February 1st, 2012
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, February 1 — “Experts of Greek Association of International Business conducted a study and concluded that the Republic of Armenia, Georgia and Bulgaria offer the best opportunities for starting a business in the Black Sea region,” said Ivelina Nesterova, expert of the Regional Agency for Entrepreneurship and Innovations. Ukraine and Russia [...]
Tags: Armenia-Georgia relations, Black Sea region
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January 31st, 2012
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, January 31 — The Government of the Republic of Armenia hosted a meeting on preparation for Deep and Comprehensive free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU talks, chaired by Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian. “The meeting is aimed at discussing implementation of out commitments. We are also getting ready for the [...]
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January 26th, 2012
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, JAnuary 26 — Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Sarkisian received today a delegation led by Rosselkhozbank Board President Dmitry Patrushev. Welcoming the guests, the Prime Minister stated that agriculture is a priority to Armenia and they try to find new tools and opportunities to promote its development. Tigran [...]
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January 11th, 2012
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, January 11 — At the sitting of the Central Bank Council of the Republic of Armenia the council passed a decision to leave unchanged the refunding cost, that is at the level of eight percent. Compared with November of last year an inflation of 2.5 percent was registered in December. As [...]
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December 24th, 2011
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, December 23 – President of Iran Mohamoud Ahmadinejad has paid a state visit to the Republic of Armenia on December 23. At the airport the Iranian President was welcomed by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan. Further, the residence of the Armenian President hosted the meeting of the Iranian President with Sarkisian. [...]
Tags: Armenian-Iranian relations, energy consumption, foreign relations, hydropower, Republic of Armenia, Serge Sarkisian
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December 21st, 2011
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, December 21 – Escher, a world leading provider of outsourced, point of software to the postal industry, has been selected as part of the program to modernize the Postal Sector of the Republic of Armenia. The National Postal Operator of the Republic of Armenia will roll out the Riposte Essential across [...]
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December 20th, 2011
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, December 20 – Armenia’s economic activity in November increased by 2.4 per cent as compared with November 2010. As compared with October, the economic activity decreased by 7.3 per cent, the National Statistics Service of the Republic of Armenia reports. In November 2011, the industrial production amounted in about 94 billion [...]
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December 8th, 2011
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 [...]
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December 6th, 2011
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 [...]
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December 5th, 2011
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 [...]
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