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Politics

Parliamentary committee discusses bill on support for NGOs and media

First reported by Factor: 09:35, 11 November

Updated 14:17, 18 sources

Politics. Photo: parliament.am, cropped
Photo: parliament.am, cropped

On November 11, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs discussed the government's bill amending the Tax Code. According to Deputy Finance Minister Hamlet Sahakyan, citizens will be able to direct money to NGOs, media outlets and political parties through the "social expenses" system of their tax declaration. Each recipient is allotted 1,000 drams, up to a maximum of 3,000 drams, which the State Revenue Committee will transfer.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Factor09:35Balanced

Pro-government 4 / 6 First: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer), 4 h 10 min later
Balanced 8 / 14 First: Factor, 09:35
Opposition 5 / 21 First: 168 Zham, 1 h 15 min later
  1. Factor (Balanced)
  2. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  3. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  4. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  5. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  6. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  7. Infocom (Balanced)
  8. Aravot (Balanced)
  9. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  10. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  11. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  12. CivilNet (Balanced)
  13. News.am (Opposition)
  14. Panorama (Opposition)
  15. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  16. Ararat News (Balanced)
  17. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)

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