Armenia whiskey production triples, that of brandy grows by 50%June 3, 2016 - 14:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The volume of Armenia’s beverage production amounted to AMD 28.64 billion in January-April 2016, up by 21% against the same period last year. In particular, 555.000 liters of whiskey were produced in the first four months this year, which is three times as much as the figure registered a year earlier (187.200 liters). Wine production grew by 13.4% to around 2.06 million liters, while that of brandy increased by 49.3% to over 5 million liters in the reporting period. The production of vodka-liqueurs and beer, on the contrary, dropped by 9.4% and 8.6%, respectively. In Q1 of 2016, 17.1 million liters of soft drinks were produced, down by 10.6%. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. 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. |