 President attending European People’s Party summit in Vienna June 20, 2013 - 20:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan left for a working visit to Vienna to participate in the European People’s Party (EPP) summit. The summit agenda includes a wide range of issues related to the EU economy, political developments, and current international problems, with the participants to focus on economic growth, creation of jobs, increased economic competitiveness , and development of a closer economic and monetary union within the EU. The participants will exchange views on the implementation of structural changes at the national level and reflect on the results of the EU semi-annual activities for 2013. Regional issues and the EU Eastern Partnership program will also be discussed.   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 |  Latest news International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine  Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets.Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty.Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities.Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |
