Armenia Recognized Country with «Mostly Liberal Economy» AgainJanuary 9, 2006 - 17:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Wall Street Journal and Heritage Foundation among 157 countries of the world Armenia is the 27th on liberty of economy. 10 parameters were taken into account when making assessments on a 10-point scale. These include protection of property rights, tax policy, fiscal policy, shadow market, etc. Countries are divided into 4 groups: liberal, mostly liberal, not liberal and oppressed. Armenia gained 2.26 points and was included in the group of mostly liberal countries. Armenia was the 41st in 2005. As of the rest of the countries of the region, Georgia was 68th, Azerbaijan 123rd, Turkey 85th and Iran 156th. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |