OECD RCC to hold workshop in YerevanMay 24, 2010 - 18:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chairman of the Armenian State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition Artak Shabolyan met with OECD-Hungary Regional Center for Competition (RCC) Secretary General Andrea Belenyi and Chief Advisor to RCC Emese Borza to discuss the organization of a workshop to be held in Yerevan late June. Bringing together representatives from 17 countries, the workshop will focus on abuse of dominant positions at the market, Andrea Belenyi said. 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 | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |