Portuguese govt. approves new spending cuts![]() April 18, 2013 - 13:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Portuguese government approved on Thursday, April 18 new spending cuts worth 0.5 percent of gross domestic product to put its fiscal plans under an EU/IMF bailout back on track after the rejection by the constitutional court of some austerity measures. Budget Secretary Luis Sarmento said the cuts should allow to meet this year's budget deficit target of 5.5 percent of GDP and get the lenders' approval for the disbursement of the next 2 billion euro bailout tranche, Reuters reported. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |