While environmentalists try to fight against producing plastic bags in Armenia, the government – unlike the Republic of Georgia - is far from adopting legislation to curtail their use. Yet taxing plastic bags can generate $215 million in new revenue for the government.
Marat Duryan, who heads the Investigation Department of Armenia’s State Revenue Committee has applied for an exploratory license for the Soflou-Lernashen mine field.
Armenian Minister of Agriculture Ignaty Arakelyan told U.S. Ambassador Richard Mills that the public would be “warned in advance” regarding the existence of GMOs in food and other items, since it has yet to be proven that they are safe.
Armenia’s Minister of Economic Development and Investments Suren Karayan discussed the drafting of a new cooperation project with an IMF delegation led by Hossein Samiei.
Bitcoin’s 80 percent climb in December made headlines last week and for the lucky investors who can now reap the benefits of its heightened value, the cryptocurreny may seem like a hallmark of the future.
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