On 15 June, the Council of Europe organised the “Electoral Developments in Armenia: Lessons Learned and Steps Ahead” conference as part of the “Long-term election related stakeholders of Armenia” project. This project is funded by the European Union and Council of Europe Programmatic Co-operation Framework (PCF) in the Eastern Partnership Countries...
On 24 May the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee delegation, led by its Chair David McAllister (EPP, DE), arrived in Armenia as part of a regional tour to the South Caucasus. After landing in Armenia, the 8 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) first went to Tsitsernakaberd, laid a wreath at the Genocide Memorial, and visited the A...
Integrated border management is vital for the expansion of Armenia’s economic, trade, and cultural ties with the countries of the region.
On 1 March 2016, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the EC Federica Mogherini visited Armenia for the first time.
On 5th February 2016 the European Union (EU) Delegation to Armenia and the Council of Europe launched a new joint project on “Long-term electoral assistance to the election-related stakeholders of Armenia”.
The European Commission and the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy have outlined the major points European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) review
The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, arrived in Armenia on a regional visit on 20 July, 2015.
The “Caucasus-2014” international annual conference, the thirteenth of its kind, was organised by the Caucasus Institute and held on 26 May 2015 in Yerevan.
The EU announced on 25 March 2015 its assessment on the implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) publishing Progress Reports for 16 partner countries, including Armenia.
On 18 July a meeting of the Standing Committee on European Integration was organised at the Armenian National Assembly (NA), dedicated to the vision and perspectives for the future work of the Committee. The meeting was opened by Naira Zohrabyan, Chairwoman of the Standing Committee on European Integration, and Dirk Lorenz, Head of Political, Econo...
On 26 May the launch event for the “Increasing civil society participation in national policy dialogue in Armenia” project took place in the “Picasso” hall of the Best Western Congress hotel in Yerevan. Country Director of Oxfam Armenia Margarita Hakobyan opened the meeting by presenting an overview of Oxfam Armenia and its ongoing activities. She ...
On 25 March 2014 the opening ceremony of the “Multi-faced Anti-Corruption Promotion” project took place in the Picasso Hall of the Best Western Congress Hotel in Yerevan. The project is to be carried out by the “Armenian Young Lawyers Association” NGO, with the support from the European Union. The main goal of the project is to raise awareness and ...
The first Community of Practice workshop of the EU-funded “Women in Local Democracy” project was held on 14 March 2014. The workshop was organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia and the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration (MTA). It brought together around 60 female community leaders, representatives of reg...
On 11 March 2014, in Gyumri an awareness-raising seminar on anti-corruption efforts was held within the framework of the EU-funded “Multi-faced anti-corruption promotion” project . The aim of the event was to present representatives of civil society organisations (CSOs) and the media from Shirak and Aragatsotn regions with the project’s main strate...
On 12-13 December, the EU-supported “European Integration 2013: EU-Armenia Relations Perspective after the EaP Vilnius Summit” two-day conference was held in Yerevan, in which Armenian officials, diplomats, and representatives from international, non-governmental organisations and civil society participated. The aim of the conference was to discuss...
On 6 November the EU Advisory Group held its fourteenth regular Board Meeting, co-chaired by the Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Traian Hristea, and Artur Baghdasaryan, Secretary of the National Security Council. The meeting was attended by United Nations Development Programme representatives, ambassadors of EU Member States and t...
The third Eastern Partnership summit will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on 28-29 November 2013. It will bring together heads of state or government from the 28 EU member states with those of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. www.consilium.europa.eu
In response to a number of requests to comment on the article published by www.news.am (http://news.am/eng/news/169932.html), please find below the official reply of the European Union. "The claims about any suspension are not true. In the light of the recent decision of Armenia we will, naturally, need to review those programmes which are directl...
On the eve of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius in November, the European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, Štefan Füle visited Armenia on 10 July 2013. Füle met with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, representatives from the ministries for E...
A public presentation of findings, conclusions and recommendations of the Mid-Term Evaluation of Phase III of the EU Advisory Group (EUAG) to Armenia was held on 15 March 2013. The presentation was welcomed by the Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Traian Hristea, who thanked experts for their research: 'The role of the EUAG is to support stra...
First Deputy Minister for Labour and Social Affairs of Armenia, Araik Petrosyan, and the Director of the People in Need Office in Armenia, Sarah Carrade, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 26 March 2013 as part of a new EU funded project on migration. The EU Delegation to Armenia hosted the MoU event. Traian Hristea, the Head of the Del...
