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US Geological Survey Completes Armenia Shale Gas Resources Study
YEREVAN—U.S. Geological Survey representatives have completed study of Armenia’s shale gas resources, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern said in response to a question from the ArmInfo new agency. He […]
Turkey scraps flights to Armenia after Azeri resistance
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has canceled the first ever scheduled Turkish flights to its long-time rival Armenia, days before the first plane was due to take off, officials have said, […]
Dubai firm to invest in Armenian high speed rail
Rasia, which has offices in Emirates Towers, is leading a consortium of companies which will work on the Southern Armenia Railway and Southern Armenia High Speed Road Projects, Gagik Beglaryan, […]
Using Cheese to Bridge the Turkey-Armenia Gap
ISTANBUL — Artush Mkrtchyan calls it cheese diplomacy. Others speak of informal, or “track-two,” diplomacy. By either name, it is all about building bridges between Turks and Armenians in the […]
Armenia records solid improvement in Diong Business: WB
WASHINGTON D.C., OCTOBER 23, ARMENPRESS: Armenia (rank in Doing Business 2013: 32) strengthened investor protections by introducing a requirement for shareholder approval of related-party transactions, requiring greater disclosure of such […]
New financing agreements for reforms in Armenia
Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, Štefan Füle, and Prime Minister of Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan, signed two new financing agreements between the European Union and Armenia in Yerevan on […]
Talin Dolls: Crocheting for Change
It is not uncommon in Armenia, on a warm early autumn day, to see adults gathered together, chatting happily while the children sit on the floor playing with assorted toys, […]
Armenia ratifies CIS free trade zone agreement, still appears to be looking up to West
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will try to smooth the tensions between Yerevan and Baku before the UN General Assembly, stated an official […]
BREAKING NEWS: House Rejects Pro-Turkey Trade Bill
WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America on Monday welcomed the decision by the U.S. House of Representatives to defeat a watered-down version of a pro-Turkey trade measure, H.R. 2362, that […]
Armenia Admonishes Azerbaijan at BSCE Summit
ISTANBUL—Efforts by Azerbaijan to politicize the Black Sea Economic Cooperation were thwarted when head of the Armenian delegation admonished Azerbaijan for discussing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at a forum that “cannot […]
How an Army of Bears Is Saving a Town
In the town of Berd in northern Armenia’s Tavush province, a group of women knit little arms and legs, strawberry-shaped torsos, round heads, and half-moon ears and snouts. When all […]
Borders and Business: Union looks at closed border impact on trade
While various diplomatic maneuvers are used to regulate Armenian-Turkish relations politically, business relations between the two countries have long been non-officially established and keep developing with each year aimed at […]
Will Armenia be able to integrate into European free trade zone bypassing Russia?
Armenia is intensifying its economic ties with Europe and intends to hold the first round of negotiations with the European Union on a free trade agreement on June 19-20 in […]
Armenian wine and brandy market prospects
After mining products, alcohol (brandy for the most part) stably occupies second place in the structure of Armenian exports. However, after the 2008 economic crisis the volume of alcohol exports […]
