Armenia can count on Soros Foundation's financial supportJuly 27, 2009 - 18:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Soros Foundation will allocate USD 100 million to countries most impacted by world financial crisis. Among 20 states of Eastern Europe and Middle Asia, Armenia also counts on Soros Foundation's financial support, apollo.lv reported. The extent of crisis in the country will be considered during estimations, as well as population size, anti-crisis program length and co-financing possibilities. Besides Armenia, the following states have a claim on Soros Foundation's financial support: Latvia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Estonia Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan and Ukraine. 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |