ArmInfo. Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia Artur Javadyan will participate in the session of the Supervisory Council of the German-Armenian Fund (GAF) in Frankfurt on September 20-24. The CBA press-service told ArmInfo that the session will cover issues

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan proposes to discuss the 'Caucasian Union' Platform in the UN. This statement was made by Elmar Mammadyarov, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, in the London Strategic Intelligence Institute, the Turkish Cihan agency reported.Mammadyarov called relevant the initiative to create the

ArmInfo. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has granted medals to President of National Olympic Committee of Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan and the Armenian medal-winners of the Beijing Olympic Games.Tsarukyan has been granted Medal for Service to Fatherland, 1st Class.Among the other

ArmInfo. Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan hopes that Armenia and Turkey will normalize their relations and will not set artificial obstacles to one another.In response to ArmInfo's question concerning the reports by the Turkish mass media that during their

ArmInfo. There have always been contacts between Armenian and Turkish diplomats. So, there is nothing extraordinary in such meetings, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan said in response to ArmInfo's question if the rumors about a meeting between Armenian and

ArmInfo. The Armenian Government has allocated 44mln AMD ($145,000) for the start of the project work for the construction of an airport in Jermuk, Vayots Dzor region.The money will be spent on the selection of a territory for the new

ArmInfo. A forum 'IT Leaders Open Colar’ will be held in Armenia on September 19 - 21 with participation of RA Economy Minister Nerses Yeritsyan. As Director of the Union of Information Technologies Enterprises (UITE) Karen Vardanyan told ArmInfo, discussions

The improved and modified version of the client-bank system, Internet-banking, though yet modest in Armenia, is already urging the local market players to appear with original initiatives. One of the biggest banks of the country, HSBC Bank Armenia, is planning

ArmInfo. The 11th astronomy competition among CIS school-children will take place in Yerevan on Sept 20-26The press service of the Education and Science Ministry reports that this year the competition is dedicated to the 100th birthday of the well-known Soviet

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Chairman of OJSC Russian Railways (RR) Vladimir Yakunin. The Armenian governmental press-service told ArmInfo that the meeting covered issues related to expansion and development of the railway service, as well as the economic

ArmInfo. Yesterday, on 22 September 2008 leadership of "Bi Line" Ltd. and judicial firm "Harutyun and partners" called a press-conference at which they criticized the fact that CJSC ArmenTel, subsidiary of OJSC Vimpelcom used the brand "Beeline" at the territory

ArmInfo. Frequency usage charge must be reduced and the procedure of frequency provision must be facilitated as well, Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF) Director Bagrat Yengibaryan told ArmInfo. He said 'one window' approach is necessary to all the procedures for getting

ArmInfo. The first positive reaction after the historical football match between Armenia and Turkey is regarding possible participation of Armenia in the 'Nabucco' gas pipeline project, Turkish Star newspaper said.It also said the USA and Europe have suggested Armenia to

ArmInfo. Taxation of philanthropy partly impedes computerization of schools, Director of the "Enterprises Incubator Foundation" Bagrat Yengibaryan told ArmInfo commenting on the issue of taxation of non-repayable transfer of computers. 'According to the current legislation of Armenia, philanthropy, strange to

ArmInfo. Yesterday, NKR deputy Foreign Minister Eduard Atanesyan received a delegation of representatives of the intellectuals from the USA and Great Britain headed by vice speaker of the British Parliament Baroness Cox. The delegation arrived in Stepanakert for participation in

ArmInfo. Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan visiting New-York to participate in the 63rd session of UN General Assembly made a keynote speech at Council of Foreign Relations, APA reports quoting Dogan news agency. Babacan touched upon relations with Azerbaijan, Armenia

ArmInfo. Today, the maximum buying rates at commercial banks of Yerevan were 304 drams for 1 dollar, 446 drams for 1 EUR and 12 drams for 1 Russian ruble. The minimum selling rates stood at 305 drams for 1 dollar,

ArmInfo. A documentary entitled "Eternal Flight: Hrant Dink" was shown in Buenos Aires on September 20, the press-service of the Armenian foreign ministry told ArmInfo.Ambassador Vladimir Karmirshalyan, Argentine film critic Jacques Poghosian and historian, Dr. Romaro A. Garero made speeches.

ArmInfo. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has left for New-York to take part in the 63-rd session of UN General Assembly.As press-service of the Armenian president reported, in New-York Serzh Sargsyan will meet UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and officials of

Mauritania's junta, widely condemned since coming to power in a coup last month, could gain Western support by pledging to fight "terrorism" after a grisly attack blamed on an Al-Qaeda-linked group, analysts say. Eleven Mauritanian soldiers and one civilian who