Section: 168hours (Armenia)
Armenia’s Membership to EEU was Positive: Vache Gabrielyan
Vache Gabrielyan, RA Vice Prime Minister, Minister for International Economic Integration and Reforms, gives positive assessment to Armenia’s engagement with Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). “We have analyzed economic indicators for the first six months of Armenia’s membership to EEU, which is available at the Ministry’s website....
Karabakh Traces of Kerry’s Moskovian Visit
The US Secretary of State paid his third two-day official visit to Moscow on March 23. Like in case of former two visits John Kerry, in a meeting with Vladimir Putin, RF president, and Sergey Lavrov, RF MFA, held negotiations on a range of issues regarding international security against the background of Syrian and Ukrainian conflicts, terror...
Nothing to Change in Moscow-Yerevan and Moscow-Baku Relations in Future
Interview with Konstantin Kalachov, head of Moscow’s Political Experts Group. -To all probabilities, the USA will also try to organize Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting at Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) to be launched next week. In your opinion, what may we expect from it? -Apparently, nothing, no progress will be recorded at that meeting. Of course,...
“The West was Convinced—There is no Potential for Color Revolution in Armenia”
Armen Badalyan, political and election technologies expert, is the interviewee of 168.am. –Mr. Badalyan, as we know, David Harutyunyan, Chief of Staff of RA Government, an MP, announced they are ready to agree on negotiating and discussing the new Electoral Code by “4+4+4” format with opposition and civil society submitted by Levon Zurabyan. In...
Sergei Parajanov’s Last Birthday in Tbilisi
This photo is the evidence of the last birthday of the world cinematography greatest Master, taken 9 January 1990, before his house in Tbilisi. Next to Parajanov in the photo is Svetlana Scherbatyuk, his lovely wife, with whom the director got acquainted in mid-1950s, during the years he lived in Kiev. Friends to the family were telling in their...
Where would Putin Shift Tension? To Donbas or to Karabakh?
Unexpected decision by Vladimir Putin, RF President, to restrict air attack in the Middle East is being actively circulated in international media. Russian experts assure that it successively accomplished its mission in Syria, and Western experts don’t trust manifestations of a good will and allegations by Russia’s president, and that...
This Time Again—Azerbaijani Army
Again—surprise by Russia. This time, not only for us, but for everybody. Putin commanded to withdraw air forces for Syria. Just about all day long mass media and politicians weren’t commenting this unexpected decision. Immense time was needed to find any explanation for it. They are quite different, and what is more important—rather...
It Needs to be Clarified Why and How does Gas Price Increase for the Consumer, when Russia Cheapens it: Simonov
“Armenia’s population should clarify how does the gas price increase after the border?” Konstantin Simonov, founder and CEO of Russian National Energy Security Foundation, economic and political analyst, said in an interview with 168.am, touching upon Armenia-Russia negotiations on gas. Note, Hovik Abrahamyan, RA Prime Minister, submitted a...
“Armenia” Airline Purposes to Return Armenian Pilots Working Abroad
“Armenia” airline intends to regularly implement flights to RF cities, Tehran, Dubai, Prague, Tel Aviv, Kiev, Minsk, Barcelona, London. Tamaz Gaiashvili, shareholder of the company, told reporters at today’s press conference in Yerevan. In his words, the first regular flight will be launched on April 21 to Moscow, Tel Aviv, and then...
Due to EEU Uncertainty Persists in Armenia-EU Relations: Interview with Boris Navasardyan, Head of Yerevan Press Club
-Mr. Navasardyan, negotiations have launched between Armenia and the EU on development of new comprehensive agreement, against the background of which EU High Representative Federica Mogherini visited Armenia. What do you think by which the issue was highlighted? –I have an impression that the EU officials are very cautious in negotiations with...
