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Armenian authorities ignore the real problems of the Artsakh people, showing a humiliating attitude - Arman Tatoyan
... People announced the start of a sit-in protest, despite the lack of permission from the Police. They call on the Armenian authorities to resolve the socio-economic problems of the Artsakh people, among the 12 points with demands, including stopping the emigration of Artsakh people from Armenia, guaranteeing their right to return to their homeland, launching a fair housing program, achieving the release of captured Armenians from prison in Baku. Later on Monday, a group of members of the Artsakh Rights ...
07/15/2025Pro-government MP proposes to raise the maximum age of conscription
... about 3 thousand did so before turning 27. Most of them waited for this to avoid compulsory military service," Sargsyan said. The changes are aimed at increasing the number of military personnel, making military service more attractive, preventing emigration, reducing the number of renunciations of Armenian citizenship, introducing mechanisms to prevent evasion of military service, and criminalizing cases of evasion of military service for alleged medical reasons. "Analysis of data over the ...
05/12/2025Turkey only needs to invest $2.5 billion in Armenia's economy to take control of it, says CCAF head
... economy, which in turn would jeopardise its independence. Such a change, according to Papazian, would not only lead to increased economic dependence, but also to a deterioration in relations between Armenia and its vast diaspora. 'This may provoke mass emigration. Thus, presumably, up to 500,000 people could leave the country..... And I am not talking about recognising the Armenian Genocide (by Turkey) or paying compensation. Now we are talking about the future of the Armenian people living in Armenia....
12/14/2024Emigration almost 90% related to Armenia’s regional policy – Pashinyan
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed confidence that nearly 90% of emigration is related to the regional policy pursued by the country. YEREVAN, December 3. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed confidence that nearly 90% of emigration is related to the regional policy pursued by the country....
12/03/2024Pashinyan: Armenia's independence is a platform for ensuring the security and freedom of citizens on its internationally recognised territory
... citizens eligable to vote answered "Yes" to the question, and the Republic of Armenia became an independent state. Since that day, our country has gone through many trials: wars, thousands of victims, blockade, economic and political crises, emigration, as a result of which we realized more objectively that the question put in the referendum in 1991 needs to be answered every day, and we need to answer that question not only by making a note on the ballot in the polling station, but also ...
09/21/2024Will there be mass emigration from Armenia after visa liberalization with EU?
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan answered the question of how likely mass emigration from Armenia is after the liberalization of visas with the European Union (EU). YEREVAN, September 18 /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan answered the question of how likely mass emigration from Armenia is after the ...
09/18/2024Pashinyan says there is no outflow of Nagorno-Karabakh refugees from Armenia
... settled in Armenia after fleeing their homes as a result of Azerbaijani offensive in September, were not emigrating from Armenia. "There is no outflow of our brothers and sisters, who were forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh: there is no out emigration," he said. The prime minister stressed that at first there was an alarming exodus of the refugees from Armenia, but now the situation has stabilized. Pashinyan suggested that many of them relocated to join their relatives (mostly in Russia)....
11/23/2023French Foreign Minister says Azerbaijan's policy towards Nagorno-Karabakh is illegal and immoral
... described Azerbaijan's policy of forcing the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh to emigrate as ‘illegal and immoral’, Armenpress reported citing the official website of the French Foreign Ministry. "The strangulation strategy aimed at provoking mass emigration of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh is illegal, as the International Court of Justice has already determined. This policy is also immoral," Colonna said, speaking at a conference of accredited ambassadors in France. She also noted that ...
08/29/2023President of Armenian Muay Thai Federation accused of organizing illegal emigration
Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) said today that the president of the Muay Thai Federation Arsen Brutyan is suspected of organizing and running an illegal emigration scheme together with a group of people by prior conspiracy. YEREVAN, December 6. /ARKA/. Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) said today that the president of the Muay Thai Federation Arsen Brutyan is suspected of organizing and ...
12/06/2022Armenia’s population expected to shrink to 2.6 million people by 2050 –UNFPA
...," she said. According to Hovhannisyan, besides Armenia, also Georgia and Russia will see their populations decline until 2050. The decrease of population in Armenia is resulting from a drop in total fertility rate as well as from the changes in emigration rates. The expert stressed that even Armenian government-designed programs to promote birth rate will not change the situation for the better. She said the reasons behind birthrate decrease in Armenia are socio-economic problems. According ...
11/15/2022Armenia can expand exports to 21 countries and increase volumes by about $1 billion – IMF
... in such countries as Russia, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Iraq, the Netherlands, Georgia, and Canada. The study says raising Armenia’s long-term growth prospects is critical to meet the pressing need for jobs, achieve higher living standards, and arrest emigration. Armenia’s foreign trade in January-September 2022 amounted to over $9.3 billion having surged by 62.5% from the same time span in 2021, according to the National Statistical Committee.A Armenian exports in the first nine months of 2022 compared ...
10/31/2022Armenia saw largest ever amount of remittances from Russia in May, 2022
... systems in former Soviet republics’ banks. In addition, since the first days of the conflict in Ukraine, specialized associations, especially IT professionals, began relocating to Georgia, Armenia, the Baltic States and Cyprus. Estimates of the scale of emigration of Russians abroad triggered by the events in Ukraine vary from tens to hundreds of thousands or even millions. The Unistream money transfer system notes that the volume of money transfers via their service to the neighboring countries increased ...
07/25/2022Armenia's NSS reveals criminal group engaged in organization of illegal emigration in exchange for $20,000-$26,000 per person
Armenia's National Security Service (NSS) said today it has revealed a criminal group made up of 6 persons who were engaged in organization of illegal emigration of citizens. YEREVAN, July 19. /ARKA/. Armenia's National Security Service (NSS) said today it has revealed a criminal group made up of 6 persons who were engaged in organization of illegal emigration of citizens. It said members of the ...
07/19/2022Armenian economist questions prime minister’s statement about average wage growth in 2021
... higher, because there is a very large number of economically inactive population. There are about 800 thousand of them. It is clear that some of them are pensioners, some are students. Unemployment is also very high among young people that leads to high emigration of young people and birthrate reduction," he said. In that regard, Mikayelyan thinks ‘we should think about which jobs are created, which sectors generate the most, how to obtain maximum effect with minimum expenses and how to deliver ...
02/07/2022Levon Ter-Petrosyan does not rule out coalition with Robert Kocharyan
... continue if the elections are won either by an alliance led by Kocharyna or Pashinyan's Civil Contract. This, according to Ter-Petrosyan, will not allow the next government to solve urgent problems as the internal instability will continue, and the pace of emigration will accelerate. -0-
06/10/2021Armenian National Congress to run in June 20 elections
... continue if the elections are won either by an alliance led by Kocharyna or Pashinyan's Civil Contract. This, according to Ter-Petrosyan, will not allow the next government to solve urgent problems as the internal instability will continue, and the pace of emigration will accelerate. -0-
05/17/2021Armenia celebrating 29th anniversary of independence. Premier and president congratulate nation
... officially declared by the parliament on September23. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan congratulated the nation on the Independence Day. In his words, Armenia’s people have gone through many trials over the 29 years of the independence – emigration, fraudulent elections, the October 27 assassinations, political repressions, the March 1 killings, crises and desperation. “However, all these difficulties could not break the Armenian people. The nonviolent, velvet, people's revolution ...
09/21/2020Negative net migration rate in Armenia drops to 9,857 people
In the first 9 months of 2019 the negative net migration rate in Armenia dropped to 9,857 people from 15,555 people in the same period of 2018, Deputy Head of the Migration Service Irina Davtyan said at a press conference on Wednesday. YEREVAN, December 18. /ARKA/. In the first 9 months of 2019 the negative net migration rate in Armenia dropped to 9,857 people from 15,555 people in the same period of 2018, Deputy Head of the Migration Service Irina Davtyan said at a press conference on Wednesday...
12/18/2019Armenia’s population continues to dwindle, UNFPA representative says
... stood at 2,979,900 people, falling to 2,969,800 people as of July 1, 2018. According to an annual UNFPA report titled ‘Population of the World,’ the main reasons for the population decline, including in Armenia, are low birth rates, migration and emigration. Speaking at a news conference today Hovhannisyan said the number of births in Armenia in the reporting period decreased by 1,000, from 17,170 in the first half of 2017 to 16,189 in the first half of this year. She also said the Armenian government’s ...
10/17/2018Armenia set to end out-emigration, Pashinyan says
... the number of people who left Armenia exceeded the number of those who arrived by 6000. Citing these numbers at a rally held in Yerevan last Friday, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said they indicate the first and most important stage of ending out-emigration. According to Pashinyan, 34 thousand more foreigners, many of them ethnic Armenians, arrived in Armenia from May 10 to August 14 than in the same period of 2017. "In essence, this means an increase in investment and tourism interest," ...
