11% drop in fruit price, 9% rise in vegetable price reported in ArmeniaAugust 28, 2015 - 16:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Chairman of the Consumer Advisory Center NGO presented Friday, August 28, statistical data on prices for agricultural products in 2015 against those in 2014. Karen Chilingaryan reported a 9% rise in prices for vegetables and 11% decrease in those for fruit, Tert.am said. “We expected a slump in prices due to a bumper crop. Exchange fluctuations, however, resulted in a general price rise,” he said. Chilingaryan also noted that fruits in Armenia are usually exported, which might later result in a price hike. 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 | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |