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  • EU Warns Armenia About Russia Customs Union

    ARMENIA, 2012/12/26 Armenia cannot sign a far-reaching Association Agreement with the European Union if it joins the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, a spokeswoman for Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief, said on Friday. “We are currently negotiating an Association Agreement together with a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade part,” the official, Maja Kocijancic, told RFE/RL in Brussels. “Armenia is free and
  • Raffi Hovannisian fields questions after his annoucement

    ARMENIA, 2012/12/26 2 presidential hopefuls made their candidacies official, with Heritage Party founder and president Raffi Hovannisian announcing his bid on Saturday and Liberty Party leader and former Armenian National Congress member Hrant Bagratyan making an announcement on Monday. Hovannisian formally announced his candidacy during a Citizens’ Assembly convened at the Armenia Marriott Hotel on Saturday.
  • Armenia makes its first steps towards free economic zones creation 2011-07-18

    ARMENIA, 2011/07/18 Armenian Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan and General Manager of Argentine Corporation America S.A. Marcello Venden signed a cooperation agreement on creation of free economic zones in Zvartnots airport. As the Minister said, Armenia creates legal ground for implementation of project on creation of free economic zones in the country.