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12.01.2010 While Seeking for Information in the State Registry
The first step for launching any business is to create a juridical person, and to do it one needs to be equipped with the appropriate information. And naturally those inquiries lead to the State Registry. However, here one encounters an informational dead-end. No needed information is publicly available in the State Registry – there are no bulletin-boards on the walls. Whereas, according to the 2nd point of the article 11 of the RA law about the “State Registry of Juridical Persons” the...
04.12.2009 “Condominium seems to be blind…?”
Mariam Karapetyan Every morning many of us have to bare dirty porches in our buildings and quite naturally a question is raised “why do I need to pay monthly to the condominium? Why don’t they clean the porch, the yard? Why doesn’t the lift run?” We’re informed that the payment list of obligatory implemented norms defines the condominium’s obligations. By the decision of the Government, the condominiums are obliged to take garbage away at least every three days, to take measures...
23.11.2009 Governors' (marzpets') incomes
Gevorg Hayrapetyan In October 2009 FOICA received from the RA State Revenue Committee all the statements pertaining to the data incorporated in the declarations for property and incomes by all governors. During 2008 S. Sahakyan , Governor (marzpet) of Aragatsotn, took the position of Deputy Governor of Aragatsotn, so the property and income declaration was submitted by him for the incomes gained while taking this position. In 2008, only 2 of 10 governors (marzpets),...
17.11.2009 Ministers' incomes
In October 2009 FOICA received from the RA State Revenue Committee all the statements pertaining to the data incorporated in the declarations for property and incomes by all ministers for 2008. Only the data of Gevorg Petrosyan, Minister of he Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs were not provided because the latter has been holding this position beginning from the 12 th of May 2009. During 2008 Gerasim Alaverdyan, Minister of Agriculture and Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Education...
16.11.2009 Kilometers Armenian Ministers have passed
Freedom of Information Center sent requests on 1.10.2009 to all the ministers of Armenia asking to provide information about the amount of petrol consumption in August 2009 and how many kilometers their service vehicles have covered during that period. The initiative contributed not only to make the activities of our local officials transparent to the public but it has another mission also – to find out which ministries implement the claims of the law on freedom of information the...
03.11.2009 Complaints for almost everything
“Hot line” service set in the Government of Armenia has registered 4839 calls during June 1, 2009 and September 30, 2009. 1846 calls have been clarified just during the telephone conversation and 295 requests have been sent to correspondent departments where 74 of them were given positive answers. Hot line of the Government on 527000 telephone number has been set to improve the efficiency of citizens’ applications and protest letters and its transparency. “We...
