The World Bank forecasts 6.1% economic growth in Armenia in 2021 (against 3.4% forecast in April). A surprisingly strong rebound in the first half of this year boosted economic activity in emerging and developing countries in the Europe and Central Asia region, with the regional economy now projected to expand by a better-than-expected 5.5 percent in 2021, …

Turkish President has sent a request to parliament to deprive four MPs of their immunity. The request was redirected to the Joint Committee on the Constitution and Justice, ermenihaber reported. The request called for an end to the immunity of one MP from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and three others of the Kurdish …

Ameriabank has opened its new branch Hrazdan at 139 Z. Andranik Ave., Microdistrict, Hrazdan, Kotayk region. The branch will operate Monday to Friday, from 10:30 a.m. till 06:00 p.m. Hrazdan Branch offers services on preferential terms to all those individuals and corporate clients, who will become Ameriabank clients, opening an account at Hrazdan Branch of …

Speaking to reporters today, MP Anna Grigoryan of the Armenia bloc faction in parliament said that it looks like the country’s leadership has actually surrendered the Goris-Kapan road to Azerbaijan. “Turns out they de facto recognize that the Azerbaijanis have a clear authority on a specific section of that road. But there is no legal …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on a number of issues on the bilateral agenda and the prospects for the resumption of full implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (JCPOA), according to the Russian Foreign Ministry release. The release says the telephone …

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian spoke about the situation in the South Caucasus at a joint briefing with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. He noted that there are concerns related to the region, which he will discuss with Lavrov. He added that the Islamic Republic will not tolerate geopolitical change in the map of …

The Azeri plane could not fly through the airspace of Armenia without permission, otherwise the air force would have imposed a forced landing,” aviation expert Navik Khachatryan told Factor․am. As early as on October 23, 2013, the Armenian government led by the then Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan adopted an “Open Skies Policy”, which extended to …

Displaced residents of Hadrut held a protest outside the the government building, demanding that their housing and status issues taken care of. “As of September 1, at least 2,500 people from Hadrut have left Armenia, and in the last month that number has increased by 500 people. If our problems are not solved, I will …

The Armenian National Assembly today adopted in the first reading the draft law proposed by the Government, which proposes to gradually limit the income tax return system aimed at repaying the mortgage loan interest rate in Yerevan, and to remove it in 2025. In particular, the draft proposes to establish that the income tax refund …