Tigran Sargsyan: Armenian-Italian collaboration can serve as a catching exampleMay 13, 2009 - 13:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan participated in the opening ceremony of Litokol Armenian-Italian Factory, RA Government Press Service reported. The company was founded in 2007 and is engaged in glue and gluing putty manufacturing. 60% of company's basic capital was provided by Armenian side, and 40% by Italian one. The factory is provided with the most up to date equipment, and offers around 40 work places. In future this figure will double. Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan expressed a hope that Armenian-Italian collaboration can serve as a good example of a possibility to develop business even in financial crisis circumstances. "RA Government will provide all round assistance to Litokol Armenian-Italian Factory and similar undertakings," he stated. 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 | 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. |