  Paper: Deputy Agriculture Minister warns of wheat price surge May 24, 2012 - 10:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Haykakan Zhamanak paper, Deputy Agriculture Minister confirmed the tendency of wheat price surge in the international market over the threat of drought in some areas of Russia. “The rise in wheat price in the international market will result in a similar tendency in Armenia. Concerns have already been voiced as to the risk of drought in Russia’s Stavropol Krai. However, nobody can say what will happen in the future,” the daily quoted Samvel Galstyan as saying.   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 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. |
