ARKA News Agency
Sept 17 2004

The Head of RA parliament receives newly appointed Ambassador of
Germany to Armenia

Chairman of Eurocommission Romano Prodi to visit Armenia on Sep 18-19

CBA Council left unchanged the rate on repo-agreements – 4% annual

MEDI program announces competition for the creation of the website of
MEDI

Spyur Armenian Information Service and ARKA News Agency implement
joint project

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THE HEAD OF RA PARLIAMENT RECEIVES NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF
GERMANY TO ARMENIA

YEREVAN, September 17. /ARKA/. The Head of RA Parliament Arthur
Baghdasarian received newly appointed Ambassador of Germany to
Armenia Haike Renata Paisch, RA NA told ARKA. The Speaker expressed
hope that during the activity of new Ambassador Armenian-German
interstate links will continue developing. He paid attention to
German assistance to Armenia in trade-economic and science-cultural
sphere.
The Ambassador in her turn noted that her country pays attention to
the region and its integration in Europe. She expressed readiness to
assist to all processes and future development of Armenian-German
relations. L.D. –0–

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CHAIRMAN OF EUROCOMMISSION ROMANO PRODI TO VISIT ARMENIA ON SEP 18-19

YEREVAN, September 17. /ARKA/. Chairman of Eurocommission Romano
Prodi will visit Armenia on Sep 18-19, RA MFA told ARKA. During the
official visit Prodi will meet with RA President Robert Kocharian, RA
NA Speaker Arthur Baghdasarian, RA Prime Minister Andranik Margarian
and RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian. Prodi will also visit
Armenian Genocide Memorial, Armenian Center Mkhitarian and regional
European Academy. L.D. –0–

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CBA COUNCIL LEFT UNCHANGED THE RATE ON REPO-AGREEMENTS – 4% ANNUAL

YEREVAN, September 17. /ARKA/. The CBA Council decided to leave
unchanged the rate on repo-agreements – at 4% annual at today’s
session. According to the Press Service Department of CBA, the rates
on secure credits and attracted deposits also remained unchanged –
16% and 1% annual accordingly. L.V.–0–

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MEDI PROGRAM ANNOUNCES COMPETITION FOR THE CREATION OF THE WEBSITE OF
MEDI

YEREVAN, September 17. /ARKA/. Micro Enterprises Development
Initiative (MEDI) program adjunct to the USAID announces competition
for the creation of the website of MEDI. According to the advertise
published in the press, local companies, which can develop website of
MEDI, may participate in the competition. The deadline for submitting
applications for the participation in it is September 30, 2004. A.H.
-0–

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SPYUR ARMENIAN INFORMATION SERVICE AND ARKA NEWS AGENCY IMPLEMENT
JOINT PROJECT

YEREVAN, September 17. /ARKA/. Spyur Armenian Information Service and
ARKA News Agency implemented a joint project. As Ashot Grigoryan,
Director of Spyur said, along with analytic review of economic
situation in Armenia prepared jointly with the Armenian Development
Agency and National Statistical Service, for the first time the most
important economic events in Armenia provided by ARKA have been
included in the English version of the directory. In Grigoryan’s
words, the decision to include the news-reel in the directory can be
explained by the circumstance that all official economic reviews are
actually already one year old and do not contain info on today’s
economic trends. “The information provided by ARKA as a brief
news-reel of the current year allows filling up the gap formed in the
economic review”, Grigoryan said. He mentioned that the given
cooperation was on the initial stage and the works for its further
enhancements were being made. “The initiative is aimed at placing of
maximally useful news on minimal space, thus encouraging searching of
the required information”, he said. He also reported that the
Armenian version of the reference is in preparation stage and a
decision was taken to include ARKA’s news-reel in the directory.
In his turn Konstantin Petrosiv, Director of ARKA News Agency stated
that this is the first attempt to combine commercial and business
information in a single directory. “I think that inclusion of ARKA’s
news-reel in Spyur’s directory will enable the potential clients as
being acquainted with information on enterprises and organization of
Armenia as well as the most important developments in economic and
financial sectors.
Spyur Information Service was established in 1992. It collects,
processes and spreads information on enterprises and organizations in
Armenia. The company provides information thru free of charge phone
service, regularly issued business directory and yellow pages
references, Internet databases, e-versions and “Armenia” chapter in
intl information systems. Spyur’s business information directory
covers more than 1600 Armenian companies.
ARKA Information Agency operates since May 1, 1996. It specializes in
financial, economic and political information. Various organizations,
including state and private structures, banks, intl financial
organizations, consulting companies, embassies, mass media regularly
receive and use Agency’s information
ARKA News Agency was recognized by the Central Banks of the Republic
of Armenia the best agency providing economic information. In 2002
and 2003 BID intl organization awarded ARKA International Star Award
for Quality in Gold category. T.M. -0–

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