[ last updated 15:24 ] President Robert Kocharian considers Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian his worthiest successor and will therefore be supporting his longtime close associate in next year’s Armenian presidential election, his spokesman said on Friday.
[ last updated 15:26 ] Armenia’s largest mobile phone operator, K-Telecom, announced on Friday its widely anticipated takeover by a Russian telecommunication giant, which will give a further boost to Russia’s already strong economic presence in the South Caucasus state.
[ last updated 15:28 ] Armenia’s national airline, Armavia, signed on Friday a multimillion-dollar agreement to buy four newly designed Russian airplanes that have yet to be fully tested and certified by aviation authorities.
[ last updated 15:30 ] Nagorno-Karabakh’s parliament formally agreed on Friday to the appointment of a local pro-government businessman and politician as the unrecognized republic’s new prime minister.
[ last updated 15:20 ] According to “Hayots Ashkhar,” allies and supporters of former President Levon Ter-Petrosian are “terribly worried” about the fact that Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian is seen as the favorite to win the 2008 presidential election.
[ last updated 15:24 ] 
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