The European Union and Armenia on Friday reported “good progress” in their ongoing negotiations on an association agreement meant to significantly deepen the country’s political, economic and other links with the EU.
Georgia’s Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze paid on Tuesday a working visit to Armenia which his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian described as a further indication of “truly friendly relations” between the two neighboring nations.
Armenia’s leading business associations have criticized the International Monetary Fund for opposing tax breaks for manufactures that were promised by President Serzh Sarkisian earlier this month.
Armenia and Georgia are successfully deepening bilateral military ties despite their differing geopolitical orientations, the defense ministers of the two neighboring states said after talks in Yerevan on Monday.
Armenia’s national gas distribution company announced on Wednesday a 24.2 percent price discount for tens of thousands of socially vulnerable families which will take effect later this week.
The United States is closely monitoring political developments in Armenia but has no intention to mediate between its rival political factions, the U.S. ambassador in Yerevan, Marie Yovanovitch, said on Wednesday.
International mediators met with President Serzh Sarkisian in Yerevan on Wednesday during yet another regional tour aimed at facilitating the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
A group of journalists and film-makers working for Finnish television was held up at Yerevan airport and denied entry into Armenia on Friday for reasons that the Armenian authorities refused to publicize.
Marie Yovanovitch, the U.S. ambassador in Yerevan, on Thursday repeated her emphatic calls for Armenia’s democratization, saying that they are in tune with the Armenian constitution and President Serzh Sarkisian’s public statements.
The Armenian authorities need to hold free elections and embark on other “deep” reforms if they are to fulfill President Serzh Sarkisian’s recent pledge to turn Armenia into a full-fledged democracy, U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch said on Monday.
A senior European Union diplomat on Thursday again expressed concern about an intensifying arms race between Armenia and Azerbaijan and warned that deadly skirmishes in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict could escalate into more serious fighting.
Zaruhi Postanjian, an outspoken Armenian lawyer and opposition parliamentarian, accused the Armenian authorities on Monday of trying to intimidate her after state prosecutors launched criminal proceedings against her brother.
The U.S. State Department has refused to comment on the veracity of newly published documents that show top American diplomats in Yerevan criticizing the state of affairs in Armenia.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will host more negotiations between his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts in Moscow on January 24 as part of continuing international efforts to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Armenia criticized Turkey’s government on Friday for planning to tear down a giant monument meant to promote reconciliation between the two estranged nations, saying that could further complicate the normalization of bilateral ties.
Armenia remains strongly opposed to renewed discussions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) that are championed by its current, Turkish president, a senior Armenian lawmaker said on Thursday.
The Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law) Party, a junior partner in Armenia’s governing coalition, dismissed on Wednesday speculation that it has effectively lost control of one of its three ministerial portfolios.
Tigran Karapetian, an Armenian politician, businessman and television commentator, rallied thousands of supporters in Yerevan on Friday to protest against state regulators’ decision to take his ALM channel off the air.
Less than half of car owners in Armenia have purchased car insurance in time for the January 1 deadline set by the state, a senior official said on Thursday.
Road safety in Armenia has continued to improve in 2010, with the number of both road accidents and deaths caused by them falling further, police said on Wednesday.
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