Hundreds of self-employed taxi drivers converged on a major square in Armenia's second largest city of Gyumri on Friday to protest against new licensing and taxation rules which they said could drive them out of business.
The protest came the day after traffic police fined several local drivers 50,000 drams ($120) each for not complying with the new requirements. Those include monthly payments of 16,000 drams for a service license as well as higher income taxes and social security payments.
The rules were enacted by the Armenian authorities several years ago. The authorities began enforcing them in earnest following the entry into force on June 2 of amendments to Armenia's Code of Administrative Offenses that envisage much heftier penalties for their violation.
Armenian News
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