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Armenia's international reserves reduced
  • Economy
  • 2012-03-02 13:37:55

Armenia's international reserves made $1.82 billion this January. $1.23 billion or 67.5 % of international reserves are in equities, Central Bank of Armenia informs Armenian News-NEWS.am adding their volume

Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited filter station in the capital Stepanakert
  • Economy
  • 2012-02-27 20:39:25

On February 27 Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited filter station N1 in the capital Stepanakert and got acquainted with the process ofconstruction activities. As informs Central Information

Armenia-borrowing into Poverty
  • Economy
  • 2012-02-24 16:09:40

Economic genocide has been committed against Hayastan since the declaration of its sovereignty from the Soviet system. The application of the International Financial Institutions (IFI) structural adjustment programs

Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s French affiliate begins construction of vocational school in Shushi
  • Economy
  • 2012-02-16 12:23:15

The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s French affiliate has launched the construction of a vocational school in the city of Shushi. The future institution will be named after French-Armenian benefactor Yeznik

UNDP assistance promotes business development in Ajara
  • Economy
  • 2012-02-15 17:15:23

Representatives of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are visiting Batumi today to see the progress of the business assistance initiative in the Autonomous Republic of Ajara. Head of

Slowdown in workplace stress, as businesses adjust to more realistic performance goals
  • Economy
  • 2012-02-09 11:41:56

Levels of stress felt by business leaders have shown their lowest annual increase since 2005 according to global research of 6,000 businesses from the Grant Thornton International Business Report

Dollar stops at AMD 389/$1 in Armenia
  • Economy
  • 2012-02-08 17:15:28

The US dollar’s average exchange rate against the Armenian dram (AMD) was AMD 389/$1, at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange on Wednesday, and thus the dollar gained value

Open days of LSBF in Armenia
  • Organizations
  • 2012-02-07 16:35:12

London School of Business & Finance invites everyone to visit open days of Business School LSBF in Armenia! The event will take place on 15 and 16 February 2012. Venue:

HSBC Bank Armenia paid taxes amounted and 3 billion
  • Economy
  • 2012-02-06 15:50:20

HSBC Bank Armenia was the largest taxpayer in the banking system of Armenia in 2011. According to the results for 2011, the bank ranked 21st in the list of the

Tigran Sargsyan gives lecture on "Economic Policy in Post-Crisis Period: Challenges and Opportunities"
  • Economy
  • 2012-02-06 13:35:29

Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan met in Tsakhkadzor with the attendees of the Yerevan school of Political Courses January 29. Governmental press office told that the head

Transport and Communication Ministry of Armenia to work over its four priorities in 2012
  • Economy
  • 2012-02-03 13:34:49

Transport and Communication Minister of Armenia Manuk Vardanyan presented at a news conference today the four main priorities of the ministry for 2012. Minister said the first priority

Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Plant - the largest taxpayer of 2011
  • Economy
  • 2012-02-03 13:33:34

Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Plant topped the list of Armenia's largest taxpayers of 2011. The company paid taxes at the amount of AMD 29bln 778mln 161.9 thousand in 2011, Mediamax reports. "ArmRosGazprom"

New World Bank Report Documents Successful Anti-Corruption Efforts in Georgia
  • Economy
  • 2012-02-02 21:37:02

Washington, January 31, 2012 – Georgia’s experience in fighting corruption in public sector has had unique success, and many of its aspects could be adapted and applied in countries

Results of EU Summit: Fiscal Pact must be accompanied by Solidarity Pact in the EU
  • Economy
  • 2012-02-01 11:36:15

The European Movement International (EMI) welcomes the progress made at the EU Summit on 30th January but warns that the measures taken are not enough. "The results of

World Bank Group Boosts Assistance for Emerging Countries Affected by Eurozone Crisis
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-25 23:06:27

The World Bank Group today announced that it is making $27 billion in funding available over the next two years for countries of Emerging Europe and Central Asia

Benoît Scheen: Armenia is a very important country in Orange footprint
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-25 22:29:19

Benoît Scheen, Executive Vice President of FT Europe, who is for the first time in Armenia, has arrived to get acquainted with Orange Armenia staff and with the results

Bako Sahakyan: Stepanakert should have a decent appearance and corresponding comfortable living conditions
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-25 21:47:38

On 25 January Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan convoked a working consultation dedicated to the beautification of the Stepanakert city. Special attention was paid to the capital reconstruction of the

President Bako Saahakyan convoked a working consultation on works
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-25 17:52:15

On 25 January Artsakh Republic President Bako Saahakyan convoked a working consultation on works carried out in 2011 in the sphere of industrial infrastructures and plans for the year

Global Employment Trends 2012
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-25 15:41:08

The world faces the “urgent challenge” of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade in order to generate sustainable growth and maintain social cohesion, according to the

Bako Sahakyan: Putting airport into operation will have a positive impact on the country’s socioeconomic development
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-25 12:41:58

On 24 January Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited the Stepanakert airport, got acquainted with the ongoing work on site and convoked a working consultation on issues related to

Grant Thornton’s IBR: Confidence on a knife edge heading into 2012
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-24 11:06:51

Global business confidence is balancing on a knife edge heading into 2012 according to new figures from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR). With the global economic outlook dominated

Hayastan All-Armenian Fund begins construction of potable-water network in Artsakh’s Hadrut City
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-20 17:48:51

Toward the realization of the Telethon 2011 slogan “A gift of water, a gift of life,” the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund began construction of a potable-water network in the city

Bako Sahakyan convoked a working consultation on socioeconomic projects
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-20 16:22:16

On 19 January President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan convoked a working consultation on socioeconomic projects to be carried out in the regions this year. Special attention was

IFC Loan Helps Armenia’s ACBA-Credit Agricole Boost Lending to Small Businesses, Farmers
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-20 14:48:50

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing Armenia’s ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank with a $30 million loan to expand lending to local micro, small, and

Bako Sahakyan: Housing programs are always at the spotlight of the authorities
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-19 17:38:52

On 19 January Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan convoked a working consultation dedicated to the realization of housing programs. Minister of social security Narine Astsatryan delivered a corresponding report. President Sahakyan

USAID and Armenian ministry of HEALTH sign grant agreement on Emergency Medical Care Service
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-19 12:25:36

On January 19, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern, USAID Armenia Mission Director Jatinder Cheema, and Minister of Health Harutyun Kushkyan signed a two-year grant agreement to improve access

Special Meeting of the European Bank Coordination “Vienna” Initiative
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-17 20:01:36

Vienna, Austria, January 17, 2012—Public sector officials from within the European Bank Coordination "Vienna" Initiative met in Vienna on January 16 with the aim to enhance the coordination of

Bako Sahakyan convoked a consultation dedicated to water supply improvement activities in Stepanakert
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-16 16:24:42

On 16 January President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan convoked a consultation dedicated to water supply

Hayastan All-Armenian Fund completes renovation of Nephrology and Dialysis departments at Yerevan's St. Gregory Hospital
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-12 14:58:12

The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund recently completed an extensive renovation of the Nephrology and Dialysis departments of Yerevan's St. Gregory the Illuminator (Surb Grigor Lusavorich) Hospital. The refurbishment was made

Central Depository of Armenia enhances the list of provided services
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-12 14:36:21

The Central Depository of Armenia launched services of notifying issuers on securities flow on their accounts. This service is widely used in international markets, and the Depository was the

VivaCell-MTS announces the number of SMS messagesand calls on its network on December 31, 2011 and January 1, 2012
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-10 15:07:40

VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of Mobile TeleSystems OJSC, announces that the network handled 4,283,556 SMS messages on December 31, the New Years Eve before midnight, with a further 3,260,562

Bako Sahakyan together with Serzh Sargsyan partook at a solemn ceremony of reopening military hospital
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-04 20:50:10

On 4 December President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan together with Armenian President Serzh

Bako Sahakyan together with Serzh Sargsyan partook at a solemn ceremony of opening the “Artsakh” dwelling district of Stepanakert
  • Economy
  • 2012-01-04 20:40:55

On 4 December President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan together with President of the Republic

Bako Sahakyan visited in Moscow the Estet Jewelry House
  • Economy
  • 2011-12-20 19:03:24

On 20 December Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited in Moscow the Estet Jewelry House, got acquainted with the work of the jewelry factory and met head of

Escher Group Holdings plc ("Escher") announces contract win with 'Haypost'
  • Economy
  • 2011-12-20 16:47:08

Escher, a world leading provider of outsourced, point of sale software to the postal industry, is pleased to announce that its Riposte Essential product has been selected as part

In 2012 La Postelaunches Re-engineering of Operations
  • Economy
  • 2011-12-19 22:26:19

The managing staff of Haypost Trust Management and Haypost CJSC had a meeting with the head of French national postal operator La Poste Jean Paul Forceville. According to the

Bako Sahakyan met head of the Armenian State Commission on defending economic competition Artak Shaboyan
  • Economy
  • 2011-12-12 22:30:05

On 12 December President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met head of the Armenian State Commission on defending economic competition Artak Shaboyan and his deputy Slava Petrosyan. As

HSBC recognized The Best Global Trade Finance Bank 2011
  • Economy
  • 2011-12-09 13:57:55

HSBC was recognized as “The Best Global Trade Finance Bank” for the forth year in a row by Global Trade Review (GTR) magazine. In GTR’s annual “Leaders in Trade

ATP Plants Nearly 250,000 Trees in Urban and Rural Communities throughout Armenia
  • Economy
  • 2011-12-09 11:25:00

Heavy snow and rapidly decreasing temperatures presented an added challenge to Armenia Tree Project (ATP) programs this fall. Despite a temporary delay in northern Armenia until the weather cleared,

The rise and fall of the euro
  • Economy
  • 2011-12-07 12:23:41

Just one decade after the European single currency was launched amid fanfare and fireworks, its future is now in doubt as the debt crisis that has engulfed Greece,

Wine and cheese tasting held in the U.S. embassy
  • Economy
  • 2011-12-02 19:05:40

On December 2, the Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development (CARD) and the U.S. Embassy held their annual Wine and Cheese Tasting. Each year, this event allows

Agriculture Alliance Combines Efforts to Promote Agricultural Development
  • Economy
  • 2011-12-02 13:33:52

The slowdown of the economic growth in Armenia during the recent years has posed newchallenges to the country’s agricultural development perspectives. The measures to tackle these challenges are set

Corporate Bonds of National Mortgage Company placed via IPO mechanism of NASDAQ OMX Armenia
  • Economy
  • 2011-11-24 17:41:29

Today the first ever IPO of corporate bonds took place at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange. Discount bonds of “National Mortgae Company” Refinancing Credit Organization CJSC (NMC RCO) for

Armenian company “Byurakn” honoured with European Business Award
  • Economy
  • 2011-11-23 20:41:06

An Armenian company “Byurakn” has been recognised as overall winner under the “Chairman’s Selection” category of the European Business Awards, which were sponsored by HSBC for the second year.

Shirak EXPO 2011 Launches in Gyumri
  • Economy
  • 2011-11-22 12:37:52

The Shirak Competitiveness Center will hold its annual Shirak EXPO 2011 on November 24, 2011 in Gyumri. This year, the event is organized as part of the “Support

HSBC Bank Armenia reopens its eighth branch
  • Economy
  • 2011-11-21 12:14:15

Today HSBC Bank Armenia reopens its “Komitas 1” branch at “Renault-Nissnan” showroom on 47 Komitas Street, closed in June 2009 due to the bank’s decision to temporarily suspend its

Karabakh Telecom started the sales of mobile handsets and devices
  • Economy
  • 2011-11-11 23:29:23

Today, November 11, in the company’s headquarter service center the opening of the first specialized shop took place. The purpose of the service is to create for the

First phase of 4th International Pharmaceutical Competitiveness Conference held
  • Economy
  • 2011-11-09 15:19:57

In 2008-2011, the average annual growth of the pharmaceutical industry’s production was 7.1%, exports grew by 19%, Deputy Minister of Economy Karine Minasian said at the 4th International Pharmaceutical

Hayastan All-Armenian Fund is reconstructing Stepanakert’s internal water network 10th and 11th zones
  • Economy
  • 2011-11-09 11:39:31

The Stepanakert water supply network, comprised of 13 zones with an overall length of 140 km, was built in 1950s. Due to the poor state of the water-pipes significant

ProCredit Bank Congratulates on World Savings Day
  • Economy
  • 2011-10-31 11:24:52

Today, on October 31, all ProCredit Banks operating in 21 countries celebrate the World Savings Day. ProCredit Bank in Armenia congratulates everyone on this occasion and wishes safe and