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Economy

Vahe Hovhannisyan: no additional funds for raising pensions

First reported by Tert.am: 13:03, 11 November

Updated 13:01, 18 sources

Economy. Photo: Erik Babajanian / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Photo: Erik Babajanian / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan told journalists at the National Assembly on November 11 that the 2027 budget contains no additional funds for raising pensions. According to the minister, the funeral allowance money was to be redirected to raising pensions, but the Ministry of Labor and Welfare decided not to change the allowance procedure. As a result, the 1,000-dram increase in the minimum pension will not take place.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Tert.am13:03Opposition

Pro-government 3 / 6 First: FreeNews, 18 min later
Balanced 7 / 14 First: Ararat News, 19 min later
Opposition 8 / 21 First: Tert.am, 13:03
  1. Tert.am (Opposition)
  2. FreeNews (Pro-government)
  3. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  4. Ararat News (Balanced)
  5. CivilNet (Balanced)
  6. News.am (Opposition)
  7. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  8. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  9. Politik.am (Opposition)
  10. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  11. Mediahub (Opposition)
  12. Infocom (Balanced)
  13. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  14. Factor (Balanced)
  15. Panorama (Opposition)
  16. Aravot (Balanced)
  17. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  18. 168 Zham (Opposition)

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