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09:51 06/04/2015Mideast markets rally as investors welcome Iranian ‘nuclear deal'Dubai's stock market has led the Mideast rally, as local traders are also hoping to extract profits mediating between Iran and multinational enterprises in their future ventures.
11:40 04/04/2015168 Hours: Armenian exporters face serious difficultiesArmenian exporters face serious difficulties due to the depreciation of the Russian ruble, 168 Hours reports.
15:46 03/04/2015Armenia to benefit from secured transactions reformOn April 3, the USAID Finance for Economic Development (FED) project in partnership with the Ministry of Justice of Armenia, the World Bank, the Central Bank of Armenia, and the Unions of Banks and...
11:47 03/04/2015Haykakan Zhamanak: Goods imported to Armenia cleared from customs in other EEU countriesThe goods imported to Armenia from other countries are cleared from customs in other countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), mostly in Belarus and Kazakhstan, Haykakan Zhamanak says.
17:46 02/04/2015CoE urges: Azerbaijan is not active enough in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing systemThe Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering Committee (MONEYVAL) calls on Azerbaijan to intensify efforts to improve its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (ML/FT) system, by...
17:14 02/04/2015Armenia’s exports declined by about 25 percent – Vazgen SafaryanArmenia’s exports have declined by about 25 percent and imports by 26 percent, and this is a cause for concern, Vazgen Safaryan, head of the Union of Native Producers of Armenia, told a news...
13:42 02/04/2015World food prices hit lowest in nearly 5 yearsGlobal food prices fell in March to their lowest in almost five years as supplies for most commodities, including cereals and meat, remained robust, the United Nations food agency said Thursday,...
17:52 01/04/2015Lifting of sanctions against Iran to have positive impact on Armenia – expertThe lifting or weakening of the sanctions against Iran will have a positive impact on Armenia’s economy, political analyst Alexander Iskandaryan said on Wednesday.
16:36 01/04/2015Still early to speak of results of Armenia’s accession to EEU – expertsOnly 3 months have passed since Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), and the current period is a period of adaptation, Aza Mihranyan, head of the Department of Economics of the...
19:32 31/03/2015EU approves third $1.9bln financial aid package to UkraineThe Council of the European Union approved a third macro-financial assistance package worth nearly $2 billion to crisis-hit Ukraine on Tuesday, Sputnik reports.
14:44 31/03/2015Hovik Abrahamyan: Armenia’s economy is becoming part of 170-million marketArmenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, at the National Assembly, attended the opening of a roundtable discussion organized as part of the international forum titled “Eurasian Economic Prospects,”...
14:08 31/03/2015World Bank helps to further strengthen power supply reliability in ArmeniaThe World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$52 million loan for the Electricity Transmission Network Improvement Project (ETNIP) for Armenia.
12:19 31/03/2015Armenian, Russian PMs discuss integration cooperation within EEUThe Prime Ministers of Armenia and Russia, Hovik Abrahamyan and Dmitry Medvedev, had a phone conversation on Monday, the press service of Armenian government reports.
09:47 31/03/2015China’s potential deflation threatens to overthrow global monetary orderCoupled with the dramatic slowdown in the nation’s real economy, the threat of deflation might prompt the Chinese central bank to implement a full-scale stimulus.
18:04 26/03/2015Positive changes observed in SCPEC activities - AyvazyanPositive changes are observed in the activities of the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC), Vardan Ayvazyan, chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on...
10:11 26/03/2015Zhamanak: Armenian dram to depreciate after April 24Although in the recent period there has been an impression that the exchange rate of the Armenian national currency, dram, has stabilized to some extent and the shocks of the past months will not...
17:02 25/03/2015Shaboyan: Pricing issue is in spotlight of SCPEC’s attentionThe pricing issue is in the spotlight of attention of the State Commission for the Protection of the Economic Competition (SCPEC), Artak Shaboyan, head of the commission, stated in the parliament in...
15:30 24/03/2015Nairit employees hold protest outside parliamentThe main aim of the ad hoc parliamentary commission on Nairit chemical plant is to examine all possible options for reoperation of the plant, Vardan Ayvazyan, chairman of the commission, MP from...
11:07 24/03/2015Haykakan Zhamanak: Electricity prices may go upWithin one month, the Electric Networks of Armenia will request the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) to raise the electricity prices, Hraparak reports.
16:41 23/03/2015Ukraine is likely to stop importing Russian gas starting April 1 — Ukrainian ministerUkraine will most likely either fully stop import of the Russian natural gas since April 1 or will acquire small volumes, Ukraine’s Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Vladimir Demchishin said on...