  Armenian Agriculture Ministry to introduce new trade standards   August 19, 2011 - 15:00 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Ministry of Agriculture is going to introduce new trade standards. According to Minister Sergo Karapetyan, an agricultural market will open adjacent to Kasyan street in Yerevan on August 20 to provide rural residents with the opportunity to sell their products. “This will be a market for rural residents only. Should be initiative prove successful, similar markets will open in other districts as well,” he said, adding that the traders will be supplied with scales and uniform.  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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
