Armenia

A senior member of the Republican Party of Armenia, Samuel Nikoyan, was elected as one of the two deputy speakers of the National Assembly on May 19. The position was recently vacated... 2009-06-02

Armenian real GDP contracted by 8.2% y-o-y in the first four months of the year, compared to the fall of 4.2% recorded in January-March. Going forward, we expect Armenian economic... 2009-06-01

Armenia's foreign trade turnover contracted by 24.5% y-o-y in January to total US$254.3mn. Imports fell 20.2% y-o-y in the month, although this was outpaced by the contraction in... 2009-03-27

Armenian inflation slowed to 5.2% y-o-y in December, slightly above November's 5.1%, although below the 6.6% recorded for the same month the previous year. Armenia's general disinflationary... 2009-01-29

We expect Armenian economic growth to slow to 5.6% in 2009 due to the bleak external environment. In particular, slowing foreign capital inflows, falling commodity prices and the... 2008-11-17

Russia's August 7 invasion of Georgia will continue to cause tensions in its bilateral relationships with the EU, US and several of its neighbour states through the medium term. This... 2008-09-24

President Abdullah Gul became the first Turkish leader to visit Armenia on September 6. Gul had been invited by his Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sargsyan to watch a World Cup qualifier... 2008-09-24

The Armenian economy expanded by 10.6% in the period January to July period, compared to 10.3% recorded for H108. We forecast that the economy will grow by 9.6% in 2008, down from... 2008-09-24

Armenian President Serzihik Sarksyan briefly met with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul on July 5 in Kazakhstan, during celebrations to mark the tenth anniversary of the country's... 2008-07-25

Armenia's new prime minister Tigran Sarksyan has stated that he is ready to start a dialogue with Turkey, aimed at improving relations between the two countries, providing Turkey... 2008-05-30