2018 will be a big year for Artsakh’s economy since a considerable growth is expected in all the main spheres, Artsakh’s State Minister Arayik Harutyunyan said, summing up the results of 2017 and presenting the main goals of the current year.
Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan referred to the price increase of some types of goods in the recent period. During a Q&A session at the National Assembly, PM Karapetyan first noted that official price rise in Armenia amounts to 2.6%, whereas it’s 6.7% in Georgia and 7.9% in Azerbaijan.
PM Karen Karapetyan sees great potential for ensuring drastic growth of trade turnover, exports and imports with Iran.
Vahram Baghdasaryan, head of the ruling party’s faction of the Armenian Parliament reassures that former PM Hovik Abrahamyan is not among the Republican Party’s presidential candidates for the upcoming election.
Reality TV superstar, model and actress Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West welcomed their baby girl via surrogate.
The Armenian Parliament adopted the bill under which mechanisms will be introduced to check IDs of casino patrons upon entry.
According to Britain’s The Independent, Manchester United has reached an agreement with Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez, however Mkhitaryan’s possible transfer to Arsenal is still unclear.
On January 16, at 06:04 an emergency call was received that a car accident had occurred on Myasnikyan Avenue, Yerevan: a car fell into a canyon.
The prices of petrol and diesel fuel in Armenia and Georgia are almost the same, but the pricing mechanisms are different, Artak Shaboyan – chairman of the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC), told reporters.
On January 16, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the ceasefire regime on the border of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, on the Akna-Hindarkh road section.
