  93% of Armenian population to benefit from EU free trade agreement April 17, 2013 - 15:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The results of the research revealing the influence of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement on the economies of Armenia and EU were announced on Wednesday, April 17 in Yerevan. According to preliminary report, 93% of Armenian population will benefit from the agreement that may promote economy growth, increase in incomes, and a certain drop in prices. The agreement will also boost the country’s economic competitiveness, increasing export possibilities for Armenia. ECORYS (Netherlands,) CASE (Poland,) as well as independent experts from Armenia are in charge of the research, with final results to be released in September-October 2013.   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 |  Latest news Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year.Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan.Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan.Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |
