ARMENIAN GDP OF JANUARY-AUGUST ROSE BY 10,3 PERCENT
Armenian gross domestic product (GDP) of January-August, 2008, rose by 10,3 percent to 2 trillion 164 billion 567,8 million drams (about 7 billion 68,44 million US dollars) compared with the same period of last year.
Gross agricultural output increased by 7,8 percent, volume of construction - 12,8 percent, retail trade turnover - 6,3 percent and volume of services - 15,1 percent.
The volume of foreign trade turnover compared with January-August of last year rose by 24,8 percent to 3 billion 308,9 million US dollars.
Export decreased by 4,8 percent to 696,8 million US dollars. Import increased by 36 percent to 2 billion 612,1 million US dollars.
The consumer prices rose by 9,5 percent in January-August compared with the same period of 2007.
The number of the officially registered unemployed at the end of August of this year decreased by 7,8 percent to 75.600.
The average monthly wages of the first eight months of this year were 88.983 drams increasing by 21,2 percent compared with the same period of last year; in public sector - 62.721 drams (increased by 17,8 percent), in private sector - 110.154 drams (increased by 20,1 percent).
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NALBANDIAN-MAMEDYAROV MEETING BEING ARRANGED
By Ara Martirosian, translated by A.M.During a press conference September 17 French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier told about his visit to South Caucasus. He said he had met with the presidents of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, ...PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM ACQUIRES ASSISTANCE FROM ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES
Special from Arthur HagopianFor decades, the triumphant triumvirate of the Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox and Latin Catholic churches, have stood firm guard over the panoply of Christian sacred places in the Holy Land, protecting, ...USA APPROVES TURKEY'S INITIATIVES ON ESTABLISHING PEACE IN CAUCASUS
Translated by A.M.US Vice-Secretary of State for Political Issues William Burns stated in the Senate that America approves Turkey's efforts to reduce the tension in South Caucasus. Reminding about the Gul-Sarkisian meeting ...TIME TO SETTLE CONFLICTS IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
Translated by A.M. 1US Ambassador to Azerbaijan stated that the events in Georgia proved that it is time to settle the conflicts which exist in the region of South Caucasus. "US Vice-President Cheney during his visit to ...TEHRAN INSISTING ON MEDIATION
Translated by A.M.After the meeting of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Iranian colleague Manouchehr Mottakee in Tehran, the latter told the reporters that the Islamic Republic of Iran confirmed its ...EUROPE EXPECTS NORMALIZATION OF ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS
French Secretary of State for European Afairs Jean Pierre Jouet stated that Europe expects normalization and progress in Armenia-Turkey relations. During the EU-Turkey meeting on Monday in Brussels he ...ARMENIA SUFFERED $680 MILLION LOSS IN RESULT OF WAR IN GEORGIA
Translated by A.M.According to Secretary of National Security Council of Armenia Arthur Bagdasarian, during the days of war in South Ossetia Armenia suffered serious economic loss because of suspension of goods transportation, ...ARMENIAN GDP OF JANUARY-AUGUST ROSE BY 10,3 PERCENT
Translated by L.H.Armenian gross domestic product (GDP) of January-August, 2008, rose by 10,3 percent to 2 trillion 164 billion 567,8 million drams (about 7 billion 68,44 million US dollars) compared with the same period ...
"THERE IS NO AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY FOR THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY"
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"RUSSIAN POSITION ON SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT HAS NOT CHANGED"
Translated by L.H.TEHRAN READY TO MEDIATE BETWEEN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN OVER KARABAKH
PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM ACQUIRES ASSISTANCE FROM ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES
Special from Arthur HagopianM. BRYZA AND NKR PRESIDENT MET
Translated by L.H.BERNARD FASSIER HAD MEETINGS IN YEREVAN AND STEPANAKERT
ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN COOPERATION IN THE SPHERE OF ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY
Translated by L.H.NALBANDIAN-MAMEDYAROV MEETING BEING ARRANGED
By Ara Martirosian, translated by A.M.TIME TO SETTLE CONFLICTS IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
Translated by A.M.NECESSITY OF NEW PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
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- 1827 Russian forces occupy Fort Sardarapat.
- 1854 The Battle of Alma in the Crimea.
- 1908 Birth of Catholicos Vazgen the First. He died in 1994.
- 1918 A British Army firing squad summarily murders the 26 Baku Commissars of the Baku Commune (including Stepan Shahoomyan) somewhere on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
- 1962 The Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet awards composer Avet Avetisyan the title of People's Artist of the USSR.
- 1990 The Azeri Turk attack on Martooni (Artsakh) is repulsed.
- 1992 Artsakh unsuccessfully petitions the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Independent States and other countries for recognition of its independence.
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