  Special brandy launched to mark Armenia 20th anniversary  September 14, 2011 - 15:09 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan Brandy Company has launched production of Armenia special brandy to mark the 20th anniversary of Armenia’s independence. As the Company CEO Ara Grigoryan told journalists, “the new brandy production was launched last week, with first sales scheduled for next Monday.” Previously a 10-year old brandy, “Armenia” will be re-launched as a 20-year old brand with a limited output of 10 thousand bottles. The Company CEO characterized the use of the alcohol of 1991 (independence declaration year) in production as a symbolic gesture. “Armenia” (retail price: AMD 55 thousand) was mainly manufactured for foreign export, with only 25% to be distributed in local market.  Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news 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.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
