Armenia is sending a 52-strong rescue team to Haiti to join in the unfolding international relief effort in the Caribbean nation devastated by a catastrophic earthquake, a government official said on Thursday.
Risking renewed protests from small businesses, the Armenian government confirmed on Tuesday plans to significantly restrict a legal exemption from valued-added tax (VAT) enjoyed by them.
Armenia became a more democratic state and emerged as a key regional player thanks to its rapprochement with Turkey in the course of this year, President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) claimed on Monday.
More than a dozen young opposition activists were beaten up by a larger group of men in downtown Yerevan on Sunday while campaigning for Nikol Pashinian, a jailed opposition leader running for Armenia’s parliament. (UPDATED)
Russia’s state-run railway, RZD, reported on Thursday a sharp increase in its capital investments in Armenia’s rail network which it began managing almost two years ago.
Law-enforcement authorities announced at the weekend the capture of two men who escaped from Armenia’s largest prison late last month in still unclear circumstances.
The Armenian authorities have again failed to sell off a mineral water company that was controversially confiscated from a wealthy opposition-linked businessman, a senior official said on Wednesday.
The Armenian authorities will make this week another attempt to sell off a mineral water company that was controversially confiscated from a wealthy opposition-linked businessman.
One of Armenia’s most celebrated athletes on Friday denied swearing at President Serzh Sarkisian in a scandalous video that was posted on the Internet this week and quickly became a hit.
Armenia’s government unveiled on Thursday plans to create a Russian-Armenian joint venture tasked with building a nuclear power station in place of the aging Soviet-era facility at Metsamor by 2017.
France Telecom, one of the world’s largest telecommunication companies, pledged to apply its “innovative capacity” in Armenia on Thursday as it launched the country’s third mobile phone network after almost a year of preparation. (UPDATED)
Three managers at Armenia’s largest chemical enterprise have been indicted in a criminal investigation into powerful explosions that killed four people and injured two dozen others earlier this year, police said on Wednesday.
Russia will likely scale back a planned further increase in the price of its natural gas delivered to Armenia, the Armenian national gas utility confirmed on Tuesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian strongly defended his policy of rapprochement with Turkey on Wednesday, insisting that it will not thwart greater international recognition of the Armenian genocide or result in more Armenian concessions in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The Armenian government pointedly refused on Wednesday to support a major business project devised by a prominent entrepreneur whose son was recently charged with plotting to assassinate the controversial chief of the national tax and customs service.
The European Union will provide Armenia with 33 million euros ($48 million) in technical assistance aimed at helping it qualify for association and free trade agreements with the bloc, EU officials said on Tuesday.
The French telecommunications operator Orange remains on track to launch Armenia’s third mobile phone network before the end of this year, a top company executive said on Wednesday.
Khachatur Sukiasian, a wealthy businessman supporting the Armenian opposition, relinquished his seat in the national parliament on Monday three days after being released from prison pending trial for his role in last year’s post-election unrest in Yerevan.
The number of officially registered real estate transactions in Armenia jumped by 36 percent in June after months of rapid decline reflecting the ongoing economic crisis, the government said on Friday.
Georgia is ready to consider President Serzh Sarkisian’s calls for the official use of the Armenian language in its areas predominantly populated by ethnic Armenians, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said on Friday.
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