By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, July 29–The decision of the International Court of Justice on Kosovo is an additional opportunity for Armenia to emphasize that the recognition of independence of Nagorno Karabakh isn’t against the international law or the former Soviet Union’s law, according to foreign policy spokesman for the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Giro Manoyan. He says that [...]

By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, July 28–The Armenian tourists are always promised to rest on a beautiful seashore, relax in a five-star hotel and an unforgettable stay in Turkey. Some of them really have “unforgettable” holidays, but not in the good sense. The Sarajian family went to Alanya this summer and stopped at the five-star hotel [...]

By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, July 28– The State Revenue Committee issued a list of 300 largest taxpayers in Armenia. Almost no changes are observed in the list. Again, major importers of fuel and cigarettes, mobile operators and companies in the field of regulated tariffs, are in the list of biggest taxpayers in the country. The [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, July 28–The routine monitoring of the OSCE mission will be held in the contact line of the Armed Forces of NKR and Azerbaijan on August 3, the press service of the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs. The agreement between the OSCE and the NKR authorities was reached beforehand and the [...]

BY ARA KHACHATOURIAN Last week at the Senate Foreign Relations confirmation hearings, President Obama’s nominee for the US Ambassadorial post in Azerbaijan, Matthew Bryza, assured senators that he would be impartial if confirmed to the top US post in Baku and always serve US interests as the job calls for. The Azeri elite and the [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, July 27 — “The Millenium Challenge Account–Armenia (MCA-Armenia) has invested more than $10 million in the rehabilitation of irrigation canals in the Armavir region,” said Ara Hovsepyan, the Genereal director of the Millennium Challenge Account. “Armavir is one of the target regions for us and we are making very big investments [...]

By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, July 27–The US Assistant Secretary of State Philip H. Gordon said that official Washington was very pleased with the decision of the International Court of Justice concerning Kosovo, since it was consonant with the position of the US that the independence of Kosovo was legal and corresponded with international law. However, [...]