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this is how Armenia’s 2025 budget compares to 2024
Economic growth projection: +5.6%
Revenues: ֏2.873T (+11% YoY)
Expenditures: ֏3.482T (+9% YoY)
Deficit: ֏609B (42% borrowed from internal sources, 58% from foreign)
Tax-to-GDP ratio: 25%
… where will the ֏3.482T go?
(1) ֏906B (+14%) on social security, pensions, aid.
(2) ֏771B (+14%) on state and regional agencies & services, and repaying state debt.
(3) ֏668B (+20%) on defense.
(4) ֏306B (+5%) on education.
(5) ֏248B (+11%) on public safety & judicial system.
(7) ֏164B (-3%) on healthcare. [finished building several medicial centers?]
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45,000 taxi drivers are generating receipts and paying taxes now, after a new law went into effect in September
45,000 taxi drivers are using centralized platforms that calculate and generate receipts for them.
110 individuals, not using centralized platforms and not working for any company, have registered and are using the government’s tax app to insert the fare manually after each ride. They have generated 3,000 digital receipts worth ֏3M since September.
Some individual drivers are not as savvy with phone apps so they want a more simplified approach: send me a bill, I go to the bank and pay it, and I receive the right to drive a full month [without further payments].
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL: This has been a successful project so far. 45,000 people, who were completely "invisible" to the tax agency in the past, are currently registered through platforms and will pay taxes for the rides totaling ֏12B so far.
how do you invest $6 billion and receive $44 billion in economic benefits in two decades?
As you know from the August 29 report the government is discussing a comprehensive demographic strategy package prepared jointly with an independent organization that involved world-class scientists.
It’s expected to cost over $6 billion and bring $44 billion in economic returns, in addition to a better structure of population and human capital.
Its co-author Tigran Jrbashyan spoke about the package. It’s mostly the same information covered on August 29 but contains some new information. Jrbashyan says no other country in the region has a strategy plan as detailed and professional as this one.
Armenia’s Security Council chief Armen Grigoryan will visit Germany and Czechia
In Germany, he will hold "a number of meetings."
In Czechia, he will take part in the "Forum 2000" conference entitled "Evidence of Democratic Determination and Stability."
Armenia and Germany agree on defense cooperation plan for 2025
Defense consultations between Armenia and Germany were held in Berlin. What’s in the 2025 defense cooperation plan?
• exchange of experience
• education and training
• other
The parties spoke about bilateral and international cooperation, the situation in the region and globally, and the Crossroads of Peace communication project.
Turkey wants a trade route through Armenia as an alternative to Georgia-Azerbaijan link
The minister of infrastructure of Turkey said the route through Armenia is an "alternative" version of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, and that it will increase the cargo capacity.
He said the new link will pass through Caspian, Azerbaijan, Armenia or Iran, then Nakhijevan and Turkey.
He said whether it will pass through Armenia or Iran depends on Azerbaijan’s negotiations. "In the case of Iran, there was a lot of progress in the beginning. There is development on the Armenian side as well. It will become clear in the near future. [Turkey wants to] connect to Azerbaijan and the Turkic world through the shortest route."
Armenia denounces Israel’s attack on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
Israeli forces fired at an observation post belonging to the UNIFIL peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon. No Armenian peacekeepers were injured.
YEREVAN: Armenia as a contributing country to UNIFIL, firmly denounces the targeting of the headquarters of UNIFIL, entrusted to foster stability in accordance with relevant UN Security Council resolutions. //
UN GenSec Guterres condemned the Israeli attack.
Israel forces again targeted the UN peacekeepers, the second time in two days. One of the injured peacekeepers was taken to a hospital.
UNIFILE: This is a serious development, and UNIFIL reiterates that the safety and security of UN personnel and property must be guaranteed and that the inviolability of UN premises must be respected at all times. //
I FM JOSEPH BORRELL: Another line has been dangerously crossed in Lebanon: IDF shelling of UN peacekeepers whose positions are known. //
Spanish PM Sánchez and earlier French President Macron urged countries to stop selling weapons to Israel.
SPAIN PM: It is urgent that the international community stop exporting arms to the Israeli government. Let me at this point criticize and condemn the attacks that the Israeli armed forces are carrying out on the United Nations mission in Lebanon. //
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it is with great sadness I must inform you that King Charles the IIIth will not be able to attend the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan
Britain has decided to elect someone else to represent its delegation.
Georgian government explains why it didn’t join the sanctions against Russia
PM of GEORGIA: The share of our foreign trade in Russia’s trade is only 0.3%, so the application of sanctions by us would not have any effect on Russia. On the other hand, Georgia would see a 10% economic decline in the first year, or in the worst-case scenario – 18%. This would lead to an economic collapse. //
Kadyrov’s foe survives an assassination attempt in Moscow, days after Kadyrov revealed an alleged plot to assassinate him after a dispute that began with the attempted takeover of a large Russian business
Context in October 10 news.
Several shots were fired at Sherip Alikhadzhiev yesterday. He was hospitalized and survived.
He was an ally of Ramzan Kadyrov’s late father Ahmad Kadyrov, and a former government official in Chechnya. After Ahmad’s death, he became a government official in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia, while the new president of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called him a "criminal".
It is unclear whether the assassination attempt was related to the recent surge in inter-ethnic tensions between the Chechen and Ingush peoples, who have a long history of feuding, following a failed Chechen-led raid on the Moscow headquarters of Russia’s biggest online retailer Wildberries, in which two Ingush security guards were killed
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asphalt crack fillers in Yerevan’s Republic Square: PHOTO
see the new Saryan stairs in Yerevan: VIDEO
more state officials are fired/resign after Pashinyan summoned a meeting this week to discuss the frequent cuts in the supply of electricity and water
As you know from Thursday telegraph,the head of the utility regulatory agency submitted his resignation yesterday.
He is joined by Hakob Vardanyan, the deputy minister of infrastructure ministry tasked with energy, and Narek Teryan, a deputy minister of economy.
… pro-Russian opposition circles fear Pashinyan plans to nationalize the power grid, currently run by a Russian-Armenian billionaire
Billionaire Samvel Karapetyan dismissed these rumors earlier, saying there are no attempts to take away his business despite the barrage of criticism from the government and public for frequent power cuts.
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new trial begins for ex-President Robert Kocharyan and his co-defendant army leaders over March 2008 events
The Constitutional Court earlier instructed the Lower Court to allow prosecutors to bring new charges against the ex-leaders. Prosecutors will officially present the new charges soon. Kocharyan denied wrongdoing and said the process was a sham.
… Kocharyan was asked if he has any plans to leave politics to improve the opposition’s popularity rating and their chances of ousting Pashinyan
I have the right to be engaged in politics until the threats to Armenia are over, he said.
He denied directly financing the pro-Russian opposition movement leader Bagrat Galstanyan but said they have been non-materially supporting him through his parliamentary alliance that includes ARF.
Kocharyan disagrees that his presence is harming Bagrat’s chances. "[My shadow] can not hinder a real born leader. A big man always has a big shadow, a small man – a small one."
big anti-corruption: illegal asset forfeiture trial underway against ex-President Robert Kocharyan’s son Sedrak
Prosecutors want the court to seize:
• 14 real estate properties
• An apartment in Yerevan
• 11 company shares
• $1.4M and ֏985M ($2.5M) bonds
• $0.7M and ֏200M ($0.5M) deposits
• $8.2M, $4M, and €0.6M creditor certificates
• ֏14B ($39M)
• ֏1.3B ($3.4M) house in the Greek town of Ano Mera on the island of Mykonos.
• ֏416M ($1M) shares in Tanzanian gambling company Playmaster Gaming Corporation
• ֏2B ($5.2M) shares in the Tanzanian firm MMG Gold Limited
Sedrak made a failed attempt to hold the trial behind closed doors. He also wanted the judge to prevent journalists from recording the room, but the judge authorized a partial recording.
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anti-corruption: authorities arrest the son of former Gyumri Mayor Samvel Balasanyan
Khachatur was arrested at the airport amid a corruption investigation against him and an associate that began in 2020. He is accused of illegally appropriating lands near the Sev Berd castle in Gyumri.
anti-corruption: authorities invite a Pashinyan-era army chief Artak Davtyan to explain where he got his wealth as part of an asset forfeiture investigation
Davtyan is already facing criminal charges as part of the 2022 case in which multiple defense officials are accused of a corruption scheme that delivered "low-quality" munitions for the Armenian army.
Government makes it cheaper for prison inmates to make phone calls
The justice ministry has purchased hundreds of vandalism-proof phones for prisons.
In addition to having access to free phone calls to state agencies, from now on the inmates will have 20 free minutes per month to call anyone they wish.
After the free minutes are used, it’ll cost ֏9 per minute, versus the current average of ֏26.
Transcaucasian Telegraph – Oct/11/2024 – Justice, demographics, politics.
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rats, fucking rats.
There should be no concession, no 25%, no 15% or 5%. Take every last penny possible to take. And imprision their traitor dad for corruption. Imprision all these bitches for corruption, it’s all of them, all the ministers, all the mayors local or regional, every head of any public agency from the police to the chief of staff, hospital or school directors. Invite international auditing companies if needed.
Imprision them and let their legacy be that, fa**ots that happened to get power and used it for themselves leaving the country poor. Naked in front of war.Motherfuckers.
Heads should be rolling left and right. We should never allow something like that from happening again. Public servants should shit their pants by just thinking in how brutal it’s gonna be if they get caught.
Corruption destroyed the statehood of Armenia more than anything else. Worst cancer in our society.
I’ve read so many of these daily reports at this point that I swear I know more about the Armenian government’s budget and programs than I do my own state💀