RAU to host international conference on economicsMay 13, 2010 - 10:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University jointly with the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga organize an international conference on economics on May 13. According to RAU press office, the conference will focus on problems in monetary policy and the role of education in a transition economy. Professors from the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Gunnar Ljungdahl and Morten Hansen will be the guest speakers. RAU rector Armen Darbinyan, pro-rector Edward Sandoyan, former Armenian PM Hrant Bagratyan will also participate. 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |