Chairman of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt made a report on the first working day of PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) summer session.

In August-September, the World Bank and the Government of Azerbaijan is likely to sign the proposed loan agreement for the Social Protection Development Project, which aims at improving delivery of labor market and social protection interventions through strengthened institutions and improved targeting of social safety net programs.

European Union will unveil concrete proposals on expansion of cooperation with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus in spring 2009, Christian Homann, EU Deputy Commissioner on Foreign Relations told APA.

The third summit of International Organization for Democracy and Economic Development – GUAM will be held under the slogan “GUAM unites east of Europe”.

The date of the visit of OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs mediating in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict Matthew Bryza (US), Bernard Fassier (France) and Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia) to the region is known.

Brussels held 9th meeting of EU-Azerbaijan Cooperation Committee on June 20, Press Service of Azerbaijani Embassy in Belgium told APA.

“Journalists have to be able to work under the conditions of market economy and to improve their professional skills gradually”, Chief of Socio-Political Department of the Presidential Executive Office Ali Hasanov told journalists, APA reports.