In January 2017 operations in the territory of Armenia through payment cards issued by Armenia’s trade banks and foreign banks comprised 2 million 97.9 thousand operations, total of which amounted AMD 83.4 billion. Information was provided in Annual Bulletin of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) for January 2017.
The National Security Service has uncovered and eliminated the criminal group. Five people have been charged. Three are remanded in custody. Currently the NSS is cooperating with law enforcement agencies of foreign countries to identify and apprehend other possible accomplices.
193 representatives of the UN member states unanimously voted in favor of the decision to declare March 20 as International Day of Happiness. Armenia is ranked 53rd in the list of world’s happiest countries. According to the recent data of the analysis of “New Economic Foundation,” Armenia is 53rd in the list of 151 happiest countries in the world.
Some 30,000 proKurdish protesters attended the rally to call for a ‘no’ vote in an April 16 referendum on expanding the powers of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The demonstration prompted an angry response from Turkey.
The high-heeled boot surrounded by five seas is ranked the healthiest country on Earth in the Bloomberg Global Health Index of 163 countries. A baby born in Italy can expect to live be an octogenarian. But 2,800 miles south in Sierra Leone, the average newborn will die by 52.
Gallup’s findings come shortly before the Congressional hearing on Russia and whether the country interfered in the 2016 election to give the Republican candidate a boost. Both parties have flatly denied the allegations.
On March 19 and overnight March 20 the situation remained calm in the ArtsakhAzerbaijan line of contact. The Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime more than 25 times by firing over 140 shots from various caliber small arms at the Armenian positions in the line of contact.
In his words it’s important for Russia’s authorities that Armenian policy didn’t undergo essential changes. In his words, as long as that threats lack, Russia attentively follows the developments.
“Armenia’s direct presence at Consulate level in Iraq will contribute to the development of Armenian-Iraqi relations which is quite important for Armenia. Of course, Iraq faces social-economic problems, however, it’s regional role is not decreasing,” the expert said.
“One can only be surprised that Archbishop Aram Ateshian gives more priority to the suspicious letter of middle-class Turkish bureaucrat than to the call of the Catholicos of All Armenians,” Melkonyan said.
