Nagornyy Karabakh republic’s budget up by 31.7 per cent in first half
of 2006

Arminfo, Yerevan
11 Aug 06

Stepanakert , 11 August: In the first half of 2006, the revenues of
the Nagornyy Karabakh republic’s state budget totalled 4.6bn drams
[11.4m dollars], which is 31.7 per cent more than in the same period
of 2005.

The budget revenues came mainly from taxes that made up 79.7 per cent
of all revenues, the finance and economy ministry of the Nagornyy
Karabakh republic told Arminfo. In the same period, the current
expenses of the state budget increased by 10.4 per cent and totalled
7.3bn drams [18.3m dollars].

[Passage omitted: minor figures]