National Statistical Service of Armenia issued statistics of investments for 2016. As April 1 is the silence day of election campaign, we won’t reflect to promises of political powers and their programs. Instead, we’ll introduce what snapshot we had in 2016, how much investments we had, from which countries and in which fields.
“This year, in fact, Armenia implements certain steps toward the West, as it realizes that the threat of getting isolated from the world isn’t far against the background of West-Russia disagreements.”
Armenian exports in JanuaryFebruary, 2017 amounted to 273 million and 696.5 thousand USD. The data released by the National Statistical Service of Armenia show this number amounted to 227 million and 976.7 thousand USD in the same period of 2016. The increase is 20.1%.
This week’s topic for the debate in the “Pressing” Club under “168 Hours” newspaper was participation of directors of schools and kindergartens in pre-election campaign, which based on issued recordings are busy recruiting election lists for the leading Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) (The project is implemented in partnership with “DEPOP” Institute for Governance and “AZAD Pharma AG” ltd).
“Aliyev likes PR. Look what he is doing, Aliyev invested large amounts of money in a village which is under their control and is showing to the Azerbaijani society that he has “liberated” it, he is making a show.”
CEO of the Tufenkchi Group factory Carlo Gaspar said the factory plans to produce 350-400 thousand USD worth of production in 2017 and create 25-30 jobs. “In the future it is planned to expand production, which will result in an addition 50-60 jobs.
The Electoral Code contains numerous nuances, which were mediated in the past and were sometimes criticized by both voters and all competitors running for their seats in the parliament.
Captain of Armenia’s national football team and Manchester United midelder Henrikh Mkhitaryan commented on the Red Devils’ selection issues. Although United could be without ve key players for the upcoming game, Henrikh Mkhitaryan feels the Reds can cope without them.
Hollywood actress and singer Barbra Streisand has joined the advertising campaign of the Armenian Genocide film “The Promise”. The premiere of the movie is scheduled for April 21.
We pay tribute to the memory of all heroes who fell repelling the attack of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and who gave their lives to prevent mass atrocities against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh.
