  Market basket value drops to AMD 50443 in Armenia October 31, 2012 - 15:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The total value of minimal consumer basket for Q3, 2012 amounted to AMD 50 443, down from AMD 53 073 in Q2. As the National Statistical Service of Armenia official Gurgen Martirosyan told a news conference, the total value of consumer basket comprised AMD 55 327 in Q1. Minimal market basket in Armenia includes bread (annual consumption norm 91,3 kg); meat products (36,5 kg); sugar (18,3 kg); dairy products, eggs (182,5 units); vegetable oil (7,3 kg); fish (11 kg); margarine (3,7 kg).   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 Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday  Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1.Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri.Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament.Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |
