Armenia bans China-imported products amid bird flu fear![]() April 19, 2013 - 15:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The head of the State Service for Food Safety at Agriculture Ministry, Abraham Bakhchagulyan signed a decree for a temporary ban of a number of China-imported goods in view of recent fear of H7N9 virus. The ban, however, doesn’t cover products exported from China before April 4, 2013. The H7N9 virus has so far infected 87 people in China and killed 17. China has culled thousands of birds and shut down some markets selling live poultry to try to stave off the spread of infection. ![]() ![]() As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |