Vine fretter threatens Armenian vineyardsAugust 17, 2010 - 17:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Vine fretter can badly damage Armenian vineyards within 5 years, chairman of the Union of Winemakers said. “Affecting the roots, vine fretter can kill the plant during 3 or 4 years. It’s not curable. The only way to struggle is to dug out the old vineyards and plant new ones, what will cost $270-290 million,” Avag Harutyunyan told reporters on August 17. “Since the USSR decline, no measure has been taken to prevent the spread of the illness, which was lately detected in Tavush region,” he said. 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. |