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11% increase in meat product prices recorded in Armenia

January 12, 2018 By administrator

11% increase in prices of meat products has been recorded in the domestic market of Armenia in December 2017 to compare with the data of December 2016. As the data by Armenia’s National Statistical Service (NSS) show, the results of the monitoring conducted in all cities of Armenia reveal 0.4-3.8% price hike recorded in December to compare with the prices of November with the highest recorded price of meat product in Yeghegnadzor.

In capital Yerevan 0.8% inflation in meat products process was observed, according to the source.

The NSS data next point to 24.8% increase for fishery and seafood products registered in December 2017 to compare with the data of December of the previous year.

According to the latest data, 0.1% increase of confectionery products recorded in Armenia, while prices of alcoholic drinks and tobacco remained unchanged to compare with the data of December 2016.

Le Pen increases first round lead in French election: poll

February 22, 2017 By administrator

FILE PHOTO – Thierry Legier (L), the bodyguard of Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for French 2017 presidential election, stand near as she visits the Salon des Entrepreneurs (Entrepreneurship fair) in Paris, France, February 1,… REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

French far right leader Marine Le Pen has increased her lead in the first round of France’s presidential election, though she is still seen being beaten by a wide margin in the runoff, a BVA-Salesforce poll published on Thursday showed.

The National Front head would win 27.5 percent of the vote in the April 23 first round, up 2.5 percentage points from the last time the poll was conducted on Feb 4.

Independent centrist Emmanuel Macron was seen coming in second in the first round with 21 percent of the vote, down one percentage point, followed by conservative Francois Fillon at 19 percent, also down one percentage point.

In the May 7 runoff vote, Macron was seen beating Le Pen 61 percent to 39 percent while Fillon was seen winning the presidency with 55 percent to 45 percent.

However, because the poll was conducted on Sunday and Monday, it did not reflect the impact of the latest developments in the fast moving campaign, which has seen Fillon lose an early poll lead after being investigated over public funds he paid his family.

The poll did not take into account the possibility of veteran centrist Francois Bayrou running. On Wednesday, Bayrou announced that he would not run and would instead support Macron, which analysts say should give him a boost.

Also on Wednesday Le Pen’s chief of staff was put under formal investigation as part of a probe into alleged misuse of EU funds to pay parliamentary assistants.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-poll-idUSKBN16208I?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=58ae5f7104d301549ae11730&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter