Economy

2027 state budget revenues projected at 3 trillion 604 billion drams

Economy. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, cropped
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, cropped

On November 2, the National Assembly began debating the draft 2027 state budget. According to Nikol Pashinyan, revenues are planned at 3 trillion 604 billion drams, or about $10 billion, which is 191% more than in 2017. Expenditures are set at 4 trillion 72 billion drams, with a deficit of about 468 billion drams. According to Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan, 1 trillion 868 billion drams will be allocated to the social sector and 835 billion drams to the security sector.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first and how the others caught up. Each bar shows how many of that side's outlets covered the story.

First to report: Azatutyun (RFE/RL) · 12:32 · Balanced

Pro-government 6 / 6 First: Armenpress, 31 d 22 h later
Balanced 10 / 10 First: Azatutyun (RFE/RL), 12:32
Opposition 16 / 16 First: Yerevan.Today, 31 d 21 h later

Foreign outlets: 1, first: Caliber.az, 12:14

Timeline as a list
  1. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  2. 1in.am (Balanced)
  3. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  4. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  5. Hetq (Balanced)
  6. 24news.am (Opposition)
  7. News.am (Opposition)
  8. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  9. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  10. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  11. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  12. Infocom (Balanced)
  13. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  14. Panorama (Opposition)
  15. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  16. FreeNews (Pro-government)
  17. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  18. Politik.am (Opposition)
  19. Ararat News (Balanced)
  20. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  21. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  22. Tert.am (Opposition)
  23. Caliber.az (Foreign)
  24. Factor (Balanced)
  25. Golos Armenii (Opposition)
  26. Hraparak (Opposition)
  27. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  28. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  29. Azg (Opposition)
  30. Iravunk (Opposition)
  31. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  32. Aravot (Balanced)
  33. 168 Zham (Opposition)

All sources

Labels as of 2 November 2026

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