0.7% decrease was recorded in Armenia in the field of services rendered to the population in January 2017 compared with December 2016, which is mainly a result of tariff drop in the fields of housing and communal services—1.8% (linked to reduction of gas fuel selling through pipelines by 5.2%), culture—0.9%.
The dream of Bagrat Alexanyan – a soldier who was killed during the April War fighting, is coming true: The collection of his poems will be published in 2017, poet Shant Mkrtchyan, publishing director of the Union of Writers of Armenia informed.
Four EU officials said member governments intend by mid-March to prolong the sanctions for another six months on more than 100 Ukrainians and Russians. Among them: Arkady Rotenberg, co-owner of SMP Bank and InvestCapitalBank, and Yury Kovalchuk, the biggest shareholder in Bank Rossiya.
“Thus, perspectives will generally lack, that union works very badly, agreements signed aren’t being implemented, projects aren’t realized, moreover when Russia—the top interested party of the union—faces crisis and isn’t bale to support countries in need.”
Decrease in the field of construction has already become usual. The then driving force of economy started to rush down from 2009 and the process continues until now. Upon the data of National Statistical Service of Armenia construction volumes comprise AMD 397.6 billion in 2016, which is less by 10.8% from previous year’s index.
Morgenthau was convinced that Wilson was the best candidate to reshape an international order that had descended into savagery. In the preceding nine months, he had seen it with his own eyes, as the Ottoman government carried out an unspeakable offense against its people, slaughtering more than a million ethnic Armenians.
“The best means in fight against migration is creation of workplaces. It seems to me, this year we’ll edify the result of reforms. PM’s visit to Russia, meeting with the businessmen, and generally, relations with many other countries, and the change, ongoing in the country, gave hope to many businessmen to invest in Armenia.”
“The world can only applaud when captured/arrested are treated with dignity/respect. Needs to be mutual, though,” Ambassador has posted on Twitter in reaction to the Artsakh Ombudsman’s post about his visit to the Azerbaijani soldier.
It followed hostile rhetoric from US President Donald Trump, after he said on Twitter that Iran was “playing with fire” and announced fresh sanctions on the country.
The new Law on Procurement has come into force since 1 January 2017, principles of which are raising the effectiveness of public finance spending and neutralization of corruption risks. Vardan Aramyan, Minister of Finance of Armenia, told at today’s seminar-discussion on public procurement.