ARMENIA, GEORGIA, MOLDOVA: PROMISING ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AT BEGINNING OF 2000…
The year 2000 was to have been one of recovery for all of the CIS economies. Spillover effects from the Russian crisis, which had caused... MORE
ARMENIA: MOSCOW’S MILITARY SANCTUARY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS.
On October 20 and 23, two convoys of Russian armored vehicles moved from Russia's Akhalkalaki base in Georgia to Russia's base at Gyumri in Armenia... MORE
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ARMENIA TAKES FIRST STEPS TOWARD MILITARY RELATIONS WITH UNITED STATES AND NATO.
On July 23-25, Armenia's defense minister and political grey eminence Serge Sarkisian paid his first official visit to the United States. On July 27-28, official... MORE
WEST WINS ONE ROUND IN ARMENIA.
On July 28, following stormy debates among the political parties, Armenia's parliament approved the sale of electricity distribution networks to Western private firms, as opposed... MORE
STRONG DRAM HOLDS ARMENIA’S INFLATION IN CHECK.
Annual inflation rates in many CIS economies, including Russia and Ukraine, are currently in the 20-50 percent range and rising. Not so in Armenia. Consumer... MORE
PRIVATIZATION OF ARMENIAN POWER DISTRIBUTION SECTOR DELAYED.
On May 19, President Robert Kocharian ratified a law canceling the privatization of Armenia's electricity distribution sector. Passed by the National Assembly on April 25th,... MORE
ARMENIA’S PRESIDENT OUSTS POWERFUL RIVALS FROM GOVERNMENT
On May 2, Armenian President Robert Kocharian dismissed his rivals, Prime Minister Aram Sarkisian and Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutiunian, from their posts. Kocharian's move capped... MORE