08/19/2018Armenia and Georgia to build highly developed countries to the benefit of their nations, Georgian deputy prime minister says
..., prosperity and happiness, just as we will do our utmost for the strengthening of the Georgian State and the happiness of the Georgian people. I want to make an observation: you may know that today our most important priority is to stop the tide of emigration from Armenia and, on the contrary, usher in the era of immigration, that is, all those who have left the country should return to their homeland. We now are pursuing such a policy in the Republic of Armenia,” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan ...
06/01/2018New president says Armenia may become attractive partner for East and West
... potential and energy of the society. "Confidence in today and tomorrow, a clear vision of how the economy should advance its tangible results can not only stimulate economic growth, the flow of domestic and foreign investment, but also prevent emigration, and facilitate the return of our compatriots to our homeland," Sarkissian said. At the same time, he noted that, despite promises of a bright future, people want to see the changes and fruits of their work now. Sarkissian said this desire ...
04/09/2018Tsarukyan bloc to support Armenian Republicans’ presidential candidate
... Sarkissian, the presidential candidate nominated by the ruling Republican Party of Armenia. “Of course, I know Armen Sarkissian and his approaches, views and readiness,” Tsarukyan said. “Today he speaks about our common desire, goal and topics. Yes, emigration should be stopped and replaced by immigration, people should return with confidence in the country to make investments here. This is his approach and we support it.” Tsarukyan also said that it is necessary to give time to Sarkissian for ...
02/26/2018Armenia is ahead of its neighbors and CIS countries by economic indicators, prime minister says
... year? No," Karapetyan said. In comments on the ongoing migration of Armenians Karapetyan said it happens in all countries and there will not be a situation in which it will cease irrespective of the improvement in the quality of life. "The emigration and immigration trends will certainly change, but for this to happen we must make Armenia a secure and developed country," Karapetyan summed up. Karapetyan also said that the atmosphere of mistrust between Armenia and the Diaspora must ...
09/19/2017Public outcry rising in Spitak against dismantling of elevator plant
... earthquake. "We discussed this issue with representatives of the Council of Armenian Intelligentsia and I was asked to present the problem to the public. The decision is nothing but a ‘malicious joke" against the people. We are fighting emigration, but at the same time we are destroying our factories," Hamazaspyan said. He said although the plant is now privately owned, it does not give its owner the right to dismantle it. "I intended to set up there a helio technology enterprise,...
08/28/2017Armenia’s population will increase to 4 million by 2040 only if 50,000 ethnic Armenians immigrate back to their homeland annually
... Sargsyan. Addressing the first session of the new Armenian parliament on May 18 president Sargsyan stated that the population of Armenia should grow 4 million by 2040 due to a sharp improvement in the demographic situation. According to Asatryan, the out-emigration indicators for the first quarter of 2017 remain unchanged compared to the same indicator in 2016. At the same time, he stressed that in 2016 about 55,000 Armenian citizens left the country. He said also that in 1990, the natural increase in ...
05/24/2017Political processes in Armenia affect out-emigration more than economic conditions – ethnographer says
... leave their country many Armenians say the reason is lack of jobs at home, however, findings of many serious studies show that the jobs they find abroad do not have a significant positive impact on their living standards. ‘The major reason behind out-emigration is lack of hope and prospects at home," Kharatyan said. Another major reason, according to her, is the sense of legal, financial and social insecurity. "The threat of war is not a direct cause of out-emigration, as many people tend ...
02/09/2017Emigration and low birth rate are the main reasons behind Armenia’s declining population
Emigration and low birth rate are the main reasons behind Armenia’s declining population, a demographer Ruben Yeganyan said today. YEREVAN, February 1. /ARKA/. Emigration and low birth rate are the main reasons behind Armenia’s declining population,...
02/01/2017Armenia needs 7-10% annual growth to secure sustainable economic expansion
... agriculture, which are important in terms of employment is a serious concern, while growth was reported by industry, which is not accompanied by a proportionate increase in jobs. According to Asatryan, these negative developments can trigger a new wave of out-emigration, which in turn has a negative impact on the overall economic situation. Asatryan said the economic downturn last year was caused also by an unprecedented surge in violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone and the seizure of a police station ...
01/30/2017Gagik Tsarukyan announces his decision to contest next parliamentary elections
... would not re-involve in political processes, if he were convinced that the country was moving in the right direction, that the economy was growing and that the level of the well-being of people was on the rise. "Unfortunately, we have a huge out-emigration, weak and ailing economy, constant increase in poverty, high unemployment and lack of confidence in the future. I can not remain indifferent to the fate of the people, especially in view of numerous daily requests and appeals to return to politics,...
