The Armenian government still hopes to prevent an increase in the price of natural gas imported from Russia, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisian said on Thursday.
The International Monetary Fund called for a more radical improvement of the business environment and tax collection in Armenia on Tuesday as it announced the release of more than $51 million in fresh loans to the authorities in Yerevan.
Georgia’s embattled President Mikheil Saakashvili visited Armenia on Friday to hold talks with President Serzh Sarkisian and take part in a high-level meeting on the European integration of the two South Caucasus states and Moldova.
The U.S., Russian and French mediators did not shed more light on the uncertain future of the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process on Friday after meeting with Armenian leaders in Yerevan on the second leg of their latest tour of the region.
The Armenian government announced on Thursday a major simplification of its taxation procedures for small businesses, which Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said will further improve the country’s investment climate.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian and his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) gave on Wednesday more indications that he will challenge President Serzh Sarkisian in the upcoming presidential election.
A former senior military official has been interrogated as part of a major fraud investigation concerning meat supplies to the army, a Defense Ministry source said on Friday.
Armenia intends to expand its military-technical cooperation with international partners, including some NATO-member states, as part of an ongoing reform of its defense industry, a representative of military authorities in Yerevan said on Wednesday.
Former president Robert Kocharian has added his voice of support to what has been a key reform demanded by the Armenian opposition in recent month implying that the nation’s parliament should be elected from representatives of political parties only.
In what will be a further boost to their close defense ties, Armenia and Russia are to start jointly manufacturing weapons and other military equipment under an agreement that was approved by the Armenian government on Thursday.
The United States will remain “deeply involved” in international efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and keep pressing for the implementation of Turkish-Armenian normalization agreements during President Barack Obama’s second term, Ambassador John Heffern said on Wednesday.
NATO is seeking a deeper involvement in the South Caucasus and would like to step up its cooperation with Armenia, a senior official from the Western alliance said in Yerevan on Monday.
Another prominent member of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) distanced himself on Friday from the latest election-related overtures made by a leader of the opposition bloc to Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK).
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian and the visiting U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus praised growing military cooperation between Armenia and the United States after holding talks in Yerevan on Monday.
The commander-in-chief of Russia’s ground forces, Colonel-General Vladimir Chirkin, has visited Armenia to meet with the country’s top military officials and inspect Russian troops deployed there.
Armenia is currently paying for Russian natural gas 35 percent more than is claimed by its government, according to the latest import data released by the Armenian customs service.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian on Wednesday again pointedly declined to clarify whom he and his influential political force will be supporting in the upcoming presidential election.
A further deepening of the European Union’s ties with Armenia and its greater economic assistance to the country hinge on the proper conduct of the upcoming Armenian presidential election, a senior EU diplomat said on Monday.
Citing the need to combat tax evasion, the government ordered on Thursday all Armenian firms selling goods or providing services to install larger and more expensive cash registers within the next two years.
Armenia announced plans to bolster the domestic defense industry through closer ties with NATO member states as it signed an agreement on wide-ranging bilateral military cooperation with Italy on Wednesday.
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