1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1543+ words) Over the past year, the Caucasus and Central Asia regions have witnessed a real boom in tourism. While popular European travel destinations are facing challenges of overtourism many travelers are pivoting eastward to these less-discovered lands. These are not only…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1163+ words) On September 15, the European Parliament of the European Union (EU) will vote on the draft law on temporary measures for the liberalization of trade for goods from Armenia. The document provides for the temporary abolition of import duties for about…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (921+ words) Khachatur Andreasyan, the Mayor of Meghri, Armenia’s southernmost city, has been placed under pretrial detention, informs the Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia. Also, pretrial detention and house arrest have been applied as preventive measures to six other people who were also…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (881+ words) Zhoghovurd newspaper of Armenia writes as follows, in particular: According to Zhoghovurd daily’s information, a decision has been made in the law enforcement system [of Armenia] to collect as many weapons as possible from former high-ranking officials. According to our…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (841+ words) However, the very “justifications” themselves testify to the unfoundedness of the process. As several economists were noting in a conversation with us yesterday, “there are simply no justifications”. In short, a "parade of words," where, however, there are neither economic…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (813+ words) The work is ongoing, there is an agreement on the upcoming meeting; we will inform you. Ani Badalyan, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Armenia, told First Channel News about this, referring to a…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (842+ words) The timeframes of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's visit to Russia have not yet been determined, Russian President Vladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters, TASS reports. "Not yet," Peskov replied when asked whether the dates for this visit…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (814+ words) A new consignment of barley and wheat will be sent from Russia to Armenia by way of Azerbaijan. Twenty railcars of barley and 21 railcars of wheat will be sent from Azerbaijan’s Bilajari (Balajari) railway station to the Boyuk Kasik railway…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (909+ words) Armenia's national debt amounted to 5 trillion 116 billion drams ($13 billion 901 million) as of June 30. Armenian Minister of Finance Vahe Hovhannisyan on Wednesday announced this at a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs during the discussion…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (841+ words) The messages and decisions adopted at the historic summit in Washington are well known to everyone, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov told reporters. He noted that important steps have been taken within the framework of the process of normalizing relations…...