Armenia boasts lowest inflation rate among EEU countriesOctober 6, 2015 - 15:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia boasted the lowest inflation rate in August 2015 among its Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) partner countries, with the increase in consumer prices amounting to 3.6% against the same period of 2014. As ARKA reports citing an EEU statement, in August 2015, consumer prices for goods and services across the EEU grew by 13.9% against the same period of 2014. Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan followed Armenia, posting 3.8% and 5.8% inflation rates respectively. Consumer prices showed an 11.8% upsurge in Belarus and 15.8% in Russia. 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 | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |