Zvartnots Airport posts passenger traffic of 1 240 418 in Jan-SeptOctober 9, 2013 - 18:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The number of passengers at Zvartnots Airport in January – September 2013 totaled 1 240 418 against 1 273 677 posted during the same period in 2012. According to the Central Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia, 602 590 people arrived in the country in January – September 2013 against 608 438 during the same period in 2012. 637 828 people left Armenia during the reporting period against 665 239 in that of 2012. 7 606 tons of cargo was transported in January - September 2013 against 8 538 tons during the same period of 2012. The total number of takeoffs and landings in the reporting period reached 6 338 against 7 961 during 2012. 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. |