Consumer price growth amounts to 0,8% in March 2010March 31, 2010 - 19:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In March 2010, 0,8% inflation was registered on Armenian consumer market compared to February; inflation was caused by 1,2-6,1% price increase for provisions (eggs, fruit, meat foods, butter, vegetable oil and sugar). Besides, food products prices (including tobacco and alcoholic beverages) increased by 0,9%, non-food products prices grew by 0,8%, and services’ prices - by 0.8%. Consumer price index comprised 108,8% in March 2010 compared with 2009 results. According to National Statistic Service data, food products index (including tobacco and alcoholic beverages) comprised 106.3%, non-food products index totalled 114.3%, index for services - 110.6%. 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 | Putin to meet Erdogan, Aliyev on SCO sidelines Putin will hold meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Armenian, Georgian Foreign Ministers meet in Tbilisi The meeting of Ararat Mirzoyan and Ilia Darchiashvili, is underway in Tbilisi, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reveals. CSI urges IOC to ban Azerbaijan from Paris 2024 The organization said in a statement that there is no place for genocide at the Olympics. Bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation arrives in Armenia Senator Wicker is also the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee. |