Ara GALOYAN

Recently a newspaper published an article concerning the announcement of the Russian railways, which was entitled “Will not Sponsor”. The Russian railways are not going to sponsor the construction of Iran-Armenia railways. The one interested in this project is Armenia, thus the one to find resources to implement projects to break the blockade of this …

The poorly developed civil society or if you wish its absence in the society create great opportunities for the government. As a matter of fact they get real spoilt. The National Assembly is currently discussing the bill on raising the salaries and wages of statesmen and high-rank officials of the country. Several days ago the …

The recent processes can be considered another attempt by the Central Bank to “occupy” the government. The first attack, which has been forgotten by many people, happened ten years ago. One of the young leaders of the Central Bank, Armen Darbinyan was appointed prime minister in 1998. His government of pretender “professionals” stayed in the …

Everything is being politicized now and it is not surprising any more. But even this doesn’t give an opportunity to insist that the politicization of the economy is a purely Armenian phenomenon. The political economy term has been known to the humanity for about 200 years. Therefore the political references of the chairman of the …

Indeed the author of the top economic stories of the week is the State Tax Service (STS). The STS together with the Police have launched active inspections in Sil Holding. Many people see a political context behind this process. One or two months go no one would ever think that Bjni Factory of the Sukiasyans’ …

The economic week started with the price shift of gasoline and diesel fuel. According to the already formed tradition it is expected that this fact will automatically raise the price of other products by 10%. Inflation is threatening to become the only topic for the journalists, who write about the country’s economy. There are two …

Last week, the unexpected happened. The verbal conversations about the Matenadaran really came true. The institute of manuscripts was always beyond doubt. Public opinion has always considered it as a national pride and a citadel of armenology. For two years, directors of research institutes have been sent, one by one, to retirement. Many people thought …

Our society is informed once again. In his interview, CB Chairman Tigran Sargsyan once again mentioned that the national AMD is going keep revaluating. The explanation is again the same: “significant financial inflows, in particular foreign transfers, and at least 10% economic growth.” These are the factors that conduce to strengthening the national currency. The …

The fact that the ministry of education, together with the newly established knowledge test center, made the admission exam tests, which in fact were, politely said, wrong, and in reality illiterate, caused the sorrow of many people. It also caused their surprise. It’s not the first year that the exams of the Armenian language have …

We have become the most organized state of the region in terms of statistical data. All the state bodies issue reports about their activities. All those reports remind us of “I have both good and bad news”. The last report of the RA Ministry of Finances and Economy is one of those. It has officially …