Section: Public Radio of Armenia (Armenia)
Moody’s: Flare-up of aggression between Armenia and Azerbaijan to weigh on CIS economies
The stabilization of oil prices has eased the direct and indirect economic and fiscal pressures on the nine rated sovereigns in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region. Still, the region’s overall credit outlook for 2017 is negative, driven by subdued economic recovery, external vulnerabilities in those countries with high...
Defusing conflicts, fighting radicalization and violent extremism: Austria’s priorities for 2017 OSCE Chairmanship
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, highlighted three key challenges facing the Organization and its participating States as Austria took over as the 2017 OSCE Chairmanship: deplorable and complex crises and conflicts in the OSCE area, a fundamental lack of mutual trust and confidence, and an alarming...
Armenia selects Artsvik for Eurovision 2017
Artsvik has won the Armenian national final, Depi Evratesil (To Eurovision) and will rpeesent the country at 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. The singer was chosen through a combination of votes from a jury panel and a public SMS vote. The ambitious search for Armenia’s next Eurovision Song Contest participant was launched in the...
New “more aggressive” Henrikh Mkhitaryan primed to take Premier League by storm, says Mino Raiola
Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s agent Raiola, who negotiated the £27m switch to Old Trafford, says he was always convinced his man had what it took to succeed in the English game, Mirror reports. Mino Raiola says the new “more aggressive” Henrikh Mkhitaryan is primed to take the Premier League by storm. The Armenian, a £27million signing...
EU-Armenia talks: Big ambitions, good progresses bring sides closer to successful conclusion
On 14 December, the European Friends of Armenia organised a briefing to assess the current state of the play in the EU-Armenia framework agreement negotiations, one year into the process. Garegin Melkonyan, First Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments of the Republic of Armenia, Dirk Schuebel, (EEAS) and Petros...
Dutch court rules Crimean gold must go back to Ukraine
A priceless collection of gold artifacts from Crimea that was on loan to a Dutch museum when the Peninsula reunited with Russia must be returned to Ukraine and not Crimea, a Dutch court ruled on Wednesday in a judgment. Kiev and the four museums have been wrangling over the fate of the archeological treasures, including gems, helmets and...
December 9 is International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide
December 9 is the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly established 9 December as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this...
Mkhitaryan delights Mourinho with United wonder goal
Jose Mourinho admits he is “very pleased” that Henrikh Mkhitaryan is off the mark for Manchester United after the Armenian scored his first goal for the club on his return to Ukraine, according to United’s official website. The former Shakhtar Donetsk star dribbled through the Zorya Luhansk defence to open the scoring on an icy pitch in the...
EU unblocks visa-free travel for Ukraine, Georgia
Dec 8 The European Union will soon let Ukrainians and Georgians visit the bloc without needing a visa after officials said a deal had been struck on Thursday to end an internal EU dispute that had been holding up the promised measures, Reuters reports. Late-night talks involving EU member states and the European Parliament had reached a...
Mkhitaryan: We’re in Odessa for a win
Manchester United only need a point against Zorya Luhansk to qualify for the last 32 of the Europa League but Henrikh Mkhitaryan insists the Reds will be playing to win in Ukraine on Thursday night. Mkhitaryan could be involved for the Reds at Odessa’s Chornomorets Stadium, the venue where he scored a hat-trick while playing for Shakhtar...
