Economy

For the second year in a row, HSBC Bank Armenia cjsc (hereinafter HSBC Armenia) has been ranked No.1 Domestic Cash Manager for Corporates by Euromoney magazine’s cash management survey.

A new platform that incorporates all things in business, XiB, recently launched in Yerevan. Event was organized by Think Studio, a company that a few years ago brought TEDx Yerevan. XiB’s first edition was dedicated to the topic of leadership and was presented by Philip Morris Armenia. Company’s top management shared their personal experiences, perceptions and explore new paradigms of leadership practices...

The Armenian hospitality is the visit card of the country for the tourists all around the world. UNDP Integrated Rural Tourism Development (IRTD) project launched in 2016, aims to turn this typical Armenian trait of character into an income generating opportunity, to boost the tourism in the rural areas of Armenia with all the benefits directed to the communities. The project is financed by the Russian Federation and implemented in close partnership with the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of RA. Starting from 2016, 90 initiatives have been implemented in more than 60 villages all over Armenia. Dmitry Mariyasin, the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia, talked with Regional Post about the key points of the project and about his personal bond with Armenia.

The Mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan announced that the municipality has terminated its contract with Sanitek.

Our interviewee is Zaruhi Batoyan, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of RA. We talked to her about the journey from an activist to the first female minister with disabilities in Armenia, as well as about her operations in the social affairs framework.

We talked about New Armenia’s foreign policy with Mikayel Zolyan, in the past a well-known political commentator, today member of the standing committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly of Armenia, representing “My Step” faction of the parliament. Mikayel Zolyan answers Regional Post’s questions on how Armenia’s new government is going to build its relations with the world: neighbours, Russia, EU, USA, and others.

During few last years dozens of different festivals - musical, food, wine and many more - appeared in Armenia. It became a kind of a trend to celebrate that way the best that the country has. In 2017 FestivAr Association of Armenian Festivals was founded by a group of festival organizers to coordinate, promote, and support the sustainable development of sustainable festivals in Armenia. Today, FestivAr’s 19 members are responsible for 26 festivals across the country. Regional Post talked to Association’s Executive Director Lucineh Kassarjian about the importance of these festivals both for locals and tourists.

HSBC Armenia organised an Open Day event within the framework of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy. The aim of the event was to improve financial literacy among the citizens of Armenia and increase awareness about banking services and products.