By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, December 8 –“The possibility the luxury tax will soon be passed and implemented in the Republic of Armenia is low because it assumes the adoption of complicated administrative procedures,” Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said. Tigran Sarkisian said they are planning to organize public hearings, for there are two conceptual approaches [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, December 6 – Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Sarkisian met with the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule in Brussels on December 5. The sides discussed the reforms being implemented in the Republic of Armenia and joint programs. “We are implementing a program of [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, December 5 – Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia paid a working visit to Brussels on December 4. In the framework of the visit Prime Minister Sarkisian will meet with the EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and the Director General for Development of European [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, December 5 – The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia and UNDP Armenian Office signed a cooperation agreement on the development of professional competencies of the Ministry employees. After signing the cooperation agreement, Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan noted that in the framework of cooperation a training of Armenian [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, November 11 – On November 9 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Austria handed his credentials to the President of Austria Heinz Fischer, the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reports. The official ceremony was followed by a meeting during which the Austrian President expressed [...]

  By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, November 3 — “Kazakhstan offers the Republic of Armenia its wheat at favorable terms,” the press office of the RA Ministry of Agriculture reports. “This year Kazakhstan’s wheat harvest was very rich and we’d like the Republic of Armenia to supply its demand for wheat from exactly Kazakhstan,” said Ayimdos [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, October 27 — EXPO-Russia Armenia annual international industrial Armenian-Russian 4th exhibition will be held on November 3-5 in Yerevan. The exhibition is aimed at developing economic, scientific, cultural and political cooperation between Russia and the Republic of Armenia, as well as developing and strengthening joint business, trade and investment relations between [...]