Opinion: For Armenia, leaving EAEU is not geopolitical maneuver, but self-inflicted blow Wednesday, May 20 2026 10:13:13
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 ArmInfo. For Armenia, leaving the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is not a geopolitical maneuver or an abstract "civilizational choice," but a self-inflicted blow. This opinion was expressed on his Telegram page by Vahe Davtyan, a specialist in cross-border transport and energy projects, political scientist, and PhD. |
Tuesday, April 28 2026 10:31
ArmInfo. The main reason for the sharp rise in liquefied gas prices in Armenia is the events surrounding Iran. Economist Suren Parsyan told ArmInfo, commenting on the acute shortage of liquefied gas in Armenia, where at least half of the vehicle fleet actively uses this fuel. >>> |
Monday, April 20 2026 10:03
ArmInfo. The future of Armenia's strategically important and existentially significant energy sector - nuclear energy - is effectively in question. This is the opinion of Vahe Davtyan, an expert on Armenian energy security and a doctor of political science. >>> |
Friday, March 27 2026 16:45
ArmInfo.Recently, news spread across Armenia’s financial community: Ameriabank, as part of Lion Finance Group (LFG) with a capitalization of £4.25 billion, has been included in the UK’s leading stock index, the FTSE 100 (informally “Footsie”). >>> |
Friday, March 27 2026 10:04
ArmInfo. In Armenia, public debt per capita has reached $4,700, compared to $4,200 last year. Debt is growing in an economy where the industrial base is gradually eroding and demographic dynamics are weakening. This is what political scientist and Doctor of Political Science Vahe Davtyan writes. >>> |
Wednesday, March 25 2026 13:06
ArmInfo. Although Iran is of little importance to Armenia in terms of transit, it nonetheless plays a significant role in the import of certain goods. For example, in 2025, approximately $50 million worth of Chinese cars were imported to Armenia through Iran, according to Haykaz Fanyan, head of the ACSES analytical center. >>> |
Monday, March 23 2026 17:07
ArmInfo.The 22nd international specialized exhibition "CAUCASUS: CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION EXPO 2026" was held in Yerevan, bringing together over 70 organizations from Armenia, Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Estonia, and Iran. Among the exhibitors was the Russian company Promyshlennik (founded in 2008), which initially specialized in wholesale supplies of construction equipment before launching its own production facility for monolithic work. >>> |
Monday, March 23 2026 17:06
ArmInfo.Armenia's construction industry is rapidly developing, but the sector has become a business. Vahan Soghoyan, chief architect of Cadastral GMC, expressed this opinion in an interview with an ArmInfo correspondent on the sidelines of the "CAUCASUS: CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION EXPO 2026" exhibition. >>> |
Friday, February 27 2026 19:14
ArmInfo. In one way or another, Ameriabank is involved with every large-scale corporate project in Armenia >>> |
Thursday, February 26 2026 16:14
ArmInfo. Instead of establishing a dialogue with the environmental community to explain its mission, the gold mining company Lydian Armenia has apparently adopted the principle of "its own inviolability" through legal protection. "From now on, the company will consistently defend its rights and the rights of thousands of stakeholders in the Amulsar project," as noted in the company's statement. >>> |
Friday, February 13 2026 17:12
ArmInfo. Theoretically, replacing the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) with US mobile nuclear multiple-unit reactors is comparable to replacing an aircraft carrier with medieval caravels. >>> |
Wednesday, February 4 2026 17:51
ArmInfo. Russia is the only country with its own proven technology for reprocessing irradiated nuclear fuel among those with practical experience in small modular reactors (SMRs). Boris Martsinkevich, editor-in-chief of the analytical journal GeoEnergetika Info, made this statement during a Moscow-Yerevan-Minsk-Tashkent-Sukhumi video conference on "Current Energy Issues," while addressing a question from ArmInfo. >>> |
Tuesday, February 3 2026 13:11
ArmInfo. The introduction of a universal health insurance system in Armenia is another way to replenish the budget at the expense of the country's citizens. Economist Hrayr Kamendatyan wrote about this on his Facebook page, presenting the results of his analysis. >>> |
Monday, February 2 2026 14:19
ArmInfo. Armenia has a real opportunity to become a regional electricity hub. UN National Energy Expert Ara Marjanyan stated this in an interview with ArmInfo, commenting on the opportunities and risks of integrating the country's power system with Azerbaijan's. >>> |
Friday, January 23 2026 19:31
ArmInfo. Iran is extremely important for Armenia, as it is an integral part of our energy balance, as stated by economist Aghasi Tavadyan in an interview with an ArmInfo reporter. He was commenting on US President Donald Trump's recent threat to impose a 25% tariff on imported goods for countries trading with Iran. >>> |
Friday, January 23 2026 15:35
ArmInfo. Before 2025, when the turnover tax for small businesses was 5%, many companies reached the 120 million AMD ceiling and chose to stop growing. Businesses often intentionally "marked time," or underreported their actual turnover to avoid transitioning into a higher tax bracket, as stated by Aghasi Tavadyan, an economist and Associate Professor at the Armenian State University of Economics, in an interview with ArmInfo, shareing his concerns regarding the economic proposal by Samvel Karapetyan to exempt small businesses from the tax burden. >>> |
Tuesday, January 20 2026 13:03
ArmInfo. The implementation of the "Trump Route" or TRIPP ("Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity") project poses a threat to Armenia's energy security. This is the view of energy security expert and political scientist Vahe Davtyan. >>> |
Tuesday, January 13 2026 12:57
ArmInfo. Information security expert Artur Papyan listed the potential risks Armenia may face following the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into the country's government system in the absence of adequate legal and protective mechanisms. He wrote about this on his Facebook page, presenting the results of an analytical survey prepared by the Data Protection Center dphub.am. >>> |
Friday, December 26 2025 12:16
ArmInfo. Armenian authorities need to foster positive public sentiment toward Azerbaijan, which strives for "peace" and, therefore, supplies gasoline to Armenia at a lower price than Russia. Vahe Davtyan, a political scientist and energy security expert, wrote this on his Facebook page. >>> |
Monday, December 22 2025 19:03
ArmInfo. Presenting his study "Armenia's Mining Sector in Figures," economist Suren Parsyan noted that the mining industry's share of Armenia's GDP fell from 5.5% to 2.6% between 2021 and 2024. >>> |
Thursday, December 18 2025 17:50
ArmInfo. The slowdown in economic growth outside Armenia, in the CIS countries and trading partners, including Russia, is the main risk for the Armenian economy in the forecast for 2026-2028, according to analysts at the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB). >>> |
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