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Armenia’s foreign debt will grow: IMF
International Monetary Fund (IMF) office in Armenia will shortly publish a report with forecasts for 2010 – Armenia will register an economic upturn of 1.8% and inflation of 6.2%, IMF resident representative in Armenia Guillermo Tolosa told journalists today, April 9. As for the foreign debt [...]
Bird flu outbreaks in Europe
Outbreaks of H5N1 flu among birds in Europe came at the edges of cold fronts that caused wild birds to change migration patterns, scientists said on Friday, suggesting cold snaps may signal future outbreaks. Dutch and American researchers found European outbreaks of avian influenza during the [...]
Money for SMSs has been returned
Mobile phone operator "Orange Armenia" has returned the money to subscribers whose SMSs weren't delivered during the vote for "Eurovision" round in Armenia. Some of the SMSs really weren't sent on the day of the vote and the producer hadn't taken that into account. I must say that there were no [...]
OSCE ready to assist reforms in Armenia
The OSCE is ready to assist reforms in the Armenian police system, Head of the OSCE office in Yerevan, Ambassador Sergey Kapinos stated at his April 8 meeting with Secretary of the RA National Security Council Artur Baghdasaryan. The press service of the RA National Security Council informed [...]
ANCA asks Obama to honor his campaign commitments
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) sent a letter to President Obama, asking him to honor his campaign promise to recognize the Armenian Genocide, ANCA press release reads. The one-page letter, signed by ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian and sent in the days leading up to President [...]
MPs, Ministers must not do business, Premier states
“We all together must see to it that all the large Armenian enterprises provide their accounts to the public,” RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan stated at the RA Government’s sitting on April 8. He pointed out that a list of 285 enterprises recording an annual turnover of 1bn AMD has been [...]
Kyrgyz opposition forms interim government
Kyrgyz provisional government made a decision on dissolution of a one-chamber parliament of the country, head of the interim government in Kyrgyzstan, opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva told journalists on April 7, Kabar agency reports. According to her, the power of legislative branch [...]
ANC leader meets with EU Commissioner
Chairman of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) Levon Ter-Petrosyan held a meeting April 7 with EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule. The ANC office informed that the sides discussed the Armenia-EU cooperation, Armenian-Turkish reconciliation [...]
Opposition’s procession over in Yerevan
The Armenian Opposition’s procession has been finished in Yerevan. Thousands of supporters of the Armenian opposition political forces participated in the action. No incidents were registered during the event. Specifically, policemen were unusually kind, looking smart and smiling at journalists. [...]
Levon Ter-Petrosyan: Serzh Sagsyan will make concessions
“I am inclined to think that Serzh Sargsyan will sign the Madrid document proposed by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs as an ultimatum, a document that provides for immediate return of five regions of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan,” Levon Ter-petrosyan, Chairman of the opposition Armenian [...]