In its previous issues 168-Zham has adverted to the Development Plan of Cattle-breeding 2007-2015, in the framework of which the cattle shipped from Europe has become a nightmare for farmers. We have presented the opinions of major farmers on the matter, who had participated in the project and lost many of the expensive animals.
We started our way in 1990, when we fell in crisis, were deprived of electricity and forced to war. If we take that situation as the starting point, we have done a lot so far. It is difficult to say whether we were able to use that time rationally or no because it could be better, or it could be worse. I wish it could be better. We still have many challenges; the war is not over for us yet.
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.
Our interviewee is the chair of the Businessmen and Producer Union of Armenia Arsen Ghazaryan
Hrant Bagratyan, MP and former Prime-Minister, shared his thoughts with journalists about Armenian president Serh Sargsyan’s decision to join Customs Union. Hrant Bagratyan reminded that before the presidential election 2013 he was the only candidate that announced about the need to make a decision whether to join Customs Union or sign association agreement with Europe through a referendum.
Similar to the soviet times when the officials would swear in front of the soviet flag, now as well the Armenian officials seemingly swear to speak only about the progress and development of the sectors they lead.
European integration was one of the priorities of our foreign policy. The government stated that it would sign the EU association pact. This event was held in parallel with the statement of the Republican faction chair Galust Sahakyan’s statement.
In the classic Diaspora, the community is closed connected and united with the church. The other structure is the ARF, which is not preferable in this case. Here the challenge is how to modernize the church and make it more participatory. Armenia has over 900 communities, out of which 400-500 are major ones. In western states we have about the same number of churches.
Our fatherland is not well known in the world. In terms of investments, however, the most attractive sectors are agriculture, mines and energy. But for that we need new capitals and newer technologies. And in our opinion it is just starting to develop in Armenia.
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.
