Gyumri to host AGRO SHIRAK EXPO 2009September 15, 2009 - 19:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Shirak Competitiveness Center's (SCC) fund will present AGRO SHIRAK EXPO 2009, an exhibition oriented towards agricultural development on September 16. The exhibition's goal is to promote agricultural development in the Shirak region by exposure and immersion into both unique and universal agricultural practices. The event will be in essence of a republican nature; the participants (invitees) will include fruit reprocessing companies, enterprises engaged in the production of various foodstuffs, farmers unions, and insurance companies; participants will also include startup companies and financial enterprises engaged in the distribution of agricultural goods. 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 | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |