Sargis Harutyunian is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Armenian Service.
Workers at Armenia's largest textile producer are facing massive layoffs or deep wage cuts largely linked to the country's national currency, the dram, which has risen dramatically since Ukraine was invaded by Russia, Armenia's largest trading partner.
Russia will help Armenia extend the life of its nuclear power plant in Metsamor for another 10 years, according to the director of the station.
Armenia’s armed forces are due to begin large-scale military exercises on March 16, one day after Azerbaijan launched four days of drills involving thousands of troops.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has initiated an unexpected shake-up in the leadership of the country’s security services.
The Armenian government is in talks with Moscow and Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom on the possibility of gaining a price cut for consumers of natural gas supplied to the South Caucasus country.
The United States would like to see a “thorough and fair investigation" into who is responsible for the violence that followed Armenia's March 2008 presidential election, the U.S. ambassador to Armenia has said.
Armenia and Greece are facing common security challenges and threats, Greece’s visiting Minister for National Defense, Panos Kammenos, has said.
Armenia’s government is working with Iran to create a free economic zone in the country’s southernmost Meghri region, Economy Minister Artsvik Minasyan said on August 25.
The Armenian government is downplaying the importance of recent decisions by several leading international companies to close business operations in the South Caucasus country.
The authorities are promising a truly competitive election as Armenians go to the polls next month for the first national vote since a deadly electoral crisis in 2008.
