On April 7 Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan received the newly appointed Ambassador of Georgia to Armenia, Tengiz Sharmanashvili. Highly appreciating the mutually beneficial cooperation established between the two countries, the parties discussed a number of issues related to Armenian-Georgian relations in different spheres.

Parliament on Thursday called on EU Member States to begin accession negotiations immediately with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Regretting that the name dispute with Greece is causing deadlock, MEPs also expressed concern over the growing inter-ethnic tensions in the country, as well as corruption and recent

Even if Serbia obtains a status of a EU member state candidate, the country will get a date for launching the negotiations, unless it amends the act for election of members of the parliament. Head of the parliamentary group of the ruling Democratic Party, Nada Kolundjia, said that the act …