Former President Robert Kocharian kept up his strong criticism of the Armenian government’s economic policies on Monday, in a continuing war of words with Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian which is fuelling growing talk of his political comeback.
Armenia will boost its military strength in the coming years with new and powerful weapons which many other countries do not have at their disposal, according to President Serzh Sarkisian.
Former President Robert Kocharian gave a bleak assessment of the state of affairs in Armenia as he lambasted Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian in unusually strong terms on Monday.
Russia’s largest oil company controlled by the Kremlin appeared to have moved closer on Wednesday to acquiring a troubled Armenian chemical enterprise that has stood idle for more than two years.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian has launched another blistering attack on the European Union, saying that it provoked Russia to pressurize Armenia into joining a Russian-led customs union with a far-reaching Association Agreement offered to Yerevan.
The Armenian government accused Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at the weekend of undermining international efforts to establish peace and stability in the South Caucasus ahead of his upcoming visit to Yerevan.
At least 110 people were detained in Yerevan on Monday as riot police clashed with hundreds of anti-government activists protesting against Russia’s visiting President Vladimir Putin and Armenia’s plans to join a Russian-led customs union.
The United States heaped praise on Armenia on Friday for planning to expand its participation in multinational peacekeeping operations as part of growing military cooperation with NATO.
Russia will reinforce its joint air-defense system with Armenia within the framework of a Russian-led military alliance of six ex-Soviet states, President Vladimir Putin announced late on Tuesday.
Citing a more positive U.S. evaluation of its anti-corruption record, the Armenian government announced on Thursday plans to formally apply for additional economic assistance from the United States under the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program.
Citing falling inflation and slower-than-projected economic growth, the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) lowered on Tuesday its refinancing rate that essentially determines the cost of borrowing in the country.
The World Bank has disbursed a $72 million budgetary loan to the Armenia government and pledged to provide, over next four years, $873 million in additional funding which it hopes will spur job creation in the country.
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with top German officials in Berlin late on Thursday to discuss the future of Armenia’s relationship with the European Union following its unexpected decision to join a Russian-led customs union.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian called for President Serzh Sarkisian’s immediate resignation on Wednesday, saying that he has brought Armenia into disrepute and is leading it to ruin with his “adventurist” foreign policy. (UPDATED)
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev reportedly suggested on Thursday that Turkey become a member of a Russian-led alliance of former Soviet republics which Armenia plans to join.
Armenia’s accession to the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan is still not a forgone conclusion, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko reportedly said on Monday.
Russia does not object to Armenia’s hopes to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union after while being part of a Russian-dominated alliance of ex-Soviet states, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian claimed after a weekend visit to Moscow.
The European Union will not conclude an Association Agreement with Armenia at its upcoming summit in Lithuania despite Yerevan’s declared hopes to the contrary, according to government officials in the Baltic country currently holding the EU’s rotating presidency.
The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan plan to meet later this year in an attempt to kick-start the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, international mediators said after organizing fresh talks between the foreign ministers of the two warring nations on Friday.
An exiled former Azerbaijani military leader currently campaigning for the rights of an ethnic minority in Azerbaijan visited Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday two decades after confronting Karabakh Armenian forces on the battlefield.
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