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NKR MFA: No violation of cease-fire regime registered during monitoring
Feb04

NKR MFA: No violation of cease-fire regime registered during monitoring

On February 4, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the south-east direction of Kuropatkino settlement of the NKR Martuni region. From the positions of...

Ukraine Economy Minister resigns in blow to country's reform hopes
Feb03

Ukraine Economy Minister resigns in blow to country's reform hopes

Aivaras Abromavicius singled out a close ally of billionaire President Petro Poroshenko, accusing him of blocking his ministry’s work. …read more Source:...

Ukraine Economy Minister Abromavicius resigns, citing pressure
Feb03

Ukraine Economy Minister Abromavicius resigns, citing pressure

Ukrainian Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius quit on Wednesday saying his ministry was being hijacked by corrupt vested interests, dealing another blow to Western hopes that the country can reform itself, Reuters reports. In his resignation statement, Abromavicius singled out a close ally of billionaire President Petro Poroshenko, accusing him...

Poroshenko sees greater risk of open war between Ukraine, Russia
Feb03

Poroshenko sees greater risk of open war between Ukraine, Russia

According to the Ukrainian leader, Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun an “information war” against Germany. …read more Source:...

OSCE to conduct planned monitoring
Feb03

OSCE to conduct planned monitoring

In accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the OSCE Mission will conduct a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan. The monitoring will be held on Thursday, and in the southeast direction of Kuropatkino settlement of the NKR...

“If Ukrainians and Moldovans vote as they have originally decided, Walter’s report would also have passed”
Feb02

“If Ukrainians and Moldovans vote as they have originally decided, Walter’s report would also have passed”

On January 26, the Ambassador of Armenia to Ukraine, prior to the voting of the anti-Armenian reports at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, had meetings with the members of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE. In an interview … …read more Source:...

Merkel presses Putin to use influence to rein in Ukraine rebels
Feb02

Merkel presses Putin to use influence to rein in Ukraine rebels

Merkel made it clear to President Putin that a ceasefire had to be respected and unfettered access given to observers monitoring the truce. …read more Source:...

Beeline’s “Where are you?” service allows tracking location of other subscribers within network
Feb02

Beeline’s “Where are you?” service allows tracking location of other subscribers within network

Beeline announces about launch of a new “Where are you?” service. This service allows receiving information about the current location of other subscribers of Beeline network, in case of their agreement. As the company’s press-service reports, the service will be useful for those subscribers who want to learn where their child,...

Armenia’s Economy 2015 and EEU Implications
Feb01

Armenia’s Economy 2015 and EEU Implications

INTRODUCTION Amid political and economic turbulences of recent years Armenia strives to maintain some balanced status enabling its integration possibilities and cooperation with various economic unions. Following this policy and with hope to exclude extra political and economic impacts, Armenia announced on its intention of engagement with the...

Armenia ranks 54th in Heritage Foundation’s 2016 Index of Economic Freedom
Feb01

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,...