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Armenian exports surged by 19 percent, while imports decline by 2 percent
Armenia’s foreign trade turnover in the first eight months of 2016 increased by 4.6% compared to the same period of 2015, amounting to about $3.114.7 billion, according to the figures, released today by the National Statistical Service (NSS).New finance minister Vardan Aramyan’s biography
Armenia’s new finance minister Vardan Aramyan, appointed today by president Sargsyan, was born in 1975 in Yerevan. In 1997 he graduated from Yerevan State Institute of National Economy; in 2004 he completed a course at the Fletcher School at Tufts University (USA, Boston).Election campaign of Republican Party of Armenia to be led by Serzh Sargsyan personally
The election campaign of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia for the 2017 parliamentary election will be headed personally by Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian president and chairman of the party, Zhoghovurd reports.YEREVAN, September 20. /ARKA/. The election campaign of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia will be headed personally by Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian president and chairman of the party, Zhoghovurd reports.
This decision shows that he can’t afford to run such a risk of leaving his fate in trust of somebody even formally.
Besides, he does not want to be indebted to anybody of his party’s elite. --0----
Armenian company accused of unfair competition
Armenia’s anti-trust agency has accused a local company called Avitsa of unfair competition saying it imported a large batch of eggs from Russia and tried to sell them as local product at below market prices, ‘thereby forming an atmosphere of unfair competition.’Golden Pomegranate festival to kick off in Moscow September 21
The traditional annual fair of Armenian culture and products -Golden Pomegranate- is slated this year for September 21, the day when Armenia will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of its independence from former Soviet Union.Armenia and Iran expand cooperation
After the removal of sanctions against Iran Armenia has made significant steps towards the development of cooperation with Iran, Vardan Voskanyan, the head of the department of Iranian Studies at Yerevan State University, told a news conference today.Armenia and Karabakh rated by freedom house as partly free countries
Freedom House, a non-governmental organization surveying democracies and freedom worldwide, has released its latest Freedom in the World 2016 report, rating Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh as ‘partly free’ countries with a total score of 46 and 33 respectively (0 = Best, 100 = Worst).Police to step up inspection of citizens because of military parade
Armenian police said today they will step up the check up of citizens and their personal belongings who will gather in Republic Square on September 21 to watch the military parade celebrating the 25th anniversary of Armenia’s independence.Yerevan is among ten most popular destinations for Russian tourists in November
Russian hotel search engine RoomGuru.ru has included Armenia’s capital city Yerevan in the list of ten most popular foreign destinations chosen by Russian tourist for spending the holiday weekend awarded for the National Unity Day, marked on November 4.News 16861 - 16880 of 18460
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