Yesterday the National Statistics Service released macroeconomic data, which speak of the pathetic plight of the Armenian economy

We still have that project in mind but currently we are focusing all our efforts on large projects such as the free trade zone and the international Yerevan Show. However, there are some improvements in that direction. AJA, a foundation recently registered in Switzerland, is researching the Armenian heritage in jewelry and they have collected a lot of documents and facts about the important positions and masterpieces of Armenian jewelers.

Syrian crisis is the main topic discussed internationally. We have asked representatives of main political powers of Armenia about their opinion on the crisis in Syria.

In answer to our recent letter to the Police PR department we received a letter writing that the Central Investigation Department had refused launching a case against Nairit Factory JSC, according to Article 35/1-2 of the RA Criminal Code.

We have information that the British Jacobs company completed its environmental audit in Nairit and the conclusion was submitted to the government.

“What a shame!”, “they are depraving us,” “all this is to full the humanity, sooner or later Europe will impose all this on Armenia”… We may bump into such comments and remarks under articles and videos posted by Russian or European sources. Recently we more frequently see such posts characteristic to yellow press.

The last option would probably be the most optimal decision. By the way, if this scenario really takes place then the most feasible candidate would president would be Paruyr Hayrikyan, which had been long ago suggesting electing him a symbolic president in order to bring the actual parliamentary democracy to life.

Quite recently I have noticed a very interesting thing on the media: environment activists have organized an auction of honey and berries

There is no black list yet but the recent trends show that in case of certain geopolitical changes there may be one. Pessimists are bringing the example of Ukraine, which is faced with a situation similar to Armenia’s. Since August 14 the Russian government has declared almost all Ukrainian export to their country risky.

No. Russia’s response depends on the content of the agreement to be signed. If there are provisions in the association agreement that would be against Russia’s interests or the provisions of our treaty with Russia, then we will get an adequate response from Russia. From this point of view it is strange that the content of the draft agreement is not published.