  Jan Fischer: EBRD ready to assist Armenia in private sector development November 4, 2011 - 13:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with the Vice-President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Jan Fischer. At the meeting, the PM stressed the need for stimulation of crediting tools for medium & small businesses, characterizing healthcare, pension provision, finance and insurance as prospective sectors for Armenia-EBRD cooperation. EBRD vice President, in turn, stressed the importance of programs for assistance to medium and small businesses and development of private sector in Armenia. Mr. Fischer praised the efforts of Armenian government aimed at improvement of business environment expressing readiness to further assist Armenia in the issue, governmental press service 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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
