Armenia to raise drinking water tariff by 6%November 22, 2017 - 13:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Public Services Regulatory Commission on Wednesday, November 22 decided to raise the price for one cubic meter of drinking water by AMD 11.4 (6.3%). Discussing an application by Veolia Djur, the PSRC decided to lift the water supply and wastewater tariffs to AMD 191.4 starting from January 1, 2018. Consumers currently pay AMD 180 for one cubic meter of drinking water. Veolia Djur submitted the application for raising the tariffs by AMD 14 in August. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |