 6 17.12.13 - Administrative Court announces a decision concerning the claim of gas and electricity           Court rejects appeal against gas, electricity price hike  December 17, 2013 - 20:20 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Russia will set quotas for duty-free exports of gas and oil products to Armenia, Energy Minister said at parliamentary hearings Tuesday, Dec 17, ARKA reported. According Armen Movsisyan, the quotas will be decided before the start of each calendar year. Quotas for uncut diamonds will be replaced by contracts with Armenian diamond cutting companies. The agreement on cooperation with Russia in exporting gas, oil and rough diamonds to Armenia envisages sanctions, should Yerevan re-export the goods to third countries. The deal on abolition of export duties on gas, petroleum products and raw diamonds to Armenia was signed in Yerevan December 2 after talks between Armenian and Russian presidents. As Movsisyan added, gas price talks with Tehran will be held within 2 months at the meeting of the Armenia-Iran intergovernmental committee. Meanwhile, the administrative court rejected activists’ request urging against the gas and electricity price hike.  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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
