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The press service of the Commission for protection of economic competition reported May 8 that some businesses have cut the price for LPG. While the commission was investigating possible cases of unfair competition on the market of LPG, some autogas selling companies of the region of Lori reported to lower the price per cu m from 200 to 160 drams. The monitoring of the Commission had observed 130 drams per cu m at one of the LPG autogas stations in Hrazdan, and 170 drams at several autogas stations in the region of Shirak. The Commission started the investigation when after the suspension of subsidy on gas the monitoring reported disproportionate increase of gas price. The press service of the Commission reports that the investigation and monitoring continue.
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Headlines for May 08, 2008AZATAMARTIKS OF SHIRAK REGION GO ON HUNGER STRIKE
On May 7, the eve of the day of liberation of Shushi, 21 azatamartiks from the region of Shirak went on hunger protest after the judge of the Northern Circuit Court refused to release Ashot Zakaryan on ...MINISTER ASSERTED THAT REFORMS WILL CONTINUE
On May 7 the 118th meeting of the CoE Committee of Ministers took place, and the Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan addressed it. He said Armenia is facing to promotion of democracy, which is ...WORK DONE RELUCTANTLY IS EMISSION
It is beyond doubt that a situation has occurred in Armenia when the former methods of holding on to power such as repression, constraint on rights and freedoms are day after day becoming less effective ...VERDICT ON GAGIK JHANGIRYAN WAS NOT CHANGED
On May 8 the Court of Appeal of Armenia heard the appeal of the ex-deputy prosecutor general Gagik Jhangiryan against the verdict of the district court. The district court ruled on April 18 to prolong ...STAFF OF NKR SECURITY COUNCIL WAS AFFIRMED
On the eve the NKR President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree affirming the staff of the security council of NKR, the General Information Department of NKR President reports. The Council includes the head ...NALBANDYAN MET WITH OSCE SECRETARY GENERAL
The foreign ministry of Armenia reports that on May 7 minister Edward Nalbandyan met with the OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut and discussed the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, ...ARMENIA WISHES CONVENTION 14 WERE BROUGHT INTO BEING
The foreign ministry of Armenia reports that on May 7 minister Edward Nalbandyan met with the CoE Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg and the president of the ECHR Jean-Paul Costa. In the meeting ...HOW STATISTICS CONTRADICTED TO ROBERT KOCHARYAN
On May 8 the economist Andranik Tevanyan hosted at the Hayeli club was asked to comment on the recent situation when the official statistics about economic growth in the first quarter was released, contradicting ...GOING DOWN SLOWLY
The press service of the Commission for protection of economic competition reported May 8 that some businesses have cut the price for LPG. While the commission was investigating possible cases of unfair ...
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Today in Armenian history- 0 Mareri was the 10th month in the old Armenian calendar (May 8 to June 6). It relates to the time when trees (mayrik) acquire new foliage.
- 1851 Birth of Yeghya Demeertjeepashyan. He died in 1908.
- 1883 Inauguration of the Tbilissi-Baku railway.
- 1930 Murder, by the Soviet Police, of Catholicos, Gevorg the Fifth (Sooreniants).
- 1958 The Eighth Congress of Armenian Trade Unions opens in Yerevan.
- 1992 A counterattack by Artsakhs armed forces retakes Shushi, thereby stopping the random bombardment and shelling of Stepanakert.
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