Armenia discussing criteria for classifying farm land as vacant landFebruary 10, 2021 - 19:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian parliament on Wednesday, February 10 discussed criteria for classifying agricultural land as vacant land. The aim is to establish the necessary legal framework for identifying unused farm land and creating a database. The amendment seeks to address the fact that agricultural land is often used inappropriately and ineffectively in almost all the provinces of the country. Spearheaded by the government, the bill was introduced in the National Assembly by Deputy Minister of Economy Arman Khojoyan. There are 444,800 hectares of arable land in Armenia, of which 222,000 hectares are currently in use. There is no legal act to define what lands are vacant, and the amendment seeks to tackle that 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 | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |