An Armenian business association has expressed serious concern over sizable increases in the prices of many goods that are expected to result from Armenia’s membership of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
A prominent opposition politician announced on Wednesday plans to form a new union of Armenian veterans of the Nagorno-Karabakh war which he said will strive to bring down the government.
Another Armenian-Azerbaijani war for Nagorno-Karabakh is unlikely to break out anytime soon despite the latest upsurge in ceasefire violations in the conflict zone, President Serzh Sarkisian insisted on Friday.
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian on Friday hinted at Armenia’s impending acquisition of state-of-the-art Russian ballistic missiles capable of striking targets more than 400 kilometers away.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made clear that Turkey stands by its preconditions for normalizing relations with Armenia when he visited Yerevan last month, his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian confirmed on Wednesday.
One of Armenia’s highest courts has agreed to discuss with the national bar association what the state human rights ombudsman and many lawyers see as widespread corruption in the judiciary, it emerged on Tuesday.
The Armenian government has formally completed the sale of its remaining 20 percent stake in Armenia’s natural gas distribution company to Gazprom, giving the Russian gas monopoly full ownership of the vital utility.
Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrosian also deserves credit for robust economic growth that was registered during his successor Robert Kocharian’s rule, a member of the current Armenian government said on Thursday.
Armenia’s economy remains “moderately free” despite a slight worsening of its regulatory environment observed in the past year, according to an annual survey conducted by two conservative U.S. institutions.
The Armenian authorities could face unprecedented social unrest this year unless they markedly improve the socioeconomic plight of the population, a leading pro-establishment pollster warned on Wednesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian underscored his subservience to Russia with his New Year’s message to the nation that touted Armenia’s impending accession to a Russian-led customs union, pro-Western opposition leaders claimed on Tuesday.
More than $6.2 billion was siphoned out of Armenia from 2002 through 2011 as a result of government corruption, tax evasion and other illegal activity, according to an anti-graft group based in Washington.
The arrested leader of anti-government protesters that clashed with riot police in Yerevan last month has reportedly begun a hunger strike to demand that law-enforcement authorities stop blocking any direct contact between him and his relatives.
Armenia will deepen its military ties with the United States despite planning to join new Russian-led alliances of former Soviet republics, First Deputy Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan said on Thursday after two-day U.S.-Armenian “defense consultations.”
Armenia may still sign an Association Agreement with the European Union despite its decision to join a Russian-led customs union, the Polish ambassador in Yerevan, Zdzislaw Raczynski, said on Friday.
The repeatedly postponed construction of a major hydroelectric plant on the Armenian-Iranian border has still not begun despite being officially announced a year ago, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisian admitted on Thursday.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) stressed the importance of opening up the Armenian economy to more competition on Wednesday, saying that this will be a key focus of its aid programs in the coming years.
Armenian officials and representatives of the Customs Union have all but worked out a “roadmap” for Armenia’s membership of the trade bloc comprising Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said on Tuesday.
A senior Iranian diplomat on Friday again called into question the Armenian government’s claims that Armenia buys the bulk of its natural gas from Russia because it is much cheaper than Iranian gas.
A Polish defense company is thoroughly modernizing dozens of Armenian battle tanks as part of growing military-technical cooperation between Armenia and NATO member Poland, military sources in Yerevan confirmed on Wednesday.
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