250 hail suppression stations will be set in Armenia by 2012December 24, 2010 - 16:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Minister of Agriculture Gerasim Alaverdyan said that 250 hail suppression stations will be set throughout Armenia by 2012. The program on setting hail suppression stations was approved in Armenia in 2008 and it is being implemented gradually, Alaverdyan told a press conference on December 24. 28 stations have been set and put into operation in Armavir and Ararat through funds of a Japanese grant, while another 48 stations have been constructed in the same regions through provided subsidies. “If earlier the share of damage caused by hail could amount to AMD 6mln in the total damage caused to agriculture at the amount of AMD 12-13bln, the program implementation will allow us to considerably reduce the damage,” Alaverdyan 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 | Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. |