01/17/2017Prices of goods rose again in Armenia ahead of new year festivities
... are trying to get the most revenue. According to him, in comparison with previous years, the number of customers in local stores decreased. "This is primarily indicative of the lowering solvency of Armenian citizens, as well as the high level of emigration," - added Chilingaryan. He noted that after the holidays, the prices of goods dropped immediately. -0-
01/10/2017Pollster says Armenia needs $150 billion to stop out-emigration
Armenia needs $150 billion to stop the ongoing exodus of its population, Aharon Adibekyan, the director of Sociometer polling center, told a news conference today. YEREVAN, September 20. /ARKA/. Armenia needs $150 billion to stop the ongoing exodus of its population, Aharon Adibekyan, the director of Sociometer polling center, told a news conference today. "This money is needed to rebuild the industry, create new jobs. The future of Armenia lies in the development of nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals...
09/20/2016Seizure of police station in Yerevan to trigger new wave of emigration
Gagik Makaryan, the chairman of the Union of Employers of Armenia, predicted today a new wave of emigration prompted by the stand-off between Armenian police forces and members of a political fringe group, who seized a police station in the capital of Yerevan on July 17, but surrendered two weeks later. YEREVAN, August 2. /ARKA/. Gagik Makaryan,...
08/02/2016Armenia’s permanent population drops to less than 3 million, for the first time since 1970s
... population has reduced by 35,900 people and by 634,000 people when compared to 1991, when Armenia became independent from former Soviet Union. The urban population in 2015 decreased by 5,500 people from the year before to 1.907.4 million. The largest out-emigration was from the capital Yerevan as well as from Lori and Shirak regions. In rural areas, the population decreased by 6,500 to 1.091.2 million people. According to the National Statistical Service, 41,815 babies were born in 2015, a decrease of ...
01/29/2016Migration increases reduction of volumes of Armenia’s imports - economist
Emigration increases the reduction of volumes of Armenia’s imports, Tatul Manaseryan, an economist and the head of Alternative Research Center, said at a news conference on Wednesday. YEREVAN, September 24. /ARKA/. Emigration increases the reduction ...
09/24/2015About 18,000 small and medium companies shut down in Armenia
... closure of SMEs. The factors that affect negatively the local market are the increase in electricity rate, the drop in remittances from Armenian labor migrants coupled with the lowering purchasing power of the population, high level of unemployment, out-emigration and export-related problems. According to the Union of Employers of Armenia, there were about 70,000 SMEs in Armenia in late 2014, including 58,000 micro and small enterprises. SMEs accounted for 43% of Armenia’s GDP and for 5-6% of tax revenues....
09/03/2015Over 200,000 people migrate from Armenia in five years – ex-head of central bank
... Asatryan said in his interview to Zhamanak (Time) newspaper. In terms of demography, Armenia is on the edge of deaths exceeding births, according to Asatryan. This will happen in the next 3-4 years, which means natural decline will be recorded, along with emigration, he said. Unfortunately, demographic situation is the most urgent issue in Armenia where, even in the circumstances of 4% economic activity, people cannot find their place in the country and seek fortune overseas, Asatryan said. Asatryan also ...
08/04/2015Armenian civic movement to protest electricity price rise
... against Russia,' he claimed. Poghosyan also noted that the increase in electricity tariffs will provoke a rise in prices for many other commodities, cause a decline in the living standards of the population, in birth rate and trigger a new wave of our-emigration. Armenuhi Ghazaryan, another activist of the civic movement, said at tomorrow's rally the protesters will demand the resignation of the Armenian authorities. 'If they can not rule the country, and are indifferent to the fate of their country ...
06/18/2015Dire financial situation is destroying Armenia, party leader says
... possible rise in the price of electricity Sargsyan said the government should have prevented the accumulation of debt by the Electricity Networks of Armenia that seeks a 40 percent rise in the price. He said the planned rise will trigger a new wave of out-emigration as people realize that the rise in electricity price will be followed by hikes in staples’ prices. "We recently conducted a study that revealed that 70% of young Armenians do not see prospects in their home country. They do not know ...
06/04/2015Armenian foreign minister visits Lebanon
On May 26 Armenia’s foreign minister Edward Nalbandian will visit Lebanon’s capital Beirut at the invitation of Lebanese minister of foreign affairs and emigration Jebran Basil. YEREVAN, May 25. / ARKA /. On May 26 Armenia’s foreign minister Edward Nalbandian will visit Lebanon’s capital Beirut at the invitation of Lebanese minister of foreign affairs and emigration Jebran Basil. In Beirut ...
