London Mayor calls for new "pared-down relationship" with EUDecember 4, 2012 - 14:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - London Mayor Boris Johnson has called on the UK to negotiate a new "pared-down relationship" with the European Union, according to BBC News. Mr. Johnson said Britain should remain in the single market but pull out of the political union. The UK should form an "outer-tier" of the EU with countries like Norway and Switzerland, he said in a speech. And a referendum should be held with the question: "Do you want to stay in the EU single market as renegotiated? Yes or No?" He urged David Cameron to "maximize the benefits of EU membership and the single market without being kicked out" and insisted other EU countries would accept such a proposition. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |