The Armenian government has reported a more than 7 percent increase in its tax revenue in the first half of this year, which could facilitate additional spending on capital projects promised by it.
China officially launched the construction of a new and much bigger building for its embassy in Armenia on Wednesday in what a senior Chinese diplomat described as another sign of deepening relations between the two nations.
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian confirmed on Wednesday that he will hold fresh talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in New York next month.
Armenia’s government on Thursday included Russia, the United States, China and the key European Union member states in a priority list of 14 nations with which it will be seeking closer economic ties.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities are still refusing to divulge any details of their declared investigation into a secretly recorded audio suggesting that employees of a pro-government businessman were warned to help him get reelected to parliament or lose their jobs.
Finance Minister Vartan Aramian predicted on Friday that new sanctions imposed by the U.S. Congress on Russia will not have significant spillover effects on Armenia’s economy.
An Israeli government minister spoke of a “breakthrough” in Israel’s uneasy relationship with Armenia on Wednesday during an official visit to Yerevan that focused on ways of boosting bilateral economic cooperation.
Russia’s official explanations for its large-scale arms supplies to Azerbaijan criticized by Armenia are unconvincing, a senior Armenian official said over the weekend.
The rapid growth of Armenia’s information technology (IT) sector employing thousands of engineers accelerated to 38.2 percent last, according to government data.
The Armenian government paved the way on Thursday for the parliamentary ratification of an agreement with Russia to boost a joint Russian-Armenian military force that was created more than a decade ago.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Tuesday it will hold discussions with President Serzh Sarkisian soon on who will be Armenia’s prime minister after his decade-long presidency ends next April.
The Armenian police marked on Monday the first anniversary of an armed attack on one of their bases in Yerevan, unveiling a memorial to three police officers killed during a two-week standoff with members of a radical opposition group.
Armenia is discussing with Russia the possibility of obtaining another loan which it would spend on buying Russian weapons, Finance Minister Vartan Aramian revealed on Sunday.
The Armenian government has not abandoned its ambitious plans to build a new nuclear power station in place of the aging plant at Metsamor, Deputy Prime Minister Vache Gabrielian claimed on Friday.
Transport Minister Vahan Martirosian expressed hope on Wednesday that Russia and Georgia will agree after all to open new transport corridors that would facilitate Armenia’s foreign trade.
Poland’s ambassador in Yerevan expressed hope on Wednesday that a new agreement to deepen Armenia’s political and economic ties with the European Union will be signed as planned this autumn.
Azerbaijan is unlikely to provoke an all-out war in Nagorno-Karabakh anytime soon because of “irreparable” losses that it would suffer as a result, Defense Minister Vigen Sargsian said on Wednesday.
Russia has delivered a new batch of anti-tank missile systems to Azerbaijan as part of lucrative arms deals with Baku that have been strongly criticized by Armenia over the past year.
Acting on a recent speech by President Serzh Sarkisian, the leadership of his Republican Party (HHK) has told Prime Minister Karen Karapetian’s government to ensure that Armenia’s economy grows by 5 percent annually.
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian insisted on Tuesday that he and his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov did not discuss in detail international mediators’ existing peace proposals on resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict when they last met in April.
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