30% pharmaceutical industry growth forecasted for Armenia in 2018February 27, 2018 - 11:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s pharmaceutical industry growth will amount to 30% in 2018, minister of economic development and investments Suren Karayan said at a meeting with prime minister Karen Karapetyan on Monday, February 26. According to the minister, economic activity has so far grown by 10.72%, while industrial production increased by about 14%. The country’s service sector, meanwhile, grew 15.2% in January year-on-year, while the exports rose by 45.2% in the reporting period. Economic activity grew by 7,7% in 2017, trade turnover by 26,9%, while exports and imports expanded by 25,2% and 27,8%, respectively. 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 | About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister to meet in Almaty Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov will meet in Almaty. Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. |