  EUROPEAN COMMISSION AGAINST SPEEDING-UP TURKEY'S ACCESSION TO EUAugust 6, 2002 - 20:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - European commission has come against speeding-up the process of Turkey's accession to the European Union. As reported by "Mediamax" agency, before beginning negotiations on that, the European commission will demand explanations from Ankara concerning the package of reforms passed by the Turkish parliament. As noted by the representative of the EU executive on European Union enlargement Gunter Verhoigen, "reform is a positive and welcomed thing, but EU leadership intends to study that bill in much detail."  Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad  Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO.Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship.Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy.Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |
