A three-day ministerial on transport issues has kicked off in Batumi today. As Georgian Economic Development Ministry told Trend, the ministerial is attended by Georgian Economy Minister Vera Kobalia, Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Borys Kolesnikov, Transport and Communications Minister of Lithuania Eligijus Masiulis, ...
Azerbaijani Minister of Youth and Sport Azad Rahimov started official visit to Great Britain, Press services of the Ministry told APA. The visit aimed to meet with officials on The Olympic & Paralympics games in London and hold discussions. Within the visit, the minister met with Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson and British Olympic Association ...
Leader of the Heritage party Raffi Hovhannissyan has decided to withdraw his candidacy from N۷ electoral constituency, the leader of the party said speaking to reporters March ۲۶. "I have urged all the forces of the opposition to find one format for coming up in all ۴۱ constituencies with one general candidate. The ARF considered the proposal ...
Agile Spirit ۲۰۱۲ joint military exercises of Georgian troops and U.S. Marines at the Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi involved training on live-fire ranges, Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, cordon and search, combat lifesaving skills, convoy operations and tactics in countering improvised explosive devices. Agile Spirit exercises has become ...
Turkish truckers are being pounded with high fuel surcharges in Iran, and this is costing Turkey an extra ۵۶ million euros every year, according to the business interest group representing truckers in İstanbul. Ruhi Engin Özmen, chairman of the board of directors at the International Road Transport Union (UND), told Today's Zaman that Iran imposes ...
Violence and provocation reached a dangerous level on Tuesday in illegal early Nevruz celebrations -- a spring festival mostly celebrated in Turkey by Kurds -- when two police officers were shot by unknown individuals who opened fire on police in the southeastern province of Cizre. Pro-Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) supporters held Nevruz celebrations ...
Gazprom has suggested indexing additionally its prices – by ۲۶.۳ percent from October ۱, the Vedomosti writes. If the government agrees, by the yearend gas will cost ۱۳۷ dollars for ۱,۰۰۰ cubic metres. The newspaper learned about the request from two federal officials. The current plan of the government, which was adopted late past year, plans ...
Turkey could still get a waiver over sanctions which the United States plans to implement on countries buying oil from Iran despite not being named on a list of exempted nations released by Washington, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Wednesday, March ۲۱, Reuters reported. "Turkey's absence from the United States waiver list regarding the ...
Talk of civil war, allegations about paramilitary groups and “threatening” locals in western region of Samegrelo with scenarios of a war-battered Syrian city of Homs is “immoral” and “idiocy”, President Saakashvili said on March ۱۷. Though he did not mention anyone by name, Saakashvili was obviously referring to remarks of Irakli ...
Armenian Prime Minister commented on the participation of MP–businessmen in the oncoming parliamentary elections. “We adhere to the candidates list of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), which rules out inclusion of entrepreneurs in the parliament. This principle is backed by our decisions,” Tigran Sargsyan said. PM further urged MPs,...
Baku. Rashad Suleymanov – APA. Azerbaijan is fully ready for the Baku session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to Euronest PA, parliamentarian Elkhan Suleymanov told APA. He said technical and organizational issues for the session that will be held in Baku on April ۲-۴ have been completed. The session ...
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met with Adjutant General of Kansas Lee E. Tafanelli, Kansas Senate President Steve Morris and Kansas House Speaker Mike O'Neal as a part of RA Minister’s working visit to the U.S. During the meeting between Minister Ohanyan and Governor of Kansas Sam Brownback, the parties hailed the high-level relations ...
A tearful goodbye has raised serious question about the freedom of the press in Turkey. On Tuesday, Turkey bid farewell to ۱۲ of its soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan last week. The funeral was a time for the nation to become united over the pain of losing its sons; however, a long-standing General Staff practice which refuses to give accreditation ...
A majority of Russians consider president designate Vladimir Putin’s lavish campaign promises trustworthy, reasonable and hope he will fulfill at least part of them, a poll held by Russia’s state-run pollster VTsIOM revealed. Putin's promises of higher wages and benefits for state workers were a key element in the campaign that won the ...
The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has extended Novruz Holiday greetings to the Azerbaijani people. The congratulation letter reads: “Dear compatriots! I cordially congratulate you on Novruz holiday! I wish you health, happiness and success. Novruz is one of the most favorite holidays of our people. Thanks to the inexhaustible spiritual ...
Baku. Viktoriya Dementyeva-APA. ‘I don’t think that the problem of our inability to reach a peace agreement has been the format of the Minsk Group or the format of the co-chairs. The problem is that these are very difficult questions. The differences between the sides are very great, and frankly, there’s a lack of trust. Changing ...
Member of British House of Lords, Baroness Emma Nicholson will head the delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) during the May ۶ parliamentary elections of Armenia, head of the Armenian delegation in PACE Davit Harutyunyan told Armenpress. "The delegation is comprised of ۳۰ members, ۵ of who will arrive in Armenia ...
Russia's foreign minister is hopeful a UN statement backing its envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria will be approved on Wednesday. "Russia is happy that the UN Security Council has reached a consensus to back Kofi Annan's proposals," Sergei Lavrov said after a meeting with his German and Polish counterparts in Berlin. "Our partners ...
The state audit agency, Chamber of Control, is in charge of monitoring party funding. Photo: Chamber of Control’s website. The ruling party, United National Movement (UNM), received total of GEL ۱.۷۶ million in donations last year, according to a financial declaration submitted to the state audit agency under the funding disclosure requirements ...
