  Italian businessmen to visit Armenia in November April 23, 2012 - 19:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with Guido Podestà, Governor of Milan. Mr. Podestà noted several perspective cooperation areas, given the ties Armenian community in Milan has. Dwelling on strengthening of business-environment, he noted that a group of entrepreneurs from Italy will visit Armenia in November in the framework of Armenia-Italy qualifying round of 2014 FIFA World Cup. Discussion of a number of investment programs, including construction of North-South highway and a new power unit were in focus of the meeting. They further dwelt on the free economic zones formed in Armenia, possible attraction of Italian investments, development of such fields as textile industry, agriculture, pharmaceutics, culture, education and tourism sector, government’s press service reported.   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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
