Armenia – Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian is greeted by supporters in Yerevan’s Liberty Square, 22Feb2013 | Photolur via Azatutyun.am
There’s a lot said and done these days in the name of the people of Armenia, to the people of Armenia, for the people of Armenia, with the people of Armenia, regardless the people of Armenia… Continue reading
Tagged Armenia, Armenian people, Nikol Pashinian, Raffi Hovhannisian, Russia, Yerevan
Armenia’s rank has improved by 3 points in this year’s Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders, but we’re still ranked in the “noticeable problems” category. Continue reading
Tagged Armenia, Azerbaijan, Freedom of Speech, Georgia, Iran, Media, Press Freedom, RSF, Russia, Turkey
The American bi-monthly international affairs magazine National Interest has published prominent Caucasus expert Sergey Markedonov’s commentary on Armenia’s upcoming presidential elections.
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Average Monthly Wages in Caucasus Countries vst Global Average, based on ILO data
Average monthly wage in Armenia is more than 3 times less than the global average, which is estimated to be equal to $1,480 a month according to the study published last year by the United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO). Furthermore, the average wage in Armenia is the lowest among the three Caucasian states.
Posted in Armenia, Economy, Region
Tagged Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, employment, Georgia, Purchasing Power Parity, Russia, Salaries, Wages
One of Armenia’s wealthiest businessman and leader of “Bargavach Hayastan” (Prosperous Armenia) party Gagik Tsarukian has backed the initiative of his party’s youth wing to hold the First Eurasian Youth Conference in the Armenian resort town of Tsakhadzor on August 22-27. Continue reading
Posted in Armenia, Politics, Region
Tagged Armenia, Bargavach Hayastan, Eurasian Union, European Union, Gagik Tsarukyan, Independence, Prosperous Armenia, Putin, Russia, Tsarukyan, Vladimir Putin
Armenia plans to launch its first satellite with Russia’s support, under the terms of a memorandum of understanding signed on Monday during the Farnborough air show.
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Tagged Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Russia, Russian Federal Space Agency, Satellite
More than 10 thousand voters took part in Russia’s presidential polls in Armenia on Sunday, Caucasus Knot reports. Continue reading
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Tagged Armenia, Gennady Zyuganov, Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia, Sergey Mironov, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Here’s a rather simplistic video dispatch by STRATFOR, a US based company which provides “analysis and insights into political, economic, and military developments”. Continue reading
Armenia - President Serzh Sarkisian and his son-in-law Mikael Minasian.
Armenia’s ruling Republican party seems the only political force that is taking the upcoming elections seriously, as President Serzh Sargsian makes some major reshuffles by replacing Yerevan’s Mayor Karen Karapetian, Chief of Police Alik Sargsian, Moving the NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian to run his party’s election campaign and sends his most trusted person – Mikael Minasian (son-in-law) to supervise the runner of his party’s campaign. Continue reading
Tagged Armenia, Politics, Robert Kocharyan, Russia, Serzh Sargsyan, Vladimir Putin, Yerevan
Nagorno-Karabakh -- Military parade in Stepanakert, archive photo
A US think-tank has concluded, that “the inherent weakness and lack of discipline among the frontline units” of the Azerbaijani army along the Contact line with Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s Self-Defense Army make the danger of renewed hostilities and escalation more — not less — likely, given the tendency to over-react to incidents and misread the battlefield environment. Continue reading
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Tagged Azerbaijan, Iran, Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh, Oxford Analytica, Russia, South Caucasus, Stepanakert
