Archive for March 31st, 2010
Opening of Armenian-Turkish border may become new source of drug trafficking
Illegal circulation of drugs is a scourge to society and provides a financial base for terrorism and corruption, Hrayr Karapetyan, head of the NA Standing Committee on Defence, National Security and Internal Affairs, member of the ARF group told parliamentary hearings on the fight against illegal [...]
Ameriabank sees prospects of rapid growth at regional level
Ameriabank sees prospects of rapid growth at the regional markets, Artak Hanesyan , Ameriabank chairman of directorate and director general told a news conference in Yerevan today. "Speaking of regional markets we mean CIS markets, in particular our presence in the financial markets of [...]
Diamond cutting increased by 35% in Armenia in January-February 2010
Due to the global financial crisis, a significant recession was recorded in diamond cutting of Armenia. Head of the Department of Trade and Effective Markets of the RA Ministry of Economy said that 600 people were employed in this field at the end of 2008, while their number decreased to 380 people [...]
More expensive before gas price increase
Before the gas price increase on April 1, prices already went up by 8.8 percent in March compared to the same period in March last year. In February, prices had gone up by 0.8 percent, according to information provided by the Armenian National Statistical Service. According to the statistics, [...]
Armenia pursues coherent and constructive policy: RPA
In Armenia-Turkey normalization the failure of the process is most acceptable to Armenia, and it is crucial that the process be killed by the Turkish side, Stepan Safaryan, the Heritage parliamentary faction leader, told a March 31 press conference. According to him, Turkey does its best for [...]