  Armenia parliament rejects proposal related to withdrawal from EEU October 4, 2017 - 13:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The National Assembly on Wednesday, October 4 rejected a proposal on creating a temporary committee for providing conclusions on a draft bill on terminating Armenia's membership in the Eurasian Economic Union. Only 10 lawmakers voted in favor against the 79 MPs who opposed the proposal, Aysor.am reports. The proposal to leave the bloc was submitted by Yelk bloc which argued that the country's DGP declined 8% in the three years of its membership in the union, the employment rate dropped 13%, international reserves dwindled by 40%, while the government debt grew 10%. Lawmakers and representatives of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia have on various occasions ruled out such a scenario.  Top stories Zohrab Mnatsakanyan has thanked the United States House of Representatives for recognizing the Armenian Genocide. Gakharia replaced Bakhtadze As PM in early September, having previously served as the Interior Minister of the country. President Armen Sarkissian signed a decree on September 18, relieving Police chief Valery Osipyan of his duties. The next meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan is scheduled to take place in Washington D.C. on June 20   Partner news |  Latest news "Game of Thrones" filmed alternative ending for season 8  The actor who played Tormund on "Game of Thrones", has revealed that there was another ending to the drama.Aliyev admits Azerbaijan worked to boost number of Azeris in Karabakh Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has admitted the fact of a deliberate change in the demography of Nagorno Karabakh.Key Artsakh Memorandum circulated in UN The Memorandum stressed Azerbaijan’s responsibility for crimes committed by Shahbaz Guliyev and Dilham Askerov.Cancer linked with more than doubled risk of dying from stroke: report People who have or have had cancer are more than twice as likely to die of a stroke, and the risk increases with time. |
