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ARMENPRESS NEWS AGENCY
PRESS REVIEW, JANUARY 20, 2012
The daily Hayastani Hanrapetutyun has referred to the meeting of Secretary of National Security Council Arthur Baghdasaryan with Canan Atilgan, Regional Office Director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.They discussed the planned activities of the "Caucasus-Europe" International Political Club, which will be formed in a foreseeable future.
As the daily writes, Arthur Baghdasaryan stressed that this club will become a platform for political discourse, with the involvement of key political figures from the region and EU, where the most contemporary regional and international issues will be examined.
In her turn, Canan Atilgan presented the Konrad Adenauer Foundation's activities in this direction, and expressed the readiness of the Foundation to assist in implementation of this initiative. They also stressed the need for finding new platforms for the current cooperation between Armenia and this German political foundation.
The daily Hayastani Hanrapetutyun writes that the Military Prosecution Office of Armenia will go on with the steps directed toward making the combat against criminality more efficient.
The number of the crimes committed in the army in 2011 has decreased by 10%. Azg has referred to yesterday’s press conference, where Armenian Military Prosecutor Gevorg Kostanyan, summarizing the works of 2011, noted that the reduction of the number of the crimes in the army is a result of the joint consistent work with the Defense Ministry.
The daily Iravunq has referred to PM Tigran Sargsyan’s announcement during Thursday’s governmental session, according to which asocial housing fund will be established in Armenia.
The fund’s proprietor will be the state, and it will not be privatized.The social housing fund will be provided to the refugees and the disadvantaged families who live in boarding houses.