Section: Arminfo (Armenia)
Armenia ranks 54th in Heritage Foundation’s 2016 Index of Economic Freedom
Armenia ranks the 54th (moderately free) in the US- based Heritage Foundation’s 2016 Index of Economic Freedom. According to the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom, Armenia has scored 67.0. To note, Azerbaijan ranks the 91st, Georgia – 23rd, Turkey – 79th, Iran – 171st. As for the CIS countries, Kazakhstan ranks the 68th,...
It’s time to consider Armenia as gateway into new global world
Unlike 2015 that claimed dozens of lives on all the sides of the Karabakh conflict, amid the standstill in the OSCE MG-mediated peace process, January 2016 is relatively calm so far. Do you see any other reasons besides the volatile social and economic situation in Azerbaijan? Is there hope that the current trends will result in any breakthroughs...
Armenia to perform in first semi-finals of Eurovision 2016
According to the results of the drawing held in Stockholm, Armenia will perform in the first semi-finals of Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The first semi-finals will take place on May 10. It will feature the participants from Armenia, Russia, Croatia, Finland, Moldova, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, San Marino, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Malta, Bosnia...
VivaCell-MTS and The Fuller Center for Housing Armenia: Decent home as a beginning of new opportunities
In the frames of the visits of the housing project, VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian and the President of “Fuller Center for Housing” Armenia Ashot Yeghiazaryan visited the Hovhannisyan family of Bagravan village, Shirak region, VivaCell-MTS says in a press release.The Hovhannisyans moved to Bagravan 40 years ago from the...
Anelik Bank joins one more international payment system – Ria Money Transfer
Anelik Bank has joined one more international payment system – Ria Money Transfer. The press office of the Bank has told ArmInfo that the system enables the customers to receive and send money transfers to more than 147 countries without opening any account. The commission fee for the transfers to Russia, Ukraine and Georgia is 2% of the...
Vladimir Yevseyev: Weakening of Saudi Arabia and Iran to make it easier for U.S. to manage Near East and Middle East
The conflict between Russia and Turkey has once again proved the strategic relations of Moscow and Yerevan and cast doubt on the alliance with Baku. What conclusion will Moscow draw from the situation? How all this will affect the future of these relations? Moscow has never considered its relations with Baku as allied ties. The matter has always...
VivaCell-MTS presents the upgraded mobile version of the “Internet Assistant” self- care portal
VivaCell-MTS introduces the upgraded mobile version of the “Internet Assistant” self-care portal, which allows enjoying a wider range of options for managing one’s mobile services: finding necessary information about the roaming services and the tariff plans, getting acquainted with special offers, using the coverage map and...
Three Russian companies along with foreign ones to contend for VimpelCom’s towers
The investment department of Merrill Lynch has chosen three local (Russian) participants, particularly, Russian Towers, Vertical and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), as well as foreign participants for the second round of the tender on sale of VimpelCom’s tower infrastructures, an insider told Vedomosti. The information has been...
Beeline announces New Year prize winners among Beeline smartphone owners
Beeline Armenia has announced the New Year prize winners among 5000 subscribers, who purchased Beeline brand smartphones and joined Smart+ tariff plan from November 23, 2015, till December 20, 2015. L. Avetisyan, A. Davtyan and E. Petrosyan won the main prize – 3 tour packages for two persons to the UAE. 50 more subscribers won Beeline...
Moscow-Washington agreements may lead to revision of Russia’s isolation
Mr. Safrastyan, yet not so long ago the economic relations between Russia, Turkey have developed enough to arouse concerns over the Karabakh conflict’s possbile resolution in prejudice of Armenia, as it happened in 1921. The shot down of the Russian Su-24 warplane in no way fits into this logic. What were the true reasons behind that step...
