  Armenian President to depart for Bucharest – paper October 16, 2012 - 11:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today, October 16, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will depart for Bucharest to attend the conference and the summit of European People's Party (EPP), Hraparak daily reported. President Sargsyan will be accompanied by Orinats Yerkir member Mher Shahgeldyan, as the party leader Arthur Baghdasaryan is currently on official visit to Moscow, the paper said. This is the first EPP conference Armenia will be represented as a full member. With EPP leadership elections expected during the event, many have voiced skepticism over the current EPP Vice President and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s possible reelection after the extradition of Azerbaijani assassin Ramil Safarov. Partner news  Top stories At the meeting, the parties focused on the prospects of bilateral relations, and cooperation in the framework of international organizations. Dwelling on the hike in gas prices, Iskandaryan said the change also affected other countries importing Russian gas. Armen Martirosyan noted that the price rise will further deteriorate the situation in the country, fostering emigration. In this connection, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian left for Strasbourg to attend CoE foreign ministers meeting.   Partner news |  Latest news Oil prices go down ahead of Fed chief’s address to Congress  Brent crude, a benchmark for many international oil varieties, fell 20 cents to $103.71 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.Sony cuts sales targets for digital cameras, smartphones, tablets Sony trimmed its 2014-15 camera sales target to 1.3 trillion yen and now expects smartphone and tablet sales of 1.5 trillion yen.Hugh Jackman in "The Wolverine" action film trailer (video) The Marvel pic features Svetlana Khodchenkova and Rila Fukushima, whose appearances as Viper and Yukio are also teased.Google+ redesign for mobile web unveiled The search giant rolled out an image-centric design that resembles Pinterest's and Facebook's layouts. |
