Sergey Kapinos: SME to promote Armenia's economic development in 2010January 22, 2010 - 13:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia should intensively develop small and medium businesses, according to Sergey Kapinos, Head of OSCE Office in Yerevan. "We have proposed the Armenian government to make SME development the mainstream of its economic policy," he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. "SME can promote the country's economic development in 2010 and the OSCE Office in Yerevan is willing to contribute to the process." The Armenian government approved Thursday the program of state support of SME for 2010. On December 23, 2009, Yerevan hosted the official presentation of Simplified Guidebook for Armenian Businessmen, which was compiled by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Executive Director of Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development National Center (SME DNC) and the Bookkeeping Centre and RA Ministry of Economy. 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 | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |