Herman Van Rompuy takes officeJanuary 5, 2010 - 13:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On Monday, January 4, Herman Van Rompuy of Belgium officially took office. His cabinet will comprise 20 representatives, including Head of the Cabinet, deputies, assistants and advisors, as well as the press service staff. Besides, there are 2 thousand EU Secretariat representatives under his control.EU President's net annually salary will comprise 304 thousand Euros (plus social payments and dwelling expenses), Since EU, as an organization, does not have its air park, its President will be reimbursed transportation expenses in the amount of 900 thousand Euros annually. Van Rompuy will have 5-6 bodyguards. Under the Lisbon Treaty which entered into force on December 1, the EU President shall be elected for the term of 2.5 years and be responsible for chairing summits and representing the organization on high level. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |