  Armenian Finance Ministry: prices for precious metals go up August 2, 2011 - 18:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The State Depository of Precious Metals and Gemstones Agency at the Armenian Ministry of Finance set the government purchase and release prices per gram of chemically pure metal (standard bullion) for August 1-7, the Ministry’s press office reported. According to information provided, the set prices are as follows: Gold: purchase price: AMD AMD 17388.88 (+92.82), release price AMD 18900.96 (+100.9); Silver: purchase price: AMD 433.72 (+3.00), release price: 471.43 (+3.26); Platinum: purchase price: 19261.53 (+17.49), release price: 20936.45 (+19.01); Palladium: purchase price is 8838.24 (+227.29), release price is 9606.78 (+247.05).   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. |
