An Argentine company running Yerevan’s Zvartnots international airport has moved closer to opening Armenia’s first tax-free economic zone which is meant to boost exports of agricultural and other products from the country.
President Serzh Sarkisian warned Azerbaijan at the weekend against restarting military hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, saying that its armed forces will suffer another defeat in case of attempting to win back the Armenian-controlled territory.
A senior official who administered Armenia’s last national elections acknowledged on Monday that he would like to head the new Central Election Commission (CEC) which will be appointed by President Serzh Sarkisian soon.
A German engineering company has expressed an interest in managing Armenia’s largest chemical enterprise facing an uncertain future, the Armenian government announced on Friday.
The government insisted on Thursday that Armenia will have no trouble servicing its foreign debt which has more than doubled since 2008 and is on course to total about $3.8 billion this year.
Consumer price inflation in Armenia will ease significantly in the second half of this year thanks to an anticipated pickup in agricultural production, the Armenian Central Bank insisted on Tuesday.
The Armenian government stands by its earlier projections that the pace of economic growth in the country will nearly double this year, Economy Minister Tigran Davtian said on Wednesday.
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisian downplayed on Friday an ongoing international inspection at Armenia’s Metsamor nuclear power station, insisting that its operational safety remains “satisfactory.”
An Argentine company managing Armenia’s main international airport pledged on Wednesday to essentially complete its multimillion-dollar reconstruction and more than double the airport capacity this year.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres backed on Tuesday Armenia’s efforts to attract donor funding for the provision of adequate housing to thousands of Armenians who fled Azerbaijan over two decades ago.
Armenia officially marked the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II on Monday, with thousands of people visiting a war memorial in Yerevan to pay their respects to Soviet soldiers who defeated Nazi Germany.
An Armenian court on Monday granted parole to yet another opposition figure who was controversially arrested and imprisoned following a disputed presidential election held in February 2008.
Armenia’s second most important governing party led by businessman Gagik Tsarukian announced on Thursday that it will not team up with its coalition partners to contest next year’s parliamentary elections.
The Armenian authorities on Tuesday formally allowed the Armenian National Congress (HAK) to hold a rally in a key Yerevan square this Friday, fulfilling another demand voiced by the opposition alliance.
The three political parties making up Armenia’s governing coalition are considering jointly contesting the next parliamentary elections due in May 2012, one of their leaders confirmed on Tuesday.
An Armenian police officer was shot and seriously wounded on Tuesday while allegedly attempting to rob a commercial bank in Yerevan which he was supposed to protect.
The Armenian government has decided to start a comprehensive international review of the safety of the nuclear power station in Metsamor in an effort to learn lessons from the nuclear disaster in Japan, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian announced on Friday.
Armenia’s civil aviation authority and Armavia national airline on Friday continued to blame each other for a delay in the launch of first-ever direct flights to the United States.
Citing the need to curb rising inflation, the Armenian government unveiled on Thursday plans to impose temporary price caps on bread, meat, dairy products and other basic foodstuffs sold in the country.
A local election held in a village in eastern Armenia was invalidated on Monday because of what officials called a serious discrepancy between the number of registered voters and ballots printed by the Central Election Commission (CEC).
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