EU to teach economy stabilization in ArmeniaJuly 3, 2009 - 15:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In July -December period EU consulting group's focus will be on two spheres: proper governance and economy stabilization, EU Policy Department representative Fabia Piana said at EU consulting group meeting in Armenia, summarizing EU consulting group's work of the first 3 months. As for the first direction, discussions on administrative management improvement, anti-corruption struggle, electronic management implementation were held. Human right protection works were conducted within national program framework. For its successful implementation of the second direction, Armenia should join free trade agreement. Reforms in the sphere of state purchases, intellectual property protection are necessary, as well as improvements in state duty and tax legislation. EU consulting group's 3-month work was summarized in Yerevan, within European neighborhood policy's Armenia-EU activity program. Work program for July -December 2009 was approved. EU consulting group meeting was headed by RA National Security Council Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan. 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. |