Deputy Chairman of Gazprom Management Board Vitaly Markelov held talks with Iran’s Deputy Minister of Oil Amir-Hossein Zamani-Nia, who arrived in Moscow to convince Russian companies to invest in the Islamic Republic’s oil and gas projects. Also, negotiations dwelt upon the increase of gas supplies from Iran to Armenia, whose gas transportation system was controlled…
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian declined to elaborate on the country’s inclusion into the European common aviation area. At the press conference on the results of the eighth non-official meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Eastern Partnership countries held in Yerevan, the Armenian FM noted that in the future talks on joining the common aviation…
Hrachya Berberyan, chairman of a union of farmers, has accused wheat-procuring companies of making huge profits out of wheat growing farmers’ hard work. “They pay the farmers from 90 to 120 drams per 1 kg of wheat, however, 1 kg of flour can be used to make more than 1 kg of bread, which sells…
Belarus plans to export dump trucks and mining equipment to Armenia. The issue was discussed during the trip of Belarusian Ambassador Igor Nazaruk to Armenia’s Syunik Province. The Ambassador visited a number of Armenian mining enterprises, in particular, Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Plant, Agarak Copper and Molybdenum Plant, Kapan Mining and Processing Plant. The meeting…
Armenia has banned imports of pigs and pork from Ukraine, the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation reports. “The ban on imports implied to pigs and pork, as well as the whole genetic materials of livestock: bristles, intestinal materials, leather, various raw materials, and pork products as well as hunting trophies”, reads the report. In addition, Armenia imposed…
Armenia’s economic activity index decreased by 4.7% YoY in July. This is a record figure. A decline in the country’s economic activity has not been observed yet in 2016. Just two weeks ago, Armenia’s Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan summed up the figures for the H1 at a cabinet meeting and was satisfied with the 4%…