U.S. Vice President-elect Mike Pence has telephoned President Serzh Sarkisian to discuss U.S.-Armenian relations and regional security, the first high-level contact between the incoming U.S. administration and Armenia’s government.
Underscoring their close security ties, Russia and Armenia on Wednesday agreed to reinforce a joint Russian-Armenian military force that was created more than a decade ago.
Poverty in Armenia will continue to fall slowly but steadily in the coming years thanks to faster economic growth, the World Bank said in a report published on Tuesday.
The National Assembly ended on Friday two-day debates on the Armenian government’s draft budget for next year which calls for a reduction in public spending strongly criticized by the parliamentary opposition.
Armenia regards its sophisticated missiles recently acquired from Russia as a new deterrent against Azerbaijan’s possible attempts to achieve a military solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, President Serzh Sarkisian said in an interview published on Thursday.
The Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) cut its key interest rate on Tuesday for the seventh time this year, citing continuing consumer price deflation and slowing economic growth in the country.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetian called for an even faster expansion of Armenia’s burgeoning information technology (IT) sector on Tuesday, saying that it would help the domestic economy take a “leap forward.”
Iran’s Deputy Defense Minister Nasrollah Kalantari met with Armenia’ Defense Minister Vigen Sargsian and other senior military officials in Yerevan on Tuesday for talks on what appears to be growing military cooperation between the two neighboring states.
France’s upper house of parliament approved on Friday a new bill criminalizing the denial of the 1915 Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey and other crimes against humanity recognized by the French state.
President Serzh Sarkisian has urged more foreign companies to invest in Armenia, saying that they could use his country as a “gateway” to Russia, the European Union and other large markets.
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Friday condemned U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for saying that both he and his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisian are not prepared for a compromise solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The Armenian government announced on Thursday plans to cut its budgetary expenditure next year despite continued economic growth anticipated by it.
Two U.S. generals will watch a military parade that will be held in Yerevan on Wednesday as part of official ceremonies to mark the 25th anniversary of Armenia’s declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
In a further boost to its close defense links with Armenia, Russia has agreed to increase the number of Armenian cadets and officers studying at Russian military academies.
President Serzh Sarkisian said on Thursday that he expects his incoming new cabinet to embark on sweeping reforms that would “give new impetus to economic development” as he commented on his decision to change Armenia’s prime minister.
Azerbaijan will not achieve a military solution to the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, President Serzh Sarkisian said on Friday as he attended official ceremonies in Stepanakert to mark the 25th anniversary of the Armenian-populated territory’s declaration of independence from Baku.
After years of preparation, a U.S.-British company has started building a massive gold mine in Armenia that should significantly increase the country’s gold exports worth around $100 million last year.
For the first time since the mid-1990s, Russia surpassed the European Union as Armenia’s number one trading partner in the first half of this year, official Armenian statistics show.
Russia will continue to press for a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday after holding talks in Moscow with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisian.
Law-enforcement authorities have unexpectedly charged four Armenian police officers with assaulting journalists during last year’s dramatic protests in Yerevan against a controversial increase in electricity prices.
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