EU initiates East Invest program to support of M&S businesses in Eastern Partnership statesMarch 30, 2011 - 20:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - EU initiated the East Invest new regional program for the development of trade and investment with Eastern Partnership states through support of medium & small businesses. The program presentation is due on March 31 in Brussels. As the EU Commissioner for enlargement and European neighbourhood policy Stefan Fule stated, the program aims to support European Partnership states on the way to economic reforms towards EU integration. EU allocated Euro 8,75 million to the project, APA reported. 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 | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |