Economics
Russia, Kazakhstan sign cooperation deals
By Times.am at 7 September, 2010, 3:38 pm
Russia and Kazakhstan signed a series of agreements on Tuesday, including trans-border water area protection and cross-border cooperation.
The Russian regional development minister and the Kazakh economic development and trade minister signed an agreement on interregional and cross-border cooperation, Ria Novosti informed.
The heads of some Russian regions, including Altai Territory and Novosibirsk Region, signed agreements [...]
Russian political analyst about Nagorno Karabakh issue and other regional questions
By Times.am at 7 September, 2010, 12:46 pm
In connection with the recent visits of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to Armenia and Azerbaijan political analyst Viktor Nadein-Rayevsky, a senior fellow of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of World Economy and International Relations assessed geopolitical situation in the region and gave his opinion on the ambitions of other regional powers – Turkey and [...]
Read More >>Wheat flour prices lower in Armenia than in neighbouring countries
By Times.am at 6 September, 2010, 5:59 pm
Wheat flour in Armenia is currently sold at a much lower price than in neighboring countries, Artak Shaboyan, Head of the State Commission for Protection of Economic Competition of the Republic of Armenia (SCPEC), said at a news conference today.
According to him 1 kg of high-quality flour in Armenia is presently sold at a [...]
RA Prime Minister opened the jubilee exposition
By Times.am at 6 September, 2010, 1:28 pm
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan opened today the 10th universal regional commercial and industrial exhibition referred to as Armenia Expo 2010.
Emphasizing the importance of this already traditional exposition, the head of government stated in part: “This is an excellent opportunity for establishing contacts between entrepreneurs: the exposition should maintain its international status involving foreign participants who [...]
Azerbaijan eager to continue increasing gas supplies to Russia
By Times.am at 3 September, 2010, 8:02 pm
Azerbaijan ready to supply 50% of gas output for Nabucco project
Azerbaijan has agreed to increase substantially its gas exports to Russia, the CEO of Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Friday.
According to RIA Novosti, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev came for talks in Baku on Thursday. Medvedev and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilkham Aliev concluded a new [...]
Russia, Azerbaijan to sign deal on increased gas supplies
By Times.am at 2 September, 2010, 1:57 pm
Russian gas giant Gazprom and Azerbaijan’s state oil and gas company will sign a deal to increase supplies of Azerbaijani gas to Russia in 2011-2012 during the Russian president’s visit to Baku on Thursday.
Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said in mid-June that Gazprom is prepared to “buy as much gas as Azerbaijan is ready to deliver.”
“As [...]
Russia, Azerbaijan to sign deal on increased gas supplies
By Times.am at 2 September, 2010, 12:22 am
Russian gas giant Gazprom and Azerbaijan’s state oil and gas company will sign a deal to increase supplies of Azerbaijani gas to Russia in 2011-2012 during the Russian president’s visit to Baku on Thursday.
According to Ria Novosti Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said in mid-June that Gazprom is prepared to “buy as much gas as Azerbaijan [...]
National Competitiveness Fund Board of Trustees 17th session kicked off
By Times.am at 31 August, 2010, 9:21 am
Armenia’s National Competitiveness Fund (ANCF) Board of Trustees met today at the Office of Government, chaired by Board Chairman, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. To begin with, the meeting discussed and approved the minutes of ANCF previous sitting.
The head of government briefed those present on economic development trends in Armenia. Concerning the 4% economic growth [...]
Yanukovych: Russia-Ukraine trade up 70% in 6 months
By Times.am at 30 August, 2010, 1:02 pm
increased 70% over the past six months, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said on Saturday, RIA Novosti reported.
“I am pleased with this. I believe that we should follow an open policy in respect to our neighbors and be stable and reliable partners,” he said in an interview with Deutsche Welle.
He accused the previous government [...]
Armenia to receive $53 million from IFAD
By Times.am at 27 August, 2010, 10:53 am
Armenia will receive about $53 million from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for recovering agricultural infrastructures and developing industrial wine-growing under support from OPEC and co-financing by the Armenian government, Alexander Kalantaryan, specialist on foreign relations of the office coordinating IFAD-Armenia joint programs, said on Thursday.
Kalantaryan said that these financial resources would be provided [...]
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