The Armenian economy will likely contract by 1 percent this year due to spillover effects of Russia’s economic troubles, the International Monetary Fund has said in a sharp downward revision of its growth projections for Armenia.
The Armenian government is negotiating with the Gazprom giant in hopes of securing a greater discount on Russian natural gas deliveries to Armenia, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Yervand Zakharian said on Thursday.
The Founding Parliament said on Wednesday that its nonstop anti-government protests in Yerevan will start as planned on April 24 despite the arrests of six leading members of the radical opposition movement.
In fresh rulings against Armenia, the European Court of Human Rights has fined the authorities in Yerevan a total of 71,000 euros ($77,000) for the torture and other “inhuman treatment” of four Armenian citizens held in custody.
A court in the central Armenian town of Hrazdan on Tuesday fined a government supporter 80,000 drams ($170) for attacking and seriously injuring a senior member of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK).
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian met with the commanders of Nagorno-Karabakh’s armed force and inspected the scene of their latest deadly firefight with Azerbaijani forces during a weekend trip to the territory.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian will not lose his parliament seat after all, despite having rarely attended sessions of the National Assembly, speaker Galust Sahakian said on Thursday.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) will throw its weight behind President Serzh Sarkisian’s controversial constitutional reform only if it envisages Armenia’s transformation into a parliamentary republic, a leader of the opposition party said on Tuesday.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Monday pledged to “do everything” to scuttle a sweeping constitutional reform planned by President Serzh Sarkisian, insisting that it is aimed at extending his rule beyond 2018.
Armenia sees no need to attend an upcoming meeting of its three Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) partners that it says will focus on the disagreements that they have amongst themselves and do not concern Yerevan.
Two Armenian veterans of the Karabakh war have returned their combat medals over a recent incident in which dozens of opposition activists were assaulted while staging an automobile march towards Stepanakert.
The Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) raised its benchmark interest rate for the third time in less than two months on Tuesday despite its assurances that the domestic financial system is stabilizing after sharp exchange rate fluctuations observed late last year.
Two Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers and one Armenian civilian have been killed in fresh ceasefire violations along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and “the line of contact” around Nagorno-Karabakh reported over the past day. (UPDATED)
Armenia’s Court of Appeals on Monday upheld controversial prison sentences for a prominent political activist and 11 other men who were arrested during a violent anti-government demonstration in Yerevan in late 2013.
After weeks of strong denial of Azerbaijani combat casualties in the latest escalation of fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Azerbaijani military said on Monday that three of its soldiers have been killed by Armenian forces.
The top Gyumri-based cleric of the Armenian Apostolic Church urged local residents to “stay calm” on Tuesday as he presided over a requiem service for 6-month-old Seryozha Avetisian, the seventh member of an Armenian family massacred there last week.
Hundreds of angry people clashed with riot police outside the Russian consulate in the Armenian city of Gyumri late on Thursday on the second day of protests against the killing of a local family allegedly committed by a Russian soldier. (UPDATED)
Contrary to popular belief, de facto monopolies do not necessarily hamper Armenia’s economic development, Economy Minister Karen Chshmaritian insisted on Friday.
Output in Armenia’s agriculture sector has grown by 6.5 percent this year despite a severe spring blizzard that destroyed major fruit crops such as apricots, Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetian said on Wednesday.
The Armenian authorities on Wednesday described as artificial and temporary the continuing weakening of the national currency, the dram, and insisted that it will not undermine the country’s financial system.
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