05/25/2015Russia’s Federal Migration Service wants its Armenian office to be legalized
... in Armenia will be legalized, the head of the agency, Konstantin Romodanovsky said today as he met with Armenian territorial and emergency minister Armen Yeritsyan in the Russian capital city. He said he was aware of concerns in Armenia that massive emigration of Armenian citizens to Russia in search of jobs and receiving Russian citizenship pose a serious demographic problem for Armenia. He said as a close ally of Russia Armenian labor migrants enjoy a set of privileges for working in Russia. 'We ...
05/20/2015New Armenian law to tax migrant workers
... citizens employed abroad in their home country. Mirumyan noted that the law will apply only to companies that have government-approved investment programs. The bill was criticized by some opposition lawmakers, who argue that it will spur further out-emigration and contribute to the creation of monopolistic companies. On March 3 the Armenian parliament passed amendments to the law on income tax that has cut tenfold the size of profit tax (to 2%) for large domestic companies with annual exports worth ...
05/07/2015Armenian defense minister: Azerbaijan trying to shift public attention from internal problems by escalating tension on border
... Ohanyan thinks there is also another goal – to affect the marking of the centenary of Armenian Genocide. In his opinion, Azerbaijan is also doing so in an apparent attempt to impact political and economic things inside Armenia and intensify emigration. «The blackmail methods Azerbaijan uses to get concessions from us are absolutely unpromising,» the minister said in his interview. He said Armenian society consolidates as Azerbaijan undertakes such attempts. «Going back ...
03/17/2015Emigration from Armenia surges by 12 percent to 47,000 people- former central bank head
Emigration from Armenia in 2014 increased by 10-12% from the previous year to more than 47,000 people, a former head of the Central Bank Bagrat Asatryan told a news conference today, adding that emigration rates serve usually as a clear indication of ...
03/10/2015Unemployment and danger of renewed war named as largest challenges facing Armenia
... of respondents said it was unemployment and as many said it was the likelihood of renewed hostilities. These findings were announced today by the head of Gallup International Association in Armenia Aram Navasardyan Other largest challenges were emigration and poverty.-0-
03/02/2015Official border crossing data do not always provide complete information about emigration rates, expert says
Official border crossing data is not always enough to talk about more or less accurate emigration rates, according to Ilona Ter-Minasyan, the head of the Yerevan office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). YEREVAN, December 16. / ARKA /. Official border crossing data is not always enough to talk about more or less ...
12/16/2014Armenia’s membership in Eurasian economic union to give serious boost to its economy –Russian MP says
Armenia's membership in the Eurasian Economic Union from January 1, 2015 will give a serious boost to its economy and enable it to build new roads, create new jobs and stop the out-emigration of its labor force, according to Oleg Lebedev, the first deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma committee on CIS affairs, Eurasian integration and relations with compatriots. YEREVAN, December 9. / ARKA /. Armenia's membership in ...
12/09/2014Head of Union of Domestic Commodity Producers reiterates support for Armenia’s accession to Eurasian Economic Union
... increased by 2.2 percent from the same time span of 2013 to 1.040 trillion drams. However, according to Safaryan, this growth rate is not satisfactory to ensure an adequate level of social and economic development of the country, as well as to reduce out-emigration and unemployment. He also called on the government to revise the economic policy by promoting exports of finished products, saying this will help increase the GDP. On December 4 by a vote of 103 to 7 and one abstention the National Assembly ...
12/08/2014UN forecasts 0.5 percent population growth for Armenia in 2014
... rate currently is 27-28 per one thousand people – ‘a normal rate for aging nations.’ As regards birth rate, Hayrapetyan said it is now 1.5-1.6 per a woman, which is not enough for the simple reproduction, especially with ongoing out-emigration when 30,000-35,000 people of mostly reproductive age leave the country for good annually. According to the National Statistical Service, on July 1, 2014 Armenia had 3.009 million permanent population, including 1.9 billion of urban population....
10/24/2014Armenian women activists protest against cabinet’s plans to cut the amount of maternity allowance
... not at the expense of working mothers", the activist say. In a letter handed to government officials the women activists argue that the move if effected will contribute to the reduction in the number of births among working mothers, increase emigration of the working population, as well as violate the principles of social and gender equality. They also say this question could be resolved by introduction of luxury tax. According to labor and social affairs minister Artem Asatryan, about 20% ...
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