Armenia News

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia May 23 2013 Hovhannes Igityan: "In any case, changes in Armenia are irreversible" 23 May 2013 - 7:31am Interview by David Stepanyan.

Several foreign airlines will launch next month regular flights to Armenia in response to the recent effective bankruptcy of the Armavia national carrier, the country's main airport operator said on Friday.

Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding "intensive" discussions with to try to arrange a fresh meeting of their presidents on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, international mediators said in Yerevan on Friday.

The meeting of the Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will be held in Yerevan on Friday 31 May 2013 under the Armenian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers.

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan met on May 24 with UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative for Armenia Bradley Busetto .

YEREVAN, May 24./ARKA/. His Royal Highness, Prince of Wales is the first member of the royal family to pay a private visit to Armenia on May 28, the UK Embassy in Armenia reported Friday.

YEREVAN, May 24. /ARKA/. Aviation become even more important for Armenia under the circumstances of limited overland opportunities, Armenia's president Serzh Sargsyan said at his meeting with the president of the European Civil Aviation Conference Catalin Radu Thursday.

YEREVAN, May 24./ARKA/. Iranian natural gas will cost to Armenia not less than $370 per 1,000 cubic meters, said Armen Movsisyan, Energy and Natural Resources Minister.

YEREVAN, May 24. /ARKA/. Increase in gas prices will have some impact on Armenian exporting companies, but will not affect their competitiveness, minister of energy and natural resources Armen Movsisyan said.

Armenian students offered remote access to US nuclear reactor 22:17 - 23.05.13 Students of the State Engineering University of Armenia were offered on Thursday a unique opportunity to establish a remote connection with a nuclear reactor based in the United States.

Former coalition `Prosperous Armenia' party to vote against government program YEREVAN, May 23.

Gas price hike plan spurs protest in Armenia's capital http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/05/23/azgayinjoghov/ 18:23 ¢ 23.05.13 As the Armenian legislators are preparing to debate the proposal for raising the natural gas tariffs, a crowd of people has gathered outside the parliament building to voice its anger over the plan.

PanARMENIAN.Net - Israel's second largest domestic airline Arkia Israeli Airlines enters the Armenian market, press service of Armenia International Airports CJSC reported.

"168 Zham" says the main purpose of Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian's visit to the Armavir province on Wednesday was to urge angry farmers not to hold demonstrations during President Serzh Sarkisian's May 28 visit to the nearby Sardarapat war memorial.

In what amounted to a vote of confidence, the Armenian parliament approved the government's new five-year plan of actions on Thursday after three days of heating debates between its pro-government majority and opposition factions.

Armenia - Relatives of Lyuks Stepanian, a soldier killed by a fellow conscript on May 15, demonstrate on a highway 50 kilometers north of Yerevan, 18May2013.

YEREVAN, May 23./ARKA/. The decision of Armenian Economy Ministry to install two composting toilets, in Yerevan and Syunik region, valued at 100 million drams was ineffective.

Orange Armenia, a wholly owned subsidiary of France Telecom-Orange, has launched an unlimited voice calls plan, dubbed 'With each other', which enables users to create a 'community' with up to three other mobile users to talk on an unlimited basis for per day.

YEREVAN, May 23. /ARKA/. Areximbank Gazprombank Group pays special attention to operational risk management, the bank's press service reported.

The Armenian government is discussing with Russian officials ways of subsidizing the increased cost of Russian natural delivered to Armenia, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisian said on Wednesday.