Consumer price inflation in Armenia continued to fall last month amid a seasonal drop in the prices of domestic agricultural products, the latest government data show.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded late on Wednesday that President Serzh Sarkisian withdraw and apologize for remarks which he claimed amount to Armenian territorial claims to Turkey.
Armenia has drawn up a new five-year plan of defense reforms stemming from its growing cooperation with NATO, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian said during a visit to Brussels on Wednesday.
Armenia’s tax revenues rose by 10 percent to 315 billion drams ($863 million) in the first half of this year, putting the government on track to meet its budgetary targets for 2011, according to official statistics released on Tuesday.
The United States and Armenia have tentatively agreed to hold first-ever joint military exercises that will highlight their growing security ties, the Armenian Defense Ministry announced on Friday.
In an effort to reduce traffic violations and corruption within their ranks, the Armenian road police will start installing soon first-ever speed cameras at major street intersections and highways, the government announced on Thursday.
Senior U.S. and Armenian military officials were due to begin on Tuesday two-day discussions in Washington on ways of further expanding defense links between their countries.
Armenia rushed to officially recognize South Sudan on Saturday, with Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian touting its declaration of independence as a blueprint for resolving other ethnic and territorial conflicts.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s President Bako Sahakian heaped praise on international mediators on Tuesday, saying that they are committed to brokering a just solution to the Karabakh conflict and will do more to prevent another Armenian-Azerbaijani war.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian on Thursday gave President Serzh Sarkisian two months to make more concessions to his Armenian National Congress (HAK) or face “unconditional” resignation demands.
Armenia’s economic recovery slowed down in the first quarter of this year, falling well short of a 4.6 percent growth target set by the authorities for 2011, according to official statistics released on Thursday.
A senior Pentagon official praised Armenia for contributing troops to the NATO-led missions in Afghanistan and Kosovo and broadening military ties with the United States during a visit to Yerevan on Monday.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian has approved of President Serzh Sarkisian’s decision to prolong Russia’s military presence in Armenia and his controversial policy of rapprochement with Turkey.
The Armenian government has attracted 61 billion drams ($163 million) in business investments as a result of its 2009 decision to offer a temporary tax reprieve to companies importing industrial equipment, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said on Thursday.
President Serzh Sarkisian on Wednesday sounded cautiously optimistic about the upcoming Armenian-Azerbaijani summit in Russia which international mediators hope will result in a framework agreement to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Armenia and Iran plan to jointly manage their sole border crossing in an effort to facilitate travel and transport communication between the two neighboring states, the Armenian government said on Friday.
Pro-Armenian legislators in the United States have introduced a new draft resolution calling on President Barack Obama to explicitly recognize the World War I-era massacres of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide.
A senior U.S. diplomat said international efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are set to enter “the implementation phase” as he advocated the European Union’s greater role in the peace process on Wednesday.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian on Friday questioned President Serzh Sarkisian’s commitment to negotiate with his Armenian National Congress (HAK) and said failure of such dialogue would primarily harm the government. (UPDATED)
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian on Tuesday claimed to have scored his biggest victory yet against Armenia’s current authorities, while announcing and strongly advocating the impending start of a “formal dialogue” with them.
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