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The best way out is direct and substantive talks between Baku and Stepanakert with international participation - Armenian Foreign Ministry

For building real and lasting peace in the region, Armenia and Azerbaijan should find mutually acceptable solutions to all existing problems in the negotiation process and prevent further manifestations of hatred and enmity, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement last Saturday. YEREVAN, June 26, /ARKA/. ‘For building real and lasting peace in the region, Armenia and Azerbaijan should find mutually acceptable solutions to all existing problems in the negotiation process and prevent...

06/26/2023

Artsakh Foreign Ministry accuses Azerbaijani authorities of seeking license to carry out their criminal plans with impunity

On 28 May 2023, in flagrant violation of the norms and principles of international law, obligations assumed by the Trilateral Statement of November 2020, and ignoring the presence of the Russian peacekeeping forces, the President of Azerbaijan made a series of belligerent and provocative statements against the Republic of Artsakh and its democratic institutions, as well as the possibility of resumption of hostilities by Azerbaijan against Artsakh, the Artsakh Foreign Ministry said in a statement...

05/30/2023

Ardshinbank has opened a new branch in “Multi Magic Mall” shopping center

Ardshinbank is opening one more branch (“Hatis”) in the newly built shopping center. The new branch is located on the ground floor of “Multi Magic Mall” shopping center in Kotayk region. YEREVAN, April 29. /ARKA/. Ardshinbank is opening one more branch (“Hatis”) in the newly built shopping center. The new branch is located on the ground floor of “Multi Magic Mall” shopping center in Kotayk region. The branch will serve both individuals and legal entities. Here you can apply for a loan...

04/29/2023

Azerbaijan tries to carry out ethnic cleansing of Karabakh Armenians: Pashinyan tells Summit for Democracy

... to him, Armenia condemns human rights violations all over the world. Despite the global and regional challenges, Armenia continues to implement the agenda of democratic reforms. Leaders of more than 100 countries, as well as representatives of civil society and international democratic institutions, are participating in the second Summit for Democracy. The co-host countries for the event are the United States of America, Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Republic of Korea and Zambia. The plenary session ...

03/29/2023

EU must increase pressure on Aliyev to end blockade of Karabakh - former NATO secretary general

The European Union must put maximum pressure on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to make him end the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, former NATO Secretary General and founder of the Rasmussen Global consulting firm Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an interview with the Public Television of Armenia. YEREVAN, March 16. /ARKA/. The European Union must put maximum pressure on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to make him end the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, former NATO Secretary General and founder...

03/16/2023

Binance on cryptocurrency market regulation in Armenia: "We think there's no need to re-invent the wheel".

In an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency Olga Goncharova, Director of Relations with Governments in CIS for Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, speaks about the reasons behind the exchange’s prospective plans to enter Armenia’s cryptocurrency market, cryptocurrency regulations, Armenian Central Bank’s stance on cryptocurrrency and other things. YEREVAN, March 13. /ARKA/. In an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency Olga Goncharova, Director of Relations with...

03/13/2023

EU Ambassador to Armenia urges sides to refrain from inciting hatred and provocations

European Union Ambassador to Armenia Andrea Wiktorin urged today all sides in the country to refrain from inciting hatred and provocations, saying that any violence must be condemned, when speaking at a conference in Yerevan on judiciary as a guarantor of democracy. YEREVAN, June 8. /ARKA/. European Union Ambassador to Armenia Andrea Wiktorin urged today all sides in the country to refrain from inciting hatred and provocations, saying that any violence must be condemned, when speaking at a conference...

06/08/2022

Go home: opposition protest demands that EU ambassador leave Armenia

A group of people protested today in front of the EU Delegations’ building in Yerevan demanding that the head of the Delegation, Ambassador Andrea Wiktorin, leave the country not to harm it. YEREVAN, February 10. /ARKA/. A group of people protested today in front of the EU Delegations’ building in Yerevan demanding that the head of the Delegation, Ambassador Andrea Wiktorin, leave the country not to harm it. According to protesters, who were led by the deputy chairman of the former ruling Republican...

02/10/2022

Online platform designed for selling Armenian wines in European Union launched

... The Armenian Ministry of Economy announced today the launch of www.winesofarmenia.store- an online platform designed for selling Armenian wines in the European Union. The platform was created by the Vine and Wine Foundation of Armenia and the German Society for International Cooperation GIZ together with the ACBA Federation. The website is available in three languages - English, French, and German. The Russian version will also be available in the first half of 2022. The website showcases the products ...

12/21/2021

International community turns blind eye to Azerbaijan's war crimes against peaceful population of Artsakh

The international community turns a blind eye to Azerbaijan's war crimes against the peaceful population of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), Artsakh Ombudsman Artak Beglaryan said in a video message filmed against the background of a bombed maternity hospital in the capital Stepanakert. YEREVAN, October 28. /ARKA/. The international community turns a blind eye to Azerbaijan's war crimes against the peaceful population of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), Artsakh Ombudsman Artak Beglaryan said in a video...

10/28/2020

Death toll from alcohol poisoning in Armenia grows to 19

Armenia's Health Ministry said today another man has died in the country's worst-ever alcohol poisoning, bringing the death toll to 19. Another 30 people got seriously ill after drinking home-made vodka. YEREVAN, September 9. /ARKA/. Armenia's Health Ministry said today another man has died in the country's worst-ever alcohol poisoning, bringing the death toll to 19. Another 30 people got seriously ill after drinking home-made vodka. According to the ministry, 46 cases of alcohol (methanol) poisoning...

09/10/2020

Three more people die in Armenia after drinking home-made vodka

Forty-six cases of methanol poisoning have been registered by Armenian health authorities from August 31 to September 5, the health ministry reported today, saying also that the number of people killed by bootleg vodka has grown by three more to 17. YEREVAN, September 5. /ARKA/. Forty-six cases of methanol poisoning have been registered by Armenian health authorities from August 31 to September 5, the health ministry reported today, saying also that the number of people killed by bootleg vodka...

09/05/2020

Armenia's Civil Aviation Committee to hire independent experts to help enforce fundamental reform

Armenia's Civil Aviation Committee will commission a team of independent experts to help it identify and solve the problems of the country's air transportation sector, the head of the Committee Tatevik Revazyan said during an online news conference on Tuesday. YEREVAN, April 14. /ARKA/. Armenia's Civil Aviation Committee will commission a team of independent experts to help it identify and solve the problems of the country's air transportation sector, the head of the Committee Tatevik Revazyan...

04/14/2020

Commercial fish farms cause the 'blooming' of Lake Sevan

The change in the chemical composition of water in Armenia's largest Lake Sevan and its "blooming" result from the rotting of the waste produced by commercial fish farms, whose waters flow into the lake, according to Artur Atoyan, the president of the Union of Armenian Fish Producers and Fish Exporters. YEREVAN, July 31 /ARLA/. The change in the chemical composition of water in Armenia's largest Lake Sevan and its "blooming" result from the rotting of the waste produced by...

07/31/2019

Clashes in Ijevan. Armenian government trying to understand who is guilty and what to do

On Thursday, before a regular Cabinet meting, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan commented on yesterday's clashes between demonstrators and the police in Ijevan, Novosti-Armenia reports. YEREVAN, July 18. /ARKA/. On Thursday, before a regular Cabinet meting, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan commented on yesterday's clashes between demonstrators and the police in Ijevan, Novosti-Armenia reports. People who have been cutting down trees for years, blocked yesterday the national road...

07/18/2019

Police to launch investigation into incident at Malayan eye center

The Armenian police are going to institute criminal proceedings into an incident at Malayan Eye Center in Yerevan, Health Minister Arsen Torosyan said at a press conference. YEREVAN, May 13. /ARKA. The Armenian police are going to institute criminal proceedings into an incident at Malayan Eye Center in Yerevan, Health Minister Arsen Torosyan said at a press conference. According to earlier reports, on May 9 six patients of the Malayan Eye Center had nearly gone blind after being injected a drug...

05/13/2019

Congratulatory Message by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Victory and Peace Day

Dear compatriots, I congratulate you on Victory and Peace Day. This holiday is celebrated worldwide with great enthusiasm, love and respect: it symbolizes the end of the Great Patriotic War and the beginning of a new era in mankind’s history. YEREVAN, May 9. /ARKA/. Dear compatriots, I congratulate you on Victory and Peace Day. This holiday is celebrated worldwide with great enthusiasm, love and respect: it symbolizes the end of the Great Patriotic War and the beginning of a new era in mankind’s...

05/09/2019

Armenian president donates 6 million drams to society of the blind in Gyumri

During a working visit today to Armenia’s second-largest town of Gyumri President Armen Sarkissian went to see a company run by the Armenian Society of the Blind that produces natural oil paints. YEREVAN, November 5. /ARKA/. During a working visit today to Armenia’s second-largest town of Gyumri President Armen Sarkissian went to see a company run by the Armenian Society of the Blind that produces ...

12/05/2018

Bagrat Asatryan: Armenia’s financial system is stable and new authorities should preserve it

What economic reforms the new cabinet ministers should implement? Is there any prospect of changes in taxation? With what indicators Armenia will end the year? Bagrat Asatryan, former head of the Central Bank of Armenia, has answered these and other questions in an interview with ARKA News Agency. YEREVAN, May 14. /ARKA/. What economic reforms the new cabinet ministers should implement? Is there any prospect of changes in taxation? With what indicators Armenia will end the year? Bagrat...

05/14/2018

President Aliyev’s territorial claims can have serious consequences if Europe remains silent - Sargsyan

At the invitation of Munich Security Conference Chairman, Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian president, as part of his working visit to the Federal Republic of Germany, attended the Munich Security Conference later today. Sargsyan delivered a speech at the “Inside or Outside: Countries between Russia and Europe” panel discussion, the Armenian president’s press office reports. YEREVAN, February 19. /ARKA/. At the invitation of Munich Security Conference Chairman, Ambassador...

02/19/2018

Armenian butter importers are quick in raising prices but reluctant to down them, when necessary

Butter prices have gone up at world markets – one kilogram sold there at $5.2 and even more on February 6, Zhamanak (Time) reported on Friday. YEREVAN, February 9. /ARKA/. Butter prices have gone up at world markets – one kilogram sold there at $5.2 and even more on February 6, Zhamanak (Time) reported on Friday. Price hikes have shocked Armenia’s butter market yet before that regardless of things at world markets. One kilogram of a New Zealand butter cost AMD 4,580 in Yerevan on February...

02/09/2018

Armenian president says Artsakh can not be excluded from international processes

In a speech at the January Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan said upon accession to the Council of Europe, Armenia also undertook a commitment to pursue efforts to settle the Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) conflict by peaceful means only and to use its influence over Artsakh to foster the solution to the conflict. YEREVAN, January 24. /ARKA/. In a speech at the January Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...

01/24/2018

President Sargsyan issues warning to all government agencies

Speaking at a gathering of heads of local self-governments bodies last Saturday Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan made a number of statements, which the political forces interpreted as a warning to all government agencies. YEREVAN, December 11. /ARKA/. Speaking at a gathering of heads of local self-governments bodies last Saturday Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan made a number of statements, which the political forces interpreted as a warning to all government agencies. More precisely, Sargsyan...

12/11/2017

Sugar price surges in Armenia or Who will win – premier or oligarch?

Sugar prices are soaring in Armenia’s stores. Yesterday, Yerevan-CITY supermarket was selling sugar already at 405 drams per one kilogram, Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Time) reported Tuesday morning. YEREVAN, November 22. /ARKA/. Sugar prices are soaring in Armenia’s stores. Yesterday, Yerevan-CITY supermarket was selling sugar already at 405 drams per one kilogram, Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Time) reported Tuesday morning. According to the daily, Although sugar and initial product prices...

11/22/2016

NO Opposition Front points out well-thought out fraud in constitutional referendum in Armenia

NO Opposition Front issued a statement pointing out cases of fraud in the constitutional referendum in Armenia. YEREVAN, December 6. /ARKA/. NO Opposition Front issued a statement pointing out cases of fraud in the constitutional referendum in Armenia. A great number of people residing in rural areas had been included in additional lists that are composed on the basis of requests of those people who can't be in their places on the voting day. It has become known from the alarming calls from polling...

12/06/2015

21 Armenian girls and boys to study at UWC Colleges in 2015-2017

The National Committee of UWC in Armenia summed up the selection of candidates for United World Colleges (UWC) international network, the press office of the IDeA Foundation reported on Wednesday. YEREVAN, April 29. /ARKA/. The National Committee of UWC in Armenia summed up the selection of candidates for United World Colleges (UWC) international network, the press office of the IDeA Foundation reported on Wednesday. Citizens of Armenia not younger than 16 and not older than 18 before the start...

