The Armenian opposition piled up pressure on the government over electoral reform on Friday with a conference in Yerevan that was attended by representatives of virtually all of the country’s major political forces.
The head of an Armenian state body enforcing court rulings on Wednesday implicitly denied assaulting one of his subordinates in 2010 and insisted that he has no extensive business interests.
Armenia has the 39th freest economy in the world thanks to a liberal regulatory environment and “competitive” tax rates, according to an annual survey released by two conservative U.S. institutions on Thursday.
President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) will considerably reduce the number of wealthy businesspeople representing it in the country’s parliament, a senior lawmaker said on Friday.
In a rare display of unity, Armenia’s leading opposition forces have urged the government to hold the forthcoming parliamentary elections on a solely party-list basis, a measure which they believe would complicate vote rigging.
The Armenian economy will expand by around 4.6 percent this year in accordance with government and Central Bank projections, Economy Minister Tigran Davtian said on Tuesday.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict may still be resolved in the near future despite the current impasse in Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said over the weekend.
The presidents of Armenia and Iran pledged on Friday to further expand “high-level relations” between their nations and, in particular, give new impetus to the implementation of joint energy projects that have fallen behind schedule.
Armenia’s political leadership should refrain from rigging next year’s parliamentary elections or face an anti-government “revolution,” a top representative of the main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) said on Wednesday.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) is anxious to prevent President Serzh Sarkisian from forming an electoral alliance with his most important partner in the governing coalition, a prominent member of the opposition alliance said on Tuesday.
Tax authorities continued to cast doubt on Friday on a sizable rise in budgetary revenues projected by the Armenian government for next year.
The Armenian authorities should do “much more” to reform the country’s flawed business environment and thus foster continued economic growth, a senior official from the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.
An outspoken Armenian opposition parliamentarian on Friday described as undemocratic Russia’s disputed parliamentary elections and criticized Armenia’s government for hailing their official results.
Armenia expects to nearly triple its exports by 2020 increasing them to a total of $5.5 billion, a senior pro-government lawmaker announced on Friday at a meeting of the ruling Republican Party (HHK) also attended by the economy minister.
More people were estimated to live in poverty in Armenia last year than two years before when the South Caucasus nation still remained largely unaffected by the commencing global economic recession, according to local statisticians.
A subsidiary of Russia’s state-controlled national electricity company confirmed on Thursday plans to end its eight-year management of Armenia’s Metsamor nuclear power station.
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Armenia’s credit rating and lowered its broader outlook for the Armenian economy, citing the anticipated economic downturn in Europe and Russia.
The Armenian military pledged on Monday to respond “disproportionately” to the deaths of two Armenian soldiers in skirmishes with Azerbaijani forces reported in Nagorno-Karabakh over the weekend.
Renewed recession in Europe could slow Armenia’s ongoing economic recovery and complicate a sizable increase in tax revenues planned by the Armenian government, Finance Minister Vache Gabrielian said on Monday.
Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of the Apple corporation, advised Armenia to invest in education and nurture creativity among young people on Thursday at the start of a two-day visit to Yerevan initiated by the Armenian government and information technology (IT) industry.
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