Armavia Airlines to be sold to President Sargsyan’s son-in-law?November 7, 2011 - 15:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Dwelling on information regarding part of Armavia’ssummer staff being dismissed and company being sold to President Serzh Sargsyan’s son-in-law Mikael Minasyan at a convenient price, Armavia Airlines spokesperson Nana Sargsyan said the information is not true to fact. On November 3 Armavia flights were delayed due to company’s debts to Zvartnots Airport which twice surpasses the norm set. Despite Armavia’s statement on Zvartnots having raised winter tariff rates for the company Deputy Director of Armenia International Airports rejected tariff rise for airlines. Flight schedule will remain unchanged until the middle of the week. According to Nana Sargsyan, negotiations on tariff policy with Airport Directorate are in progress. 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. |