King Banaian: Armenia will recover from crisis pretty soonJuly 9, 2009 - 14:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will recover from crisis pretty soon, according to King Banaian, professor and chairman of the Economics Department of St. Cloud State University, member of International Policy Research Group (AIPRG). Comparing the situation in Armenia with recession in Asian countries, prof. Banaian said Armenia's economy suffered less losses that Indonesia's, for example. "Indonesia was too late with devaluation of the national currency," he said. Dwelling on the ways Armenia can combat the crisis, prof. Banaian said, "I suppose, Armenia should develop trade relations with other countries. It's also essential to assist families, which suffered from reduction of transfers." 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. |