Economy
02/05/2020 16:40Search in apartment and car of new director of Ucom agreed with PM’s spokesperson’s statement: Aram Orbelyan“It all happens on the background of the discussions over Ucom company,” the lawyer said, adding that it is all agreed with the statement of the PM’s spokesperson.
02/05/2020 14:56Pastinfo: Gurgen Khachatryan’s mother and spouse summoned to NSSThe media also says that one of the drivers of Khachatryan has been arrested and tens of employees of Galaxy company were taken to the NSS.
02/05/2020 14:41Search conducted in apartment of new director of Ucom company, documents seized: lawyer“Documents not relating to the criminal case and documents relating to the company's strategic development are being seized,” Makinyan wrote on Facebook.
01/05/2020 18:28Ambassadors held meeting with co-founder of Galaxy group Gurgen Khachatryan: Hraparak.amThe wish of the ambassadors to meet with Khachatryan is agreed with the circumstance that many countries are concerned with the situation in Armenia and the repressions exerted over business.
01/05/2020 13:05Some 57,3 billion AMD distributed in sidelines of Government’s 1st and 13th anti-crisis programs: Armenian PMWithin the framework of 1st and 13th anti-crisis programs adopted by the Government so far 57,3 billion AMD have been distributed, Armenia’ Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wrote on Facebook.
01/05/2020 10:52The accusation against Gurgen Khachatryan is a flagrant interference by the state in the right of free economic activity and private life of a personAs a matter of fact, the actions against the Khachatryan family, the imprisonment of Gagik and Karen Khachatryans as “hostages” are not measures taken to effectively investigate the criminal case, to prevent hiding from the investigation or to ensure an alternative way for the proper behavior of persons, but are illegal actions for vested interests.
30/04/2020 20:24Armenian government to compensate 30% for 10,000-25,000 AMD electricity and 30,000-40,000 AMD gas consumption in FebruaryArmenian Government will compensate 30% to consumers who consumed electricity in the amount of 10,000 to 25,000 AMD and gas from 30,000 to 40,000 AMD in February, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said live on Facebook.
30/04/2020 12:57Government approves 15th measure on neutralizing coronavirus consequencesThe total cost of the implementation of works makes 200,000 AMD.
29/04/2020 15:41Armenia’s NA adopts bill on changes in 2020 State Budget lawThe bill envisages 150 billion AMD assistance package to combat the risks from restrictions applied to avoid spread of coronavirus and the ones coming from outside. The application of the package will result in decline of the real GDP by 2%.
28/04/2020 14:01Government does not have 300 billion AMD free balance: finance minister“I am not sure that I fully understand what 300 billion AMD it is being spoken about, but I may suppose that it is the balance of the treasury’s united account for which we were criticized last year before the outbreak of the pandemic,” he said.
28/04/2020 12:17Degree of uncertainty is big, real GDP to reduce by 2%: finance ministerThe acting restrictions had their impact and will continue affecting our country, the minister said, adding that the volume of investments will reduce too.
23/04/2020 20:52EAEU member states fail to agree over gas supply priceUnfortunately, no agreement has been reached and no formulation has been worked out,” chairman of the EEC Council Mikhail Myasnikovich said.
23/04/2020 16:16I cannot share Mr Lavrov’s allegation that gas price for Armenia used to be 2-3 times lower from the market one: Armenia’s deputy PM“I consider it necessary to stress another circumstance too – the prior motivation of our application on gas price was the wish of the Russian side to raise the price and not the sharp reduction of international prices of energy bearers. Thus, the thought that we are using the circumstance of price reduction is not right,” Grigoryan said, referring to the statement of the Russian foreign minister.
23/04/2020 13:20Brent crude oil price up to $23 per barrel on London's ICEAs of 8:30 am, the price of Brent crude oil was trading at $23.22 per barrel, a 13.94% increase compared with the previous closure.
22/04/2020 20:00Gazprom Armenia urges consumers pay utility costs in three days, warns about gas supply cut offThe company’s statement said, otherwise the gas supply will be cut off.