Harutyun Mesropyan: market basket to climb in Armenia by yearendSeptember 2, 2010 - 14:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Management expert Harutyun Mesropyan supposes that the minimum market basket in Armenia is AMD 65 000, while food basket amounts to AMD 42 000-45 000. According to official data, the minimum market basket cost amounted to AMD 41 052 as of the end of June. The food basket price totaled AMD 26 485. The expert thinks that the market basket will climb by the yearend, as the crisis has not ended yet, given high prices for gold. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |