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NATO, Russia to meet after troop boost
BRUSSELS: NATO and Russia on Wednesday hold their first talks since the alliance agreed at a summit in Warsaw to beef up its presence in eastern Europe due to fears over the Kremlin’s expansionism. The meeting between ambassadors from the 28-nation alliance and Russia is the first since April and just the second since 2014, when the Ukraine...
As soon as there is no settlement to the Abkhazia and South Ossetia issue, Reasoning will always be found for Georgia not to become a NATO member country: Tevan Poghosyan
“A few important issues have been settled at Warsaw NATO Summit. First, NATO is deploying armed forces in Baltic countries and in Poland, which was also planned before. Poland and Baltic countries are becoming full NATO member countries. The verbal veto, which Russia had regarding this issue, was eliminated. Second, the fact, that it has been...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia participated in the Eastern Partnership Informal Dialogue Meeting of the Foreign Ministers
On July 11, in Kyiv, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia participated in the Eastern Partnership Informal Dialogue Meeting of the Foreign Ministers, attended by Johannes Hahn, the Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, and Helga Schmidt, Deputy … …read more Source:...
Chronicle of unprecedented activation of Karabagh talks: UIC
Lately the negotiation process over Nagorno Karabagh conflict regulation seems to have entered an entirely new and much larger-scale stage. An attestation of this claim is the fact that the topic of Karabagh conflict is addressed during telephone conversations and meetings between representatives of superpowers. And Armenia and Azerbaijan are...
Seven Stars of Kanat Saudabayev
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Recently, Kazakhstan celebrated quite a significant event – the election to the United Nations Security Council, one of the most important statutory bodies responsible for global peace and security. This is undoubtedly yet another international acknowledgement of...
Spain, Portugal face EU sanctions on deficits
BRUSSELS: Eurozone finance ministers agreed Tuesday to officially begin a sanctions procedure against Spain and Portugal for doing too little to fix their rule-breaking deficits. The ministers “found that Portugal and Spain had not taken effective action in response to its recommendations on measures to correct their excessive deficits”, a...
Spain, Portugal face EU sanctions on deficits
BRUSSELS – Eurozone finance ministers agreed Tuesday to officially begin a sanctions procedure against Spain and Portugal for doing too little to fix their rule-breaking deficits. …read more Source: Bangkok...
“Armenia’s Authorities Appeared in not such an Advantageous Situation”
These days the second NATO summit was over, within which officials of NATO member countries stated the resolutions of cornerstone importance to the world. “168 Hours” talked to Sergey Gerasimchuk, Ukrainian analyst, Head of International program of Group of Strategic Studies and Defence Studies (Ukraine) around the summit results. Mr....
VivaCell-MTS has spent AMD 705.9 million for paying tuition fee of around 750 students over seven years
It is now the seventh year that VivaCell- MTS launched tuition fee reimbursement assistance program. The beneficiaries of the program are students from vulnerable social groups as well as with special needs, who have a good standing at university. The press office of VivaCell-MTS has told ArmIfo that owing to the program, higher education has...
Spain arrests Ukrainians, Russians accused of crime syndicate links
MADRID (Reuters) – Eleven people of primarily Ukrainian and Russian origin were arrested on Tuesday in Barcelona accused of connections with organised crime and money laundering, the Spanish anti-corruption prosecutor’s office said. …read more Source: The...
