Armenia to participate in Poland-hosted Economic ForumSeptember 5, 2011 - 18:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will participate in 21st Economic Forum due in Krynica Zdroj, Poland on September 7-9, 2011. The Forum, listed among the most significant political and economic events, will host 3-4 thousand politicians and financial experts. South Caucasus within New Geopolitical Framework session will be held on the sidelines of the event. The session will be headed Ashot Grigorian, the Chairman of the Forum of Armenian Associations in Europe (FAAE), with Artak Davdyan, the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport and Eduard Sandoyan, the Pro-rector of Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University participating in the discussion along with Azerbaijani, Georgian and Iranian politicians, FAAE reported. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |