The Armenian government on Monday reported a more than 16 percent rise in its tax revenues in 2019 and said it will increase them further this year.
The International Monetary Fund has given a positive assessment of the economic situation in Armenia while urging its government to speed up reforms which it believes are necessary for “more balanced and inclusive growth.”
The Budapest-based budget airline Wizz Air announced on Monday that it will launch two twice-weekly flights between Europe and Armenia in April.
The National Assembly voted on Tuesday to accept a government proposal to ban smoking in cafes, restaurants and all other indoor public places across Armenia starting March 2022.
A wealthy businessman prosecuted along with Serzh Sarkisian on Friday strongly denied corruption charges brought against the former Armenian president.
Armenia’s leadership has dismissed allegations by former President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) that corruption charges leveled against him are politically motivated.
A deputy minister of education, culture and sport affiliated with Armenia’s ruling party was detained on Wednesday on suspicion of bribery.
The price of drinking of water in Armenia will not rise next year despite the government’s decision to stop subsidizing it, public utility regulators said on Wednesday.
RFE/RL’s Armenian Service (Azatutyun.am) is the most preferred and trusted online media resource in Armenia, according to a new poll published by a leading local watchdog on Wednesday.
Culture officials in Armenia have been under fire over a government-funded play that sparked a controversy in the country after artists conducted its street rehearsal in Yerevan over the weekend.
Former President Serzh Sarkisian branded Armenia’s current leaders “irresponsible populists” and said he is not afraid of being by arrested by them in rare public remarks publicized late on Wednesday.
A senior government official who actively participated in Armenia’s “Velvet Revolution” went on trial Monday on corruption charges strongly denied by him.
The World Bank has downgraded Armenia’s position in its annual survey on the ease of doing business around the world despite reporting an improvement in the country’s investment climate.
Armenia’s jailed former President Robert Kocharian underwent surgery at a hospital in Yerevan on Wednesday.
Armenia’s largest food exporting company, Spayka, had failed to pay roughly 10 billion drams ($21 million) in taxes, the State Revenue Committee (SRC) claimed on Tuesday.
A law-enforcement agency has again summoned Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian for interrogation over an arson attack reported ahead of a June 9 local election.
Employees of a betting firm blocked a major street in Yerevan on Wednesday to protest against severe restrictions on betting and gambling planned by the pro-government majority in Armenia’s parliament.
Levon Yeranosian, the controversial former commander of Armenian interior troops, went on trial on Tuesday, accused of using excessive force against anti-government protesters during last year’s “velvet revolution.”
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Tuesday strongly criticized the current authorities’ track record but said it has no plans yet to try to unseat them.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian assured on Wednesday workers of a cement plant owned by him that they will not be laid off for now because he still hopes that the Armenian government will impose tariffs on cement imports from Iran.
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