Business & Economy

ArmRusGazard company does not import gas from Iran and is not a party to the agreement. “The agreement has been signed between “Yerevan HES” CJSC and the national gas export company of Iran,” said the executive director of ArmRusGazard company Karen Karapetyan in answer to a question why the company does not buy gas from …

According to the director of Synopsis Armenia company Hovik Musayelyan, the reason why the quality of Internet is bad in Armenia is the fact that they are importing low quality internet and the providers don’t work well either. He believes the low quality and availability of Internet is an obstacle for foreign investments and the …

Yesterday the executive director of ArmRusGazard company Karen Karapetyan met with journalists from Haykakan Zhamanak, Aravot, 168 Zham, Hayots Ashkharh and Golos Armenii newspapers and answered their questions concerning the expected increase in the gas price. Aravot: What are the factors resulting in the gas price increase? – We have recommended to increase the price …

It turns out that the story with the seatbelts, when people started to buckle up not to harm their own pockets, has encouraged many people, including the officials of the Ministry of Healthcare. Here they have suddenly found out that all the “sassy” events devoted to protection of health, such as trainings, TV shows, conferences …

It seems that the filling of the state budget with all the possible means has brought the government to fiery. In the recent period almost all the initiatives of the government have this exact purpose – levy as much money as possible from all the sectors. Indeed, everything is done with beautiful formulations and as …

The information on the 14.4% economic recession was surprisingly accepted by the society calmly. It is hard to say why. Maybe the reason is the fact that the developments on the protocols signed between Armenia and Turkey have cast a shadow on this economic issue. In fact this indifference of the society is as dangerous …

Yesterday the CB publicized the monetary policy of the first quarter of 2010, according to which this year the economic growth will make 0.5-2%. In its monetary policy program for 2010, the central bank said that its 2009 monetary policy has been focused on combination of spurring economy and ensuring price stability. As main sectors …

In the conditions of the world crisis the group of Tashir companies, which belongs to Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan based in Moscow, has performed more interest to the real estate market with lower prices in the result of the crisis and concluded the financial year of 2009 with financial growth. During 2009 the financial circulation …

It is several days that officials of different caliber are lobbying for the “available apartment” project launched by the prime minister recently. The government’s new project was introduced so bright that it seemed that young people would get married at once. In fact it is a very little help to young families to buy apartments. …

It’s been several days since all the TV channels laud the program on “Apartments to young families” during all the news casts and other kind of outlets. As a matter of fact the campaign reached its goal. People have become more interested by thinking that the government is doing something good for them. For the …