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
ARMENIA SHOWS SIGNS OF RECOVERY FOLLOWING FOURTH-QUARTER ECONOMIC COLLAPSE.
The Armenian economy collapsed in late 1999, following the October 27 assassination of Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian and seven leading parliamentary and government officials. According... MORE
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Communists and members of four other parties have formed a "Russia-Belarus-Armenia Union" caucus in the Armenian parliament. President Robert Kocharian, increasingly isolated, says accession to... MORE
ARMENIA, BELARUS ESTABLISH MILITARY LINKS
Armenia's Defense Minister, Lieutenant-General Vagharshak Harutiunian, on February 8-10 paid a landmark visit to Belarus during which he and his counterpart, Colonel-General Aleksandr Chumakov, discussed... MORE
ARMENIA’S GOVERNMENT REORGANIZED.
Armenian President Robert Kocharian had little choice but to approve yesterday the composition of a new cabinet of ministers, in the formation of which he... MORE