President Serzh Sarkisian warned Armenia’s leading entrepreneurs on Thursday against evading taxes and obstructing competition in major sectors of the domestic economy dominated by them.
Two Azerbaijani soldiers were shot dead in continuing ceasefire violations around Nagorno-Karabakh reported by Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry over the weekend.
President Barack Obama has nominated the current deputy head of the U.S. Mission to NATO to serve as Washington’s next ambassador to Armenia, the White House announced late on Wednesday. (UPDATED)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began a two-week inspection of the nuclear power station at Metsamor on Monday amid renewed domestic and international concerns about its safety fueled by the recent nuclear disaster in Japan.
A special envoy of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Armenia and held talks with its leaders for the second time in less than three months on Friday.
Former President Robert Kocharian expressed concern on Tuesday about the Armenian government’s unfolding dialogue with the main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK), saying that it could result in a dangerous “collusion behind the voters’ back.”
In what should be a major boost to Armenia’s economic recovery, cash remittances sent home by hundreds of thousands of Armenians working abroad have soared by more than 20 percent this year, according to official statistics.
Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Reza Mozafari Nia discussed military ties between Iran and Armenia during a visit to Yerevan on Tuesday.
Consumer price inflation in Armenia eased for the second consecutive month in April but still remained well above the maximum level targeted by the Armenian authorities, according to official statistics released on Monday.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian ruled out a “physical confrontation” with the Armenian authorities on Thursday, saying that they have paved the way for a far-reaching dialogue with his Armenian National Congress (HAK) by essentially meeting its three main demands.
What is an informal payment made to an Armenian government official or civil servant performing their duties? Armenia’s Criminal Code defines it as a bribe that could be punishable by a lengthy prison sentence.
Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, has reaffirmed her support for an official U.S. recognition of the Armenian genocide and defended her decision not to put a corresponding congressional resolution to a vote last December.
U.S. President Barack Obama again declined to describe the 1915 massacres of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide as he commemorated “one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century” late on Saturday. (UPDATED)
The commander-in-chief of Russia’s ground forces ended on Wednesday his second visit to Armenia in three weeks which the Armenian military said focused on a redeployment of Russian troops stationed in the country.
A senior Iranian official has reportedly expressed hope that his country will soon be able to drastically increase exports of natural gas to Armenia through a pipeline built more than two years ago.
The Armenian government claimed credit on Tuesday for the continuing rapid spread of the Internet in the country which it says bodes well for the future of the domestic information technology sector.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian gave Armenia’s leadership late on Friday three more weeks to free his loyalists remaining in prison and start a dialogue with his Armenian National Congress (HAK) or face an opposition push for power.
In a further effort to shore up struggling agriculture, the government pledged on Thursday to help sharply cut the cost of bank lending to farmers across Armenia and provide them with free and urgent counseling.
The Armenian military has begun a nationwide call-up of reservists for training and exercises which military officials in Yerevan say will be more regular and intensive from now on.
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad reaffirmed Iran’s desire to expand political and economic links with Armenia during weekend talks in Tehran with his visiting Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisian.
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