 Armenia bans China-imported products amid bird flu fear April 19, 2013 - 15:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The head of the State Service for Food Safety at Agriculture Ministry, Abraham Bakhchagulyan signed a decree for a temporary ban of a number of China-imported goods in view of recent fear of H7N9 virus. The ban, however, doesn’t cover products exported from China before April 4, 2013. The H7N9 virus has so far infected 87 people in China and killed 17. China has culled thousands of birds and shut down some markets selling live poultry to try to stave off the spread of infection.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia  The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
