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Published on June 25, 2012
YEREVAN'S BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IS VERY APPEALING - MAYOR MARGARYAN
- YEREVAN. - Armenian capital city Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan—who is Marseille, France, on an official visit in connection with 20th anniversary of the friendship and cooperation agreement signed between the two cities—met with President Eugène Caselli of the Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole.
Margaryan appreciated the twenty-year cooperation and warm relations with this French city. Also, he noted that Yerevan has undertaken considerable reforms toward improving urban economy management, City Hall press service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The Mayor stressed that Yerevan's business environment is very appealing.
"The municipal authorities stand ready to assist all investors. We will be happy to enable the French companies to have a more active involvement in our investment programs," noted Taron Margaryan and presented to Eugène Caselli Yerevan City Hall's package of investment proposals.
In his turn, President of the Urban Community of Marseille stressed that the friendly ties truly need to be very strong.
"We will do everything possible to interest the French businessmen toward investing in our friendly city. Rest assured that we likewise stand ready to expand our cooperation," said Eugène Caselli.
In response, Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan expressed a hope that the bilateral projects toward expanding cooperation will become more tangible and for the benefit of the two friendly cities.
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Headlines for June 25, 2012BSTDB CONTRIBUTES TO RECOVERY OF MEAT PRODUCER IN ARMENIA
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VAN. - An earthquake was again registered in Van Province of Turkey.
A magnitude-5 tremor hit the Province on Sunday at 11:07pm local time (Monday, 12:07am Armenia time), and its epicenter was the village ...AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA ON OFFICIAL VISIT
YEREVAN. - The President of Austria, Heinz Fischer, will arrive in Armenia Monday on an official visit.
Armenian News-NEWS.am's sources have informed that the visit will be for two days, and during his ...SNAKE IS DETECTED IN ARMENIAN VILLAGE HOME
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Upon the instruction given to the Turkish police, renowned Istanbul-Armenian rock musician Hayko Cepkin's concert held in an Antalya hotel was ended ahead of time.
The law enforcement officers entered ...NEXT PACE SESSION TO KICK OFF MONDAY IN STRASBOURG
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The delegation from Armenia's ...ANC'S DEMEANOR IS NO LONGER STREET-MEETING LEVEL - ARMENIAN RULING PARTY MP
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YEREVAN. - Armenia's Emergency Situations Ministry received a call, on Sunday at 11:57am, informing that a traffic accident occurred on the Ashtarak-Aparan Highway and there were injured.
A rescue squad ...DROUGHT CAUSES SERIOUS DAMAGE IN ARMENIA (PHOTO)
41 communities out of 62 in Armenia's Tavush region are located on the border and the remaining 21 are very close to the border. This causes serious issues for agriculture in the region as some of the ...IN ARMENIA'S VANADZOR 1,300 HOMELESS DOGS SHOT
VANADZOR. - Elimination of homeless dogs is implemented through shooting in night hours. Over 1,300 dogs have already been eliminated since the beginning of the year in Armenian City of Vanadzor.
The ...ARMS CONTROL AND RESOLVING PROTRACTED CONFLICTS FOCUS OF OSCE SECURITY DAYS
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The ...PACE CO-RAPPORTEUR CORRECTS HIS STATEMENT ON ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
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According ...ARMENIAN CHURCH VEHICLE CATCHES FIRE IN VANADZOR (PHOTOS)
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It was found out that a fire had ...THREE PEOPLE INJURED IN ACCIDENTS IN ARMENIA
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On the same day, BMW crashed with waste pile, ...ARMENIAN MAN COMMITS SUICIDE WITH HUNTING RIFLE
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YEREVAN.- Armenia's Deputy Foreign Minister Ashot Hovakimyan will head the Armenian delegation to the meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) in Istanbul.
Spokesperson for the Armenian MFA ...HERITAGE PARTY VOTED AGAINST GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, NOT MINISTERS
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According to him, the ...ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT MEETS WITH LITHUANIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER
YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Monday received Lithuanian Minister of National Defense, Ms. Rasa Juknevičienė.
They reflected on Armenian-Lithuanian ties in a variety of domains—including ...ANOTHER ARMENIAN IS KILLED IN SYRIA
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This time the victim was Raffi Ibrahim Cadmus, who was born in the city of Tel-Abyat, MFA Press Secretary Tigran ...EX-CONVICT BEATS WOMAN AND ROBES $14 IN ARMENIA
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According ...FORD MUSTANG BURNS DOWN IN ARMENIA
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The Catholicos blessed and appreciated ...DOLLAR STARTS LOSING GROUND IN ARMENIA
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Bordyuzha and Baghdasaryan ...ARMENIAN PM RECEIVES AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPART'S SPECIAL ENVOY
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Edward Nalbandian mentioned ...ARMENIAN-LITHUANIAN COOPERATION GETS NEW IMPETUS - ARMENIAN FM
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"Armenian-Lithuanian cooperation got a new impetus in the recent years, which was ...BSTDB, ARMENIAN ARDSHININVESTBANK SIGN $8 MILLION LOAN AGREEMENT
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As ...SCANDAL: ALBANIAN PM ADVERTS TO NON-EXISTING DOCUMENT WHILE ANSWERING TO ARMENIAN DELEGATE
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Edward ...ARMENIAN MP INFORMS PACE ABOUT AZERBAIJANI DIVERSIONS
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YEREVAN. - Armenian former FM, Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) MP Vartan Oskanian again refused to give testimonies to the Armenian National Security Service on Monday.
This was the third time Oskanian ...
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