OECD RCC to hold workshop in YerevanMay 24, 2010 - 18:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chairman of the Armenian State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition Artak Shabolyan met with OECD-Hungary Regional Center for Competition (RCC) Secretary General Andrea Belenyi and Chief Advisor to RCC Emese Borza to discuss the organization of a workshop to be held in Yerevan late June. Bringing together representatives from 17 countries, the workshop will focus on abuse of dominant positions at the market, Andrea Belenyi said. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |