The Armenian government has still not shed light on possible dates for the signing of a treaty on Armenia’s membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, with a senior official only confirming its postponement on Monday.
The Armenian government announced on Thursday plans to substantially cut a key tax levied from small businesses, citing the need to stimulate economic activity in the country.
The Armenian government on Thursday hit out at Russia’s most famous television journalist backed by the Kremlin for stating that the Russian language must be granted an official status in Armenia.
Russia has officially admitted supplying more tanks and other heavy weapons to Azerbaijan than Armenia in the past several years, in annual reports submitted to the United Nations.
Former President Robert Kocharian has described Nagorno-Karabakh as “an inseparable part of Armenia” and lambasted a senior Armenian government official for disagreeing with that claim.
Armenia’s leaders have been invited to attend the inauguration of Ukraine’s newly elected President Petro Poroshenko in what a senior Ukrainian diplomat portrayed on Thursday as proof of Kiev’s readiness to repair relations with Yerevan.
Ukraine’s ambassador to Armenia has returned to Yerevan more than two months after being recalled to Kiev in protest against a positive Armenian reaction to a disputed referendum in Crimea that led to its annexation by Russia.
The European Union is continuing to “review” its relationship with Armenia nine months after abandoning a planned Association Agreement with the Armenian government, a senior EU diplomat said on Tuesday.
It remained unclear on Friday whether Armenia’s political leadership will accept a last-minute condition for joining the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union demanded by Azerbaijan and publicly backed by Kazakhstan.
The Armenian government was in no rush on Monday to officially recognize the outcome of a weekend presidential election in Ukraine welcomed by the West as a major step towards ending the bloody crisis in the country.
The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that it is revising downwards its most recent growth projection for Armenia which was already less upbeat than the economic outlook offered by the Armenian government.
Armenia will continue to form a “single economic territory” with Nagorno-Karabakh even after joining the Russian-led Customs Union, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian insisted late on Thursday.
The Armenian government on Thursday gave the country’s leading businesspeople until July 1 to stop evading taxes and abusing their market positions or face a tougher crackdown by tax authorities.
Armenia will not start levying any duties from goods imported from Nagorno-Karabakh after joining Russia’s Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, a senior Armenian official reiterated on Wednesday.
Armenia has not completed its trade negotiations with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan and it is still not known when it will join their Customs Union, Economy Minister Karen Chshmaritian said on Tuesday.
Most taxpayers in Armenia do not trust the president of the republic and key state institutions, according to a U.S.-funded survey made public this week.
Armenia’s refusal to join a new Russian-dominated alliance of former Soviet republics would have jeopardized continued Armenian control over Nagorno-Karabakh, a prominent pundit close to the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
Official Yerevan on Tuesday gave no clear reason for President Serzh Sarkisian’s unexpected failure to attend a summit of the Russian-led Customs Union which Armenia plans to join this year.
Armenia has indicated no plans for any suspension of cooperation with NATO that has been announced by the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Russian-led military alliance of which it is a member.
Artur Baghdasarian resigned as secretary of Armenia’s National Security Council on Friday, reaffirming the decision by his Orinats Yerkir Party to withdraw from President Serzh Sarkisian’s government.
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