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17:12 02/05/2014Armenia is far ahead of Azerbaijan in press freedom according to Freedom House ratingsThe human rights organization Freedom House has published its annual report assessing the level of press freedom in 197 countries around the world in 2013.
16:23 01/05/2014Armenia’s small businesses need impetus – MakaryanLabor market of Armenia differs from other labor markets and has its peculiarities, chairman of the Republican Union of Employers of Armenia Gagik Makaryan told a press conference in Yerevan.
19:01 30/04/2014Yervand Zakharyan appointed Minister of Energy and Natural ResourcesBy a decree of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Yervand Zakharyan was relieved of his post as chairman of the State Committee of Real Estate Cadastre, the presidential press service reported.
09:15 30/04/2014Gazprom says dispute with Kiev threatens gas exports to EuropeDisagreements with Kiev could potentially disrupt Gazprom’s gas exports to Europe through pipelines transiting Ukraine, the energy giant has said, according to RIA Novosti.
17:00 29/04/2014Armenian-Austrian intergovernmental commission meets in YerevanThe Armenian-Austrian intergovernmental commission on scientific-technical and trade-economic cooperation held its regular meeting today in Yerevan, the press service of the Armenian Finance Ministry...
09:35 25/04/2014‘Bitcoin better than any form of money that has ever existed before’"Bitcoin is shaping up to be the currency of the future, enabling people to send and receive money anywhere in the world free of charge in a currency that govts are unable to control," Roger Ver said.
14:05 23/04/2014Prime Minister announces suspension of compulsory component of pension lawThe compulsory component of the accumulative pension law is suspended, Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan said at the cabinet meeting today.
17:46 22/04/2014Armenian government intends to take measures to abolish compulsory component of pension lawThe Armenian government is prepared to take measures to abolish the compulsory component of the pension law, MP from ARF Dashnaktsutyun Artsvik Minasyan told reporters following a meeting of the...
09:17 22/04/2014Russia, Turkey to increase capacity of Blue Stream gas pipelineRussia and Turkey have agreed to increase the capacity of the Blue Stream gas pipeline from 16 to 19 billion cubic meters per year, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said...
09:36 18/04/2014World’s Central Banks ‘are gambling immense amounts of money’"The banking system is completely dysfunctional, and it is going to lose legitimacy as we are nowhere near the solution of the too-big-to-fail problem," Robert Pringle said.
09:27 17/04/2014Unequal development: What’s the social cost of the BRICS’ economic growth?After the frantic GDP growth of the past decade in the BRICS countries, experts are trying to assess how far the benefits of this growth have trickled down to their citizens.
09:32 16/04/2014‘We are to see severe destruction of Western economic system’"With $1.7 quadrillion debt and the present bailout policy that will inflate prices, we’ll see the West collapsing while China and Russia will not be responsible for it or able to help."
18:18 15/04/2014Azerbaijani Minister cheating Cabinet: In reality, oil production in country has declinedAzerbaijani Energy Minister Natig Aliyev stated at the enlarged meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, dedicated to the socio-economic development of Azerbaijan in the first quarter, that the oil...
09:33 14/04/2014'Is it Europe for the banks or Europe for the people?'"Huge debt and unemployment in Greece are the result of the extreme neo-liberal policies pursued by the Troika that are just aimed at saving the banks but not the people," Kostas Isyhos said.
15:38 12/04/2014Azerbaijan buys ‘‘space junk’’ instead of satellitesFrench company and one of the largest manufacturers of spacecraft in Europe “EADS Astrium” made an agreement to sell two satellites to Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani portal "Haqqin.az" reports with...
15:10 11/04/2014Azerbaijan reduces funding of TANAP project because of disagreements with Turkey?The president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on April 10 signed a decree to amend the budget of State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) for 2014.
19:22 09/04/2014Nizami Garayev: Azerbaijani population seems significantly malnourished regarding increasing dependence on imported foodMany residents of Azerbaijan receive less of the significant amount of calories because of the improper feeding.
14:34 07/04/2014Azerbaijan is among countries that sell gas and electricity to their populations at the highest pricesThe government of Azerbaijan has all the chances to minimize utility costs of the citizens, however, Azerbaijan is among the countries that sell gas and electricity to its population at the highest...
14:12 04/04/2014Armenia - CIS leader in WEF report on ‘‘Global Enabling Trade Report 2014’’In the latest report of the World Economic Forum (WEF) titled “The Global Enabling Trade Report 2014”, Armenia is on a leading position among the CIS countries and is well ahead of Azerbaijan.
13:21 04/04/2014Climate change, malnutrition, family farming and agri-food trade on FAO radarThe impact of climate change on food production figured prominently in the words of Director-General Jose’ Graziano da Silva, as he addressed the opening of the UN FAO’s Regional Conference for...