SCPEC chair in Germany to attend meetings on regulation of competitionNovember 26, 2012 - 16:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The chairman of the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC) Artak Shaboyan is on a 3-day working visit to Germany to attend the meetings organized in the framework of EU program on boosting competition in Armenia. Meetings with the President of the German Federal Cartel Office Andreas Mundt and Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology Peter Hintze are on the Armenian official’s agenda. The meetings will focus on exchange of experience in regulation of competition as well as Armenia’s efforts in this field. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |