It’s a big noise, quite a big one, as, obviously, old and bad traditions still continue—Armenia’s security service isn’t separated from the Soviet KGB system, and, currently—from Russian special service as well.
Armenian Shadowmatic game was launched simultaneously in five nominations in Amsterdam at popular Indie Prize Awards (independent video game) and has been announced a winner. Bagrat Dabaghyan, technical director of Triada Studio, in an interview with 168.am said, that they submitted the game, and the Awards committee nominated it in 5 categories. Videogames companies from […]
Tatyana Valovaya, Minister for Development and Integration of Microeconomics of Eurasian Economic Commission, announced on February 9, that charging of 20% VAT from physical persons, importing vehicles to Armenia from EEU member countries by Armenia’s authorities, contradicts legal-contractual framework of the Union
At its extraordinary session held the day before, RA National Assembly passed a bill on amendments in Governmental structure, under which Ministry of Territorial Administration was separated from Ministry of Emergency Situations for allocating it to Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), and appointing David Lokyan as a Minister.
Despite exchange rate of Armenian currency (AMD) was comparatively stable throughout 2015, RA citizens were rather cautious during the year, and preference was given to foreign currency in keeping savings. Data by Central Bank of Armenia, particularly, on level of dollarization, are a proof to that.
Finally, I am optimistic about this new phase of EU-Armenia relations, as negotiations will not start from scratch. Quite the opposite, they will work on what has already been built and, therefore, we should be able to expect concrete results in a reasonable period of time.
As to the question on what it means for him to be an Armenian, Aznavour mentioned that being French is much important for him than to be an Armenian but he is an Armenian and he is not going to deny that. “I am Armenian and I am not going to deny that. It will be terrible. I do not like people who hide something because they are afraid of not being welcomed somewhere. You do not like Armenians? I leave, goodbye,” Aznavour mentioned.
The United States today began implementing changes under the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 (the Act). U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) welcomes more than a million passengers arriving to the United States every day and is committed to facilitating legitimate travel while maintaining the highest standards of security and border protection.
From Leigh and all my colleagues at the U.S. Embassy, I want to thank everyone in Armenia for giving me and Leigh one of the best years of our lives, since we arrived here in February 2015. I arrived with a video in which I quoted an American painter, Rockwell Kent, who described Armenia as a place full of wonders.
We welcome the public commitment of Armenian Government officials, including the Prosecutor General and the Ombudsman for Human Rights, to fully report and investigate credible allegations.
