenia, however, at the same time, the US is ready to listen to  the Armenian Government's arguments about the need for a new  Agreement. Answering the question of ArmInfo, the US Ambassador to  Armenia Richard Mills stated on September 13 in Yerevan.

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ArmInfo.Investments of the managing company of Amulsar gold deposit of "Lidian Armenia" CJSC during 2017 already amounted to $ 124 million. Armenian government  September 7 "Lidian Armenia" deferred the term of payment of value  added tax from imported equipment for three years.

ArmInfo.In the water basins of Armenia the stocks of crayfish have significantly decreased. This was stated by the Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan on  September 7 during the government session. 

ArmInfo.The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) provided 2 loans to ARARATBANK in national currency, the total amount of which is  equivalent to $ 10 million. The signing of the respective loan  agreement between ARARATBANK and EBRD took place on September 4.

ArmInfo. The development of the national military-industrial complex is in the number of military and political priorities of Armenia. The Deputy Minister of Defense  of Armenia Artak Zakaryan at the conference organized by the ARF  stated this on September 4.

ArmInfo.The company Lydian Armenia, which started the program on exploitation of Amulsar gold deposit, is ready to work openly and transparently according to the  traditions of American business. The US Ambassador Extraordinary and  Plenipotentiary to Armenia Richard Mills expressed such an opinion on  August 31 on the margins of the event timed to the presentation of  Lydian International's first annual report on sustainable  development.

ArmInfo. On August 31, Armenian Government approved two new draft laws - "On Defense" and "On the passing of military service and the status of a serviceman". "The  draft laws should be a reflection of Armenia's defense policy,"  Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan stated, presenting the  document.

ArmInfo. At the end of September 2017, Armenian Cabinet of Ministers will present to the public a report on the work done over the past year of its activities. A month  later, exactly one year has passed since the formation of the Armenian government, headed by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan.

ArmInfo. To provide transparency and targeting in the provision of medical services to the population, Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan called for reconsidering  mechanisms for the distribution of state orders. He stated this at a meeting of the Armenian government on August 31.

ArmInfo. The document published yesterday by the US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland contains the principles approved by all the co-chairing countries of the Minsk Group, which the Armenian government accepted as the basis for negotiations on the Karabakh settlement, US Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills stated in an interview with Radio Azatutyun.

ArmInfo.In Armenia, for the first time, a pilot project is launched to ensure the protection of national parks by a private company. The corresponding draft decision, providing for changes and additions to the Armenian law "On the state budget of  Armenia for 2017" and the decision of the Armenian Government of December 29, 2016, was approved at a meeting of the RA Government on August 24.

ArmInfo. The doom of the last surviving industrial giant in Armenia is Vanadzor-Chemical Plant CJSC is close. Competent state bodies are either not aware of what is happening, or consider the enterprise as a "bakery", the owner of which sells it in parts. This is stated in the statement of the  "Bright Armenia" Party, which arrived in ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.Amenian Government on August 17 approved the order for carculating additional income arising in the companies of power system from the sale of electricity produced at the expense of water produced in Lake Sevan in 2017, exceeding 170 million cubic meters. M., and gave permission to Ministry of Energy Infrastructure and Natural Resources to open an  off-budget account.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, the issue of housing provision for servicemen is being resolved. On August 10, the Armenian government approved the procedure for providing the living space to the military, the disabled and the families of the deceased (dead) servicemen.

ArmInfo."At the end of 2020, the number of smokers in Armenia is expected to decrease by 3-5%," Armenian Minister of Health Levon Altunyan said in an interview with ArmInfo.  A government meeting on August 3 approved the Strategy on Smoking  Control for 2017-2020.