On 1 December the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso arrived in Armenia. He met with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, as well as other Armenian officials, civil society and students. He highlighted progress in bilateral relations and recent achievements. ‘We are building a strong relationship based on political associatio...
The interim results of a joint project of the European Union and OSCE, aimed at supporting democratic general elections in Armenia in 2012 and 2013, were presented on 22 October in Yerevan. During a press conference, the Head of the EU delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Traian Hristea, and the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Andrei So...
Deeper political integration between the national parties of Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries and EU political families is encouraged by the European Union. The advantages and risks of this process were discussed during a presentation of a case analysis on “Eastern Partner Countries’ National Parties’ Integration into EU Political Families”, hos...
In early January 2012 the EU launched a joint project, worth €1,700,000, to support democratic elections in Armenia. One of the components of the project was to conduct Media monitoring of pre-election campaign, which was carried out by the Yerevan Press Club and other institutions. Permanent monitoring was focused on the 13 political parties and ...
In January 2012 the EU started a €1.7m project to support free and fair elections in Armenia. One of the main project components – reinforcing the Human Rights Defender's office – was launched on 15 March 2012 through the signing of an implementation agreement between Andrey Sorokin, Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, and Karen Andreasyan, the Arm...
On 26 October the 7th round of negotiations on the Association Agreement took place in Yerevan. During this round of political dialogue, foreign policy, security and freedom, as well as economic and financial issues, were discussed. At the press conference held on 27 October at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the chief Armenian negotiator, Zohrab ...
On 15-17 November the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton paid regional visits to Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. During the briefing held in Yerevan on 17 November Catherine Ashton welcomed the European integration process implemented in Armenia. According to the HRVP, despite the cr...
On 7 September the EUSR for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Philippe Lefort visited Armenia. Lefort started his duties on 1 September and came to Yerevan as a part of his first visit to the region. During a press conference with Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian, Lefort mentioned that the South Caucasus had great potentia...
Stefan Fule, the European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, was on an official visit to Armenia on 29 April to discuss and review ongoing reforms in the country and steps undertaken towards it. During the meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, the parties touched upon the topics on the European Neig...
The President of the European Parliament (EP), Jerzy Buzek visited Armenia on 18 May 2011. During a joint press conference with the Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia, Hovik Abrahamyan, Buzek expressed optimism about the present level of cooperation between Armenia and the EU: "The citizens of Armenia and the EU are living in a common hom...
The third plenary round of the negotiations on the EU-Armenia Association Agreement took place in Yerevan on 15 December. The delegation representing the European side was chaired by the chief negotiator Mr. Gunnar Wiegand, the Director of the Directorate for Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus, and Central Asian Republics, Directorate General for Ex...
On 26 November the EU and Armenia signed a Memorandum of Understanding and a Framework Document on the Comprehensive Institution Building Programme (CIB). The Memorandum was signed by the National Coordinator of the Programme, Minister of Economy Nerses Yeritsyan and the Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia Raul de Luzenberger. “With this signatur...
On 4 August 2010 Bronislaw Komorowski, member of the “Civil Platform” party, ruling from early 2007, was elected as president as a result of early presidential elections in Poland, with 53% of the vote. Komorowski’s opponent at the second round of the elections who got 47% of the vote was Jaroslaw Kaczynski, twin brother of the late president Lech ...
The first round of negotiations on an Association Agreement between the EU and Armenia started on 19 July in Yerevan. The main objective of the Association Agreement is to achieve closer political and economic association between the EU and Armenia. “This is ambitious and ambition needs time to get things right. We want to get a good agreement with...
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton has expressed concern about the loss of momentum in the process of normalisation of Armenian-Turkish relations. “The EU reiterates its call to both countries to continue their dialogue and remain committed to the process of normalisation without preconditions and in a r...
The European Commission has re-launched its call for proposals for a € 7 million new regional investment and trade facilitation project EAST-INVEST Eastern Partnership/SME Facility (Reference: EuropeAid/129289/ C/ACT/Multi). It is open to the countries involved in the Eastern Partnership, namely Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ge...
Eight EU Special Representatives (EUSRs) have had their mandates extended from March 1 to August31, 2010. The EUSRs, among whom is EUSR for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby, promote EU policies and interests in troubled regions and countries and play an active role in efforts to consolidate peace, stability and the rule of law. http://www.enpi-i...
On February 9 the European Parliament appointed the new European Commission, which will stay in office until October 31, 2014. According to the EP President, Jerzy Buzek, “This is the first time in our history that we are appointing the European Commission in our capacity as a real co-legislator. This is the dawn of a new decade, with a new way of ...
