Number of gas consumers increased by 16,538 subscribers in 2010 in ArmeniaJanuary 14, 2011 - 14:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - As of January 1, 2011, Armenia’s gas network has 612,891 subscribers. The actual number of gas consumers increased by 16,538 subscribers in 2010, the press service of ArmRosgazprom CJSC reported. As per a decision of the Armenian government, as of January 1, 2011, ArmRosgazprom set 499,093 signaling devices and cutoff valves (security systems) against envisaged 450,000 in apartments and households of gas consumers. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |