Tbilisi. Ex-candidate for presidency from the former ruling party United National Movement (UNM) David Bakradze is sure that the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit will be successful for Georgia.  

Tbilisi. First Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia David Zalkaliani emphasizes importance of initialing of the Associated Agreement with the European Union and notes that a process of the country's European integration becomes irreversible.

Tbilisi. President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili congratulated Jews, residing in the country, with Hanukkah holiday and wished them peace, happiness and prosperity.

 Armenia's under-19 football team have got in the same group with Azerbaijan, Hungary and Slovakia in the qualifying round of UEFA European Under-14 Championship 2014-2015. 

 The Armenian delegation headed of Economy Minister Vahram Avanesyan left to Lithuania on 27 November to take part in the two-day business-forum of the EU Eastern Partnership programme. Within the framework of his visit, Vahram Avanesyan on Wednesday met with Lithuania's Economy Minister Evaldas Gustas. As press-service of the Economy Ministry reported, Deputy Economy Minister, Garegin Melkonyan and Armenia's Ambassador to Lithuania, Ara Ayvazyan, also took part in the meeting.      

 Shen Holding has confirmed its active role on Armenia's capital market by having successfully placed an issue of USD bonds worth a total amount of $4 million. 

 The money allocated by the World Bank and the Government of Armenia, a total of $20 million, for de-desertification of pastures is not used purposefully, says Stepan Khoetsyan, a member of the Committee for Agriculture and Environment, Public Council.  According to him, pastures occupy an area of 1 million ha and hayfield  - 130,000 ha, by official statistics. 

The European Union will go on deepening democratic processes in Armenia and give the "feeling guilty" Armenian authorities an attempt to prove adherence to the European values, Armenia's former foreign minister, member of the parliament from the Prosperous Armenia Party, Vartan Oskanian, said when delivering a lecture "The northern choice of Armenia and future relations with the European Union" at the Vilnius University, on 27 November. 

One should not wait for any progress in relations, until any consensus is reached between NATO and CSTO, chairman of Democratic Party of Armenia, Aram Sargsyan, said at today's press-conference. 

Official Ankara has prepared a road map on establishment of peace in the South Caucasus, particularly, on normalization of relations with Yerevan, Sabah newspaper writes referring to its diplomatic sources.

 Life will continue after the Vilnius summit, Director of the Caucasus Institute, political expert, Aleksandr Iskandaryan, said at today's press-conference. 

 The Mi-35 helicopters delivered to Azerbaijan by Russia will be destroyed by the Russian air defense system if used against the Armenian Armed Forces, military expert Armen Mikayelyan has told ArmInfo. Earlier APA reported with reference Rosoboronexport that Russia had delivered a large batch of Mi-35M helicopters ordered by Azerbaijan in accordance with the schedule. APA also reported that the other helicopters were being produced and tested and that the next batch of helicopters would be delivered to Azerbaijan in the near future.     

The last events in Ukraine and Moldova demonstrate and prove that Russia clings to these countries by all means but does not gain a victory, Ukrainian political expert, Anna Shelest, told Arminfo correspondent during the on:line interview.

The Crimea is really a painful topic for Ukraine. It is linked with two issues: Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Tatar population of the Crimea, Ukrainian political expert, Anna Shelest, told Arminfo correspondent over the on:line interview when replying to the question about the role of the Crimea in the talks between Moscow and Kiev. 

As far as we know there was not price negotiation between Ukraine and the EU for freedom of Yulia Timoshenko, says Hanna Shelest, Senior Researcher, National Institute for Strategic Studies (Odessa) in response to ArmInfo's question in an online interview. 

The Third Eastern Partnership Summit opens in Vilnius, Lithuania, today on 28 November.  

 On the eve of the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on November 28 - 29, European Parliament President Martin Schulz said he is deeply disappointed that that Ukraine and Armenia have abandoned plans to sign the Association Agreements at the summit.