The Islamic Republic of Iran is against the military solutions of conflicts. “Armenpress” reports, citing the Iranian IRNA agency, the President of Iran Hasan Rohani stated during a press conference with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

Armenia has recorded advance in SME Policy Index according to the report of “SME Policy Index: Eastern Partner Countries 2016”. “Armenpress” reports the improvement is recorded not only against 2012 report, but also compared to the other EaP countries.

South Korean electronics giant Samsung is opening what it describes as a “consumer technology playground” on February 22, the latest big brand to open an interactive flagship store in Manhattan, “Armenpress” reports citing New York Post website.

The main cornerstone of Karabakh conflict settlement is Artsakh people’s right to self-determination, Vice President of the Armenian National Assembly (NA) Eduard Sharmazanov said during the NA announcements.

Parliamentary and non-parliamentary parties of Artsakh sent a letter to President Bako Sahakyan on February 23, proposing to create a special commission on constitutional reforms. As “Armenpress” was informed from the press service of the National Assembly of the Republic of Nagorno Karakabh, the letter particularly states that meetings were conducted in various formats on February 4 in the National Assembly with the participation of parliamentary political forces, and on February 19, with the same participants and non-parliamentary party leaders.

Telegram, the encrypted messaging app that launched in 2013, now has 100 million monthly active users, “Armenpress” reports. In a blog post announcing the milestone, the company said 350,000 new users are joining the service every day, and that 15 billion messages are sent on the app daily. Telegram founder Pavel Durov revealed the company’s latest figures at a keynote speech at Mobile World Congress on February 23.

Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan held a government meeting regarding the new Tax Code draft. As “Armenpress” was informed from the Information and public relations department of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, in particular, different issues applicable to various fields related to taxes were discussed. Attention was paid to the possible effects of changes in the Tax Code.

Armenak Darbinyan said that the CBA’s policy seeks to encourage, support and help the banks to attract more resources from international markets. In addition, the Central Bank’s financial education and consumer advocacy department is trying to assist consumers to better orientate among the different credit products, through the abcfinance.am website. “Information about the credit is provided, format of working with the banks is simplified in order for the clients not only to look at the percentage of the loan, but also to choose between different banks, products, be able to plan their budgets, calculate costs and benefits, to avoid facing problems in the future,” the official added.

Azerbaijan, being under some pressure from the West, now attempts to overcome the isolation through Iran. Chair of YSU Political Institutions and Processes, political scientist Garik Keryan expressed such an opinion in an interview with “Armenpress”, referring to Aliyev’s visit to Iran.

Conservatives and Reformers are competing for 290 seats in Iran’s parliamentary elections which will take place on 26 February. Overall, more than 12 thousand citizens had submitted their candidacy, but eventually only 6 thousand 200 candidacies were approved, out of which 586 are women. As noted by expert of Iranian studies Gohar Iskandaryan at a news conference in the press hall of “Armenpress”, a heated competition is expected among Armenian candidates as well. In the beginning 9 candidates were competing over 2 seats which were foreseen for Armenian candidates, but eventually one of them withdrew.