Gerasim Alaverdyan predicts rich potato harvest in fallAugust 30, 2010 - 14:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Agriculture Minister Gerasim Alaverdyan predicted a rich potato harvest in fall. “The harvest is late due to unfavorable weather conditions and the essential amount was imported from neighbor countries,” he told reporters on August 30. “This year, potato was planted in 28 500 hectares to yield 500 thousand tons in fall, what will lead to a downturn in prices,” the Minister said. 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 congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |