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Economic activity rises in Armenia

MAY 22 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — Economic activity in Armenia between January and April was 5.7% higher than in the same period in 2016, media reported quoting the national statistics agency. It said that the biggest driver of this economic upturn was the construction sector which saw an increase of 13.4%. Agricultural production declined, though, by 2.9%, a reflection of the weaker Armenian dram.

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(News report from Issue No. 330, published on May 28 2017)

Soldier convicted of murdering Armenians goes home

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MAY 18 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — Valery Permyakov, the former Russian soldier convicted of stabbing to death a family of seven in 2015 in Gyumri, Armenia’s second city, was transferred to Russia to see out the rest of his life sentence. Permyakov had been serving at the Russian military base in Gyumri when he murdered the family.

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(News report from Issue No. 329, published on May 20 2017)

Azerbaijan fires a missile

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MAY 15 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — Azerbaijan fired a missile at an air defence system operated by Armenia-backed rebels in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, sharply escalating tension between the two enemies. Both sides accused the other of deliberately trying to provoke each other. Tension has been rising this year. In April 2016, the worst fighting since a UN-brokered ceasefire in 1994 killed several dozen people.

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(News report from Issue No. 329, published on May 20 2017)

Scuffles break out between Azerbaijanis and Armenians

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MAY 9 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — Fighting briefly broke out during a Victory Day parade in Moscow between a group of Armenians and a group of Azerbaijani. A video on the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website showed men arguing over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia are still officially at war over the region which Armenia-backed rebels have controlled since 1994. Nobody was hurt in the scuffles.

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(News report from Issue No. 328, published on May 12 2017)

Azeri police arrest soldiers for spying for Armenia

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MAY 7 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — Azerbaijani police arrested a group of soldiers who they accuse of spying and plotting a coup backed by Armenia, with which Azerbaijan is still officially at war with over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh.

The row follows a scandal in Armenia focused on the import of apples from Azerbaijan. Trade between the two countries has, officially at least, been banned by each of the two governments. Armenian customs officials and the apple smugglers have been arrested, media said.

In Baku, the government said they had foiled the plot by a group of soldiers and civilians to launch attacks in Azerbaijan. Relations between the two neighbours have deteriorated over the past year. Last April, several dozen people were killed in the worst outbreak of fight- ing around Nagorno-Karabakh since a 1994 UN-negotiated ceasefire.

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(News report from Issue No. 328, published on May 12 2017)

China buys 200 ambulances for Armenia

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MAY 11 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — China will buy 200 ambulances for Armenia, Armenian foreign minister Eduard Nalbandyan was quoted by media as saying. China has steadily increased its influence over the South Caucasus, currying favour through economic and business deals. As well as buying ambulances and other equipment for social projects and the emergency services, China has set up a series of language and cultural centres across the region.

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(News report from Issue No. 328, published on May 12 2017)

Czechs recognise Armenian genocide

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APRIL 25 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — The parliament of the Czech Republic voted to recognise and condemn the killings of Armenians in eastern Turkey at the end of WWI as a genocide, drawing praise from Armenia and scorn from Turkey. Pushing for more countries to recognise the killings as a genocide is a key plank of Armenian foreign policy. Turkey has always denied the killings were genocide and has instead said that they were the result of chaos at the end end of WWI as the Ottoman Empire collapsed.

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(News report from Issue No. 326, published on April 28 2017)

Russian soldier dies in Armenia

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APRIL 22 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — A Russian soldier died after being stabbed in the neck at a shop outside Russia’s military base in Gyumri, Armenia, media reported. Investigators have said it is too early to discern a reason for the attack. Gyumri hosts one of the largest Russian military bases outside Russia. In 2015 a Russian soldier killed seven members of the same family in a knife attack.

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(News report from Issue No. 326, published on April 28 2017)

Aviation liberalisation talks start between Armenia and EU

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APRIL 27 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — Armenia and the EU started the first round of negotiations over an aviation deal which analysts have said should depress air ticket prices to Europe from Yerevan and open up the market for Armenian airlines. Armenian airlines have struggled to stay solvent over the past few years, often blaming high landing tariffs. Armenia wants to join the EU’s common aviation space. This is, essentially, the free market mechanism that the EU has used to open up the aviation sector and allow airlines from any countries to fly between any cities with the area.

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(News report from Issue No. 326, published on April 28 2017)

Armenian boosts cheese-making

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APRIL 19 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — Spayka, an Armenian industrial and transport conglomerate with strong links to the elite, said that it intends to boost its food manufacturing department with a $70m investment in cheese-making. Specifically, Spayka said that it planned to create 300 jobs and export cheese to other countries in the South Caucasus and to Russia. Armenia is looking for ways to boost its economy after a sharp downturn in 2014-16.

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(News report from Issue No. 325, published on April 17 2017)