World food commodity prices have risen for the eleventh month in a row, noticeably the price of sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on Thursday that the average FAO food price index, which reflects monthly changes in international prices for staple foods, was 120.9 points in April, up 1.7% from March, and 30.8% higher than in 2020, reports TASS. FAO noted that the index value reached its highest level...

Armenia’s economic activity index declined by 2% in January – March 2021 compared to January-March 2020, however, in March this year the economic activity registered 9.6% growth compared to February, the Statistical Committee reported. Industrial production volume declined by 3.9% in January-March, however on March 9.1% growth was registered in comparison to February. Agricultural gross output volume declined by 1% in January-March...

Ministry of Economy of Armenia plans to double the share of SMEs in the structure of GDP - from the existing 27% to bring it up to 55%. Armenian Minister of  Economy Vahan Kerobyan told about this in an interview with the First  TV channel. In particular, in order to achieve such indicators, the government,  according to the minister, plans to implement sub-investment programs  in rural areas of Armenia, through...