ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SAYS NO TO “RECONCILIATION” WITH TURKEY.
On July 31, the Armenian parliament closed ranks against the recently created, unofficial Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Commission and its proposals (see the Monitor, July 18). Five... MORE
ARMENIAN ECONOMY IN NEED OF BOOST.
The Armenian economy started the year with a bang. Recently released data, however, show that the economy may be cooling off. In the first quarter... MORE
ARMENIAN-TURKISH CONCILIATION INITIATIVE LAUNCHED.
On July 9 in Geneva, Armenian and Turkish public figures established the Reconciliation Commission, an unofficial body of distinguished representatives of civil society, the first... MORE
WORLD BANK AND IMF EXTEND LOANS TO ARMENIA.
In a sign of confidence in the Armenian economy, both the IMF and World Bank have recently granted loans to Armenia. The IMF transferred the... MORE
ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SETS UNFULFILLABLE TERMS TO PEACE SETTLEMENT.
In his current weekly analysis from Yerevan, seasoned local analyst David Petrosian suggests that a resolution by the Armenian parliament has just doomed in advance... MORE
LANDMARK PRIVATIZATION PROJECT FAILS IN ARMENIA…
The Armenian government's tender to privatize all four of the country's electricity distribution networks failed on April 21. On that day--the tender's last deadline--the assembled... MORE
ARMENIA: PRECIOUS METALS AND BRANDY VS CORRUPTION, TAXES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Armenia reported 6 percent GDP growth last year, despite a drought which caused agricultural production to decline. Industrial output grew 6 percent, thanks to 28-percent... MORE
ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN….
Presidents Robert Kocharian and Haidar Aliev held direct talks in Paris March 4-5 but failed to resolve the issues of principle that block any real... MORE
NATO BREAKING NEW GROUND IN ARMENIA.
Until very recently, Armenia's relations with NATO were almost nonexistent, having been circumscribed to episodic bilateral military cooperation with Greece, a NATO country which official... MORE
ARMENIAN ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE FAVORABLE.
GDP in the first eleven months of 2000 grew 4.3 percent despite the summer drought, which was predicted to cause severe difficulties in the agricultural... MORE