Business & Economy

The National Statistics Service yesterday issued its report on the index of consumption prices for January-March 2012. More clearly, the official statistics has wrapped up the index of inflation for the three months of this year. Let us mention at once that in a monthly comparison, in March, compared to February, the NSS has brought …

Tsakhkadzor is an interesting place. Even if it fails to become an international center for tourism as promised by the officials, it will for sure be a place for expressing interesting ideas and opinions. Yesterday very interesting ideas were spoken by prime-minister Tigran Sargsyan in Tsakhkadzor. The government’s official statement reads that the prime-minister has …

Strange things are happening in the sector of bank credits. Trade banks are competing to increase the interest rates for deposits. We have touched upon this issue in our previous publications, but it is worth discussing it again as the process still continues. The growth of deposit interest rates would not be strange if in …

“Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away,” says one of the most famous songs. The elder generation likes this song very much. However, everyone likes the words and idea behind this song. Whoever you ask how he/she feels, they will say that in the past their business was better and will start complaining (however, …

The pre-election campaign has not officially started yet but as we have written before the campaign has started long ago, especially on the part of pro-government parties. Of course, they are doing it quietly and without specifying the name of any political power. An example is the movement entitled “I know”. “I know” movement has started …

At 13th congress of the Republican Party of Armenia the most intriguing part of Serzh Sargsyan’s speech referred to economic sector. The thing is that it reminded more of a debate with those criticizing the government’s economic policy. Sezh Sargsyan accused the government opponents of drawing incompetent conclusions, mentioning that what is important for them …

During these days the society of Armenia was following the election of the Russian president. They were no less curious about the Russian elections than in their own president’s elections. It is not a secret that elections and political processes in Russia are directly connected with similar processes in Armenia. The reason that Armenians are …

The closer the election day comes, the more names are announced for including in the lists under majoritarian system of elections. From time to time the people that were hoping that oligarchs and others would not appear in the new parliament are being disappointed and now they are skeptical about the announcements if the authorities …

Political parties have already started the pre-election campaign. However, none of these parties is paying a due attention to the Euro zone crisis and the possible impact in their platforms and speeches. While we prefer not to speak of the crisis, the first results are becoming more and more evident. Meantime, it first of all …

On the one hand, the official statistics is publishing official reports and trying to imitate that the situation is getting better in the country, on the other hand the same situation is so bad that the official statistics is simply unable to hide the real picture. The National Statistics Service has published a report entitled …