  Government will introduce bill suppressing price upsurge for some products March 2, 2011 - 18:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Government intends to introduce a new bill aimed at suppression of price upsurge for products included in social basket. As Armenian Minister of Finance Vache Gabrielyan stated at March 2 parliamentary hearing, in case of price upsurge, the bill will allow the government to suppress prices for vital products during 90 days. As the Minister stated, the draft law will be discussed at the next governmental sitting. Price monitoring remains the focus of the authorities’ attention, he added.   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 |  Latest 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”. |