04/29/2015

Armenia deeply concerned over violence against Yazidis in Iraq – Armenian president’s press secretary

Armenia is deeply concerned with numerous reports of casualties and violence against Yazidi population in northern Iraq, says the statement by Armenian president’s press secretary Arman Saghatelyan. YEREVAN, August 20. /ARKA/. Armenia is deeply concerned with numerous reports of casualties and violence against Yazidi population in northern Iraq, says the statement by Armenian president’s press secretary Arman Saghatelyan. Violence against any ethnic or religious minority and against...

08/20/2014

Security of Armenia and Artsakh still a priority – Armenian president

... president said. According to international assessments, Azerbaijan is building a militarized dictatorship country, inciting hate and anti-Armenian propaganda every hour and every day, Sargsyan said. But militarization leads to a deadlock, he said. Only a society where pluralism prevails and people express their ideas freely can be viable and strong, the president noted. ‘We are building such a society”, Sargsyan said adding Armenia will continue strengthening its borders, its statehood and ...

05/26/2014

Azerbaijan’s policy of "oil-for- Karabakh” appeared to be a complete failure – Azeri expert says

Azerbaijan’s policy of "oil-for- Karabakh " appeared to be a complete failure, an Azerbaijani political scientist, Arif Yunusov, said when speaking at an international conference on partnership between NATO and the South Caucasus in Yerevan yesterday. YEREVAN, March 20. / ARKA /. Azerbaijan’s policy of "oil-for- Karabakh " appeared to be a complete failure, an Azerbaijani political scientist, Arif Yunusov, said when speaking at an international conference on partnership...

03/21/2014

Armenian Food Safety Service lifts ban on imports of hard liquor from Czech Republic

Armenia’s State Food Safety Service said it has lifted the ban on imports of alcoholic beverages from the Czech Republic. YEREVAN, March 13. / ARKA /. Armenia’s State Food Safety Service said it has lifted the ban on imports of alcoholic beverages from the Czech Republic. Last autumn Czech authorities reported dozens of deaths and injuries caused by low-cost bootleg Czech vodka, rum and fruit spirits which were adulterated with methanol, a poisonous form of alcohol that can kill or blind...

03/13/2013

Two multi-apartment blocks put in commission in president’s presence in Armenia

Two multi-apartment blocks have been commissioned for residents of houses with high accident rate (4-degree) in Yerevan Wednesday, in the presence of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. YEREVAN, December 18. /ARKA/. Two multi-apartment blocks have been commissioned for residents of houses with high accident rate (4-degree) in Yerevan Wednesday, in the presence of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. The blocks have 50 apartments each, Head of Yerevan Municipality Administration Grigor Melkumyan told...

12/19/2008

Historian: Inferences on Armenian Genocide Must be Grounded Only on Evidence And International Experts’ Views

Hayk Demoyan, the director of Armenian Genocide Museum, speaking in Novosti International Press Centre about the proposal made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2005 to set up an Armenian-Turkish commission for considering mass violence ag YEREVAN, September 5. /ARKA/. On Wednesday, Hayk Demoyan, the director of Armenian Genocide Museum, speaking in Novosti International Press Centre about the proposal made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2005 to set up an Armenian-Turkish...

09/06/2008

Armenia’s supervision chamber to monitor spending of budget, loan funds

Armenia’s Supervision Chamber is to conduct monitoring of the spending of budget and loan funds, the Chairman of the Chamber Ishkhan Zakarian said. YEREVAN, March 26. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Supervision Chamber is to conduct monitoring of the spending of budget and loan funds, the Chairman of the Chamber Ishkhan Zakarian said. Inspections are to be made in the period from April 22 to June 20 and will cover the period of August 1 2006 to January 1 2008 “If violations are revealed, we will...

03/26/2008

Small & Medium business needs to be developed in Armenia

Small and medium business (SME) needs to be developed in Armenia, said Arthur Baghdasarian, leader of the Orinats Yerkir (Sate of Law) Opposition Party, presidential candidate, introducing his election program. YEREVAN, January 21. /ARKA/. Small and medium business (SME) needs to be developed in Armenia, said Arthur Baghdasarian, leader of the Orinats Yerkir (Sate of Law) Opposition Party, presidential candidate, introducing his election program. "Armenia’s economy will soon be in a...

01/21/2008