Drop of beer production volumes and import growth. What should the state do in such cases? Support local producer/exporter or at least not create issues for them?
“It will contribute to the mutually beneficial cooperation in the transportation field, will provide favorable conditions between the two countries, as well as will facilitate the transit cargo shipments and passenger transportation through the territories of the two states to the third countries,” the Minister said.
The European Parliament adopted the proposal on freezing Turkey’s EU membership talks, Anadolu reports. 479 MEPs voted in favor of the proposal, 37 were against. 107 MEPs abstained. Although this is non-binding proposal, it is an important message to the EU and the leadership of the Union’s member states.
“By assuming the position of the Prime Minister, I became the participant to change, assuming my burden of responsibility. On account of this all I made a decision to join the Republican Party of Armenia,” PM Karen Karapetyan stated at today’s session, stating that President of RPA and Armenia Serzh Sargsyan invited him to the position of the Prime Minister.”
“Generally risks of state debt management today, yesterday, and tomorrow, are known to almost everyone and they’re the same. Depending on the structure of debt portfolio, priority of those risks and their management is being regularly changed.”
For 41% of respondents the reason was hard socio-economic condition in the country, for 32%—lack of alternative for the regime change, for 21%—anticipation of anti-Armenian solutions in NK conflict process, for 10%—order of external powers, and 6%—hesitated to answer.
The assessment was held by 1-5 scale, where 1 means—not opposition, 5—highly opposition. “New Armenia” gained the most points—3.6, “Civil Contract”—3.5, ANC—3.2, “Heritage”—3.1, “Bright Armenia”—2.9, PAP, “Free Democrats”—2.7, “Union”—2.6, “Alliance” and ARF—2.5, “Armenian Renaissance”—2.3, RPA—1.4.
“There is inferiority complex in Azerbaijan,” Shavarsh Kocharyan, RA Deputy Foreign Minister, told reporters today, reflecting to the allegation of Ilham Aliyev, that the status of autonomous republic for Karabakh may be maximal mutual concession by Azerbaijan.
“A clear program is needed now, so that the time will come, when arriving in Armenia by plane, we could see from above solar panels, installed on all roofs,” Hayk Harutyunyan, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of RA, told reporters today.
Economic Activity Index (EAI) in the period of January-October of ongoing year, as compared to the same period of the previous year, is 100.4. This means, that throughout the first ten months EAI has grown by 0.4% only. On a monthly basis the snapshot is even more disappointing: on October 2016, as compared to October 2015 EAI has decreased by 7.8%, and, as compared to September 2016—by 18.7%.
