ARKA News Agency
Oct 15 2004

Presentation of road map “How to register in Armenia” held today in
Yerevan

Armenian President congratulates captain of sailing yacht “Cilicia:
with completing of first part of traveling

Conference and Public Organizations 2004 opened in Yerevan

Construction works worth $7 mln are conducted in Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic

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PRESENTATION OF ROAD MAP “HOW TO REGISTER IN ARMENIA” HELD TODAY IN
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, October 15. /ARKA/. Presentation of businessman’s road map
“How to register in Armenia” was held today in Yerevan. As Head of
Micro Enterprise Development Initiative – MEDI Chrysanthos Miliaras
said that the map is an important mechanism for development of
entrepreneurship. He mentioned that the map illustrates information
around the steps that are necessary for registration of one’s
business in Armenia, starting from receiving of credit in bank and
completing with the issues related with customs. “We do hope that
this edition will allow the Armenian businessmen to save their time
and money considerably on registration of their business in the
country”, Miliaras said. He noted that the edition will be spread
among the beginning Armenian entrepreneurs, particularly related to
development of small and medium sized entrepreneurship. “We are
implanting with MEDI various programs with for support of
entrepreneurship to development of small and medium business in rural
regions of Armenian regions”, he said.
Businessman road map “How to register your business in Armenia” was
published by initiative of MEDIA with financial support of USAID.
T.M. -0–

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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES CAPTAIN OF SAILING YACHT “CILICIA:
WITH COMPLETING OF FIRST PART OF TRAVELING

YEREVAN, October 15. /ARKA/. Armenian President Robert Kocharian
directed a congratulating message to captain of sailing boat Cilicia
Karen Balayan on occasion of the completion of its first part of the
traveling. As Armenian President Press Service told ARKA, Kocharian’s
message mentions that Armenia strictly follows the sailing of the
vessel that is a copy of the sailing vessel of the 13th c. of
historic Cilicia. “Today is a joyful day, as after 800 years Cilicia
passed 7 seas with proud carrying the Armenian
flag finally reaching the planned shore – Venice port and casting
anchor near St. Lazarus Island”, the presidential message says. T.M.
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CONFERENCE AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS 2004 OPENED IN YEREVAN

YEREVAN, October 15. /ARKA/. Conference and exhibition of Public
Organizations 2004 opened in Yerevan. As Speaker of Armenian
Parliament Arthur Baghdasaryan told, it could be said with confidence
that public organization are well-established institutions in country
and the best evidence of this is the held conferences and the
exhibition. “If we wish to have a country with rich experience of
democracy and strong traditions of rule of law, we must develop
public structures and public organizations.”, Baghdasaryan stressed,
adding that the role of public organizations cannot be overestimated
in strengthening of democracy and value related to rule of law in the
country. Speaker also mentioned that today we have quite efficient
interaction between the Armenian Parliament and public organizations,
reminding that the Speaker has a number of councils attached that are
in these structures and public organizations that have active
participation.
Three-day conference and exhibition “Public Organizations 2004” was
organized by Academy of Education and Democracy (AED), Organization
of World Learning and NGO Center of Armenian Assembly of America. The
event is participated by 280 public organizations representing
various spheres of activity. T.M. -0–

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CONSTRUCTION WORKS WORTH $7 MLN ARE CONDUCTED IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH
REPUBLIC

STEPANAKERT, October 15. /ARKA/. As of today, construction works
worth $7 mln are conducted in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). Due to
it, about 1000 local specialists have jobs, as Naira Melkumyan, the
Executive Director of Hayastan All-Armenian Foundation’s Executive
Director stated in Stepanakert. According to her, schools will be
built in NKR due to the funding from the foundation. At present, a
medical complex corresponding to European standards is built in
Stepanakert, and soon another project on the improvement of water
supply system will be implemented in the city.
Melkumyan also stated that an annual TV-marathon organized by the
Foundation will start on November 21 in Los Angeles. She expressed
her hope that the sum of money collected will increase year by year,
thus allowing to complete the construction of the North-South highway
within 2-3 years. A.H. -0–

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