Damage inflicted by recent frost in being assessedApril 15, 2009 - 20:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Recent snowfalls in low lying regions of Armenia might damage drupe trees, RA Deputy Minister of Agriculture Samvel Galstyan told a news conference on Wednesday. According to Deputy Minister, the strongest frosts were registered in Tavush region, Vayots Dzor, Aragatsotn, Kotayk, where the temperature went below -4 -10 oC According to Galstyan, temperature in Ararat valley didn't go below 0, and no serious issues were registered there. "I believe we won't have serious losses and will be able to keep the market and preserve the existing price policy," Sargsyan said. Around a week ago in the low lying regions of Armavir region a temperature of -1 oC was registered. Salstyan informed that a committee was created to assess the damage to Drupe trees (apricot, peach, plum) and implement corresponding measures to mitigate it." 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |