Armenia, KfW bank discuss water supply to 570 villagesFebruary 9, 2016 - 12:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The chairman of the Armenian State Water Resources Committee Aram Harutyunyan and Zara Chatinyan from the Yerevan office of the German KfW bank discussed Monday, February 8, water supply problems in the Armenian communities. The Committee said in a press release that they also examined a set of issues concerning the second stage of a community infrastructure program. Particularly, they looked into the problem of water supply to 570 rural communities across the country. Besides, they dwelled on a possible establishment of a unit within the Committee for property management, investments and independent audits. Also, the parties discussed the upcoming tender for the selection of a single operator for the drinking water supply, KfW’s assistance as well as strategic projects to develop this sector, ARKA reports. 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. |