The budget draft 2014 is still as mystical as the economic policy of the Armenian government. This is like the decision to join the Customs Union. Neither parliamentary discussions nor experts’ opinions provide substantial information about the topic.
Many state officials and primarily the Prime-Minister, are paying much attention to reports of renown international organizations and to their best to make sure Armenia is advanced in their rating lists.
Ever since Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi was removed from office, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been harshly critical of the new government, strongly advocating his fellow Islamist Morsi’s return to power. Given Erdogan’s unwelcome meddling in Egypt’s internal affairs, millions of Egyptians have expressed anger and resentment against Turkey and its prime minister. […]
While the Armenian government is trying to shun the dilemma between EU and the Eurasian Union, by doing everything not to make Russia mad, the latter plays more open cards with Armenia without spare formalities. The best example of that was yesterday’s statement of the Secretary-General of the Collective Security Pact Nikolay Bordyuzha, who claimed that Russia does a lot for Armenia.
The most discussed topic of the last two days in politics of Armenia is the hunger strike announced by presidential candidate Andrias Ghukasyan. A number of candidates have visited him, and some of them even do not exclude the possibility of joining him at some point.
