PRESS RELEASES
Jan 08, 2009 | Press Release
December 29, ARKA
Armenia's 2009 state budget will not be revised, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said.
Dec 29, 2008 | Press Release
The Armenian prime minister believes the set of measures foreseen by the government will help Armenia cope with the negative consequences and minimize the impact of the continuing economic crisis in 2009.
Dec 28, 2008 | Press Release
Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian has insisted that his government can minimize the global economic crisis’s impact on Armenia by implementing large-scale regional projects, “drastically” increasing public spending and providing hundreds of millions of dollars in cheap credit to local businesses.
Dec 24, 2008 | Press Release
The controversial trial of seven Armenian opposition figures prosecuted on coup charges descended into chaos and was interrupted on Tuesday as they were forcibly removed from the courtroom after ugly scenes involving their relatives and law-enforcement officials.
Dec 18, 2008 | Press Release
Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian spoke of “unfavorable” developments for Armenia on Wednesday after a crucial meeting of a body monitoring the Armenian government’s compliance with its membership obligations to the Council of Europe.
Dec 18, 2008 | Press Release
Law-enforcement authorities investigating Armenia’s deadly post-election strife have dropped controversial coup accusations leveled against four prominent opposition politicians allied to former President Levon Ter-Petrosian, it was announced on Wednesday.
Dec 18, 2008 | Press Release
A key panel of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has urged the Strasbourg-based body to impose sanctions on Armenia because of the continuing imprisonment of dozens of opposition members whom it for the first time described as “political prisoners.”
Dec 16, 2008 | Press Release
STRASBOURG (Hurriyet)--The European Court on Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey violated the property rights of two Armenian foundations in Istanbul, reported the Turkish Hurriyet daily newspaper.
Dec 15, 2008 | Press Release
The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has again refused to unblock some of its promised economic assistance to Armenia, indicating that the authorities in Yerevan have still not addressed its concerns about “the status of democratic governance” in the country.
Dec 08, 2008 | Press Release
A new referendum to determine the legal status of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is unnecessary, according to recent public opinion poll conducted in the country, news agencies reported this week.