71% Armenians think crisis affected country's economyJune 30, 2009 - 13:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Marketing Association has published the results of a survey conducted among 1082 residents of Yerevan and some regions from April 20 to 30.100% of the respondents proved awareness of the ongoing global economic crisis. 71% of them said the global recession has already struck at the country's economy. 20% said the crisis is still to come. 5% said Armenia will be partially affected. 1% said they do not care. 79% said expressed deep concerns over the crisis. 60% think the crisis is a lingering process. 24% see the soonest end of the crisis. 16% found difficulty in answering. Asked which countries are mostly affected by the crisis, 47% said it's the United States, 43% named Ukraine, 38% pointed out to Russia. Only 4% think that Armenia is the country mostly struck by the global financial crisis. 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 | Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |