Window to Europe

The goal of the European Window series of articles published by 168 Hours newspaper and www.168.am web site is to provide Armenian readers detailed and understandable information concerning the process of European integration, the European institutions involved in this process as well as the political and civic life in Europe. The European Window series of …

With this edition the 168 Hours is finishing the series of articles under the title “European Window”, which was published in cooperation with Internews non-governmental organization and in financial support of the European Commission in the framework of a large information project within the “European Neighborhood Project”. During the past 15 moths we have tried …

– Mr. Simons, the Eastern Partnership project was launched in May 2009. What do you think about the project implementation during the past year, what achievements and failures have there been? – The main achievement of the eastern Partnership project in Armenia is the EU’s decision adopted in the beginning of May to start negotiations …

– The Eastern Partnership project was launched in May 2009. What do you think about the project implementation during the past year, what achievements and failures have there been? What actions have been done to support the enlargement of future cooperation? – Armenia has numerously announced about its commitment to develop future cooperation with the …

1996 – The European Union and Armenia signed an agreement on Partnership and Cooperation, which was enforced in 1999 2006 – Adoption of EU-Armenia action plan 2009 – The EU advisory group started working in Armenia (sponsored by the European Union) to support the authorities of Armenia in the implementation of the main provisions of …

As a result of the economic crisis the economy of Armenia slumped by 14%. The European Union decided to provide macro-financial support to Armenia consisting of 65 million Euro credit and 35 million Euro grant. As a result of the crisis the trade circulation between Armenia and the EU fell down significantly as well. The …

The director of the CIS representation of Grand Thornton International audit and consultative company Armen Pinarbasi and critic of arts Nazareth Karoyan answer our questions about the Armenia-EU relations. – During the past years the programs of Armenia and discussions aimed at European integration have become quite active during the recent years. The New Neighborhood …

The European Neighborhood policy manages the relations between the European Union and Armenia. In 2009 the EU initiated the Eastern Partnership Program, which is the Eastern project of the EU Neighborhood policy. The Eastern Partnership Program aims to fortify the EU relations with the neighboring 6 countries via the following methods: -bilateral direction, among the …

The goal of the European Window series of articles published by 168 Hours newspaper and www.168.am web site is to provide Armenian readers detailed and understandable information concerning the process of European integration, the European institutions involved in this process as well as the political and civic life in Europe. The European Window series of …

The participation of the civil society has always been signified during the cooperation programs and projects of Armenia with various international organizations. But as a rule this basically has a declarative character and in practice the civil society didn’t have a crucial role in this process. The Eastern Partnership Program of the EU is also …