ARKA News Agency
Dec 28 2004
30 Armenian businessmen receive honorary certificates for sponsorship
of first international film festival `Gold Apricot’
RA Ambassador to Iran released from his position
Armenian Prime Minister expresses condolences to his colleagues in
countries of South-Eastern Asia hit by tsunamis
Head of Armenian Government invites sitting of Armenian National
Water Council
ARKA Armenian News Agency awarded certificate for full coverage of
economic develpoment of the country
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30 ARMENIAN BUSINESSMEN RECEIVE HONORARY CERTIFICATES FOR SPONSORSHIP
OF FIRST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL `GOLD APRICOT’
YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. 30 Armenian businessmen received
honorary certificates for sponsorship of first international film
festival `Gold Apricot’. According to Honorary Chairman of the
Festival, RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian, first film festival
was successful enough and created backgrounds for conduction of
similar festivals in the future. He said that Armenian businessmen
provided about $100 thousand for conduction of festival. `Without
their participation the festival would not take place’, he stressed.
He also expressed hope that `Yerevan will be placed on a map of
international festivals’.
UMEA Chairman Arsen Kazarian in his turn expressed satisfaction with
the fact that `businessmen related with understanding to culture
initiative and realized that when business gives hand to culture the
success is guaranteed’. At this he said that in few years demand to
the quality of culture will grow along with the growth of capital of
businessmen.
According to RA Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs Hovik Oveyan,
film festival promises to become annual.
On June 30 – July 4 international film festival `Gold Apricot’ took
place in Yerevan. 55 films from 16 countries were demonstrated in the
frames of the festival. L.D. –0–
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RA AMBASSADOR TO IRAN RELEASED FROM HIS POSITION
YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. RA Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary to Iran Gegham Garibdjanian released from taken
position in accordance to President’s decision, RA President’s press
office told ARKA. L.D. –0–
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ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO HIS COLLEAGUES IN
COUNTRIES OF SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA HIT BY TSUNAMIS
YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. Today, the Prime Minister of Armenia,
Andranik Margaryan expressed condolences to his colleagues in the
countries of South-Eastern Asia hit by tsunamis. According to the
Public Relations and Press Department of RA Government, telegrams of
condolences were sent to Prime Ministers of Sri-Lanka, Malaysia,
Thailand, Bangladesh and India. Margaryan asked to give his
condolences to the families and relatives of the dead. L.V.-0–
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HEAD OF ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT INVITES SITTING OF ARMENIAN NATIONAL
WATER COUNCIL
YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. Armenian PM Andranik Margarian invited
a sitting of the Armenian National Water Council. As Armenian
Government Public and Press Relations Department told ARKA, Armenian
Ecology Minister Vardan Ayvazyan mentioned during the sitting that
the main grounds for forming of legislation basis in water sector was
the Armenian Water Code which was passed in 2002, after which 45
standard-legal acts have been adopted for the sector. He particularly
stressed the importance of adoption of the governmental decree on
setting up procedure for estimation of economic activity on water
resources that defines the sum of losses incurred by the country
water sector. Minister also mentioned that a number of project
`Strategy of payments for use of water resources’, draft law on `Main
provisions of the water policy of Armenia were developed with support
of the USAID. He added that the financial support of the USAID is
also expected for implementation of works targeted at the development
of the national water policy of the Republic.
In his turn Chairman of the Water Committee at the Armenian
Government Andranik Andreasyan added that in 2002-2004 the Committee
presented 34 draft governmental decrees, 2 draft laws and 2 draft
decrees of the Armenian PM. He said that in 2005-2006 the State Water
Committee is intended one governmental decree and draft law on
potable water. He also mentioned that the process of transferring of
irrigation systems and properties to the non-refundable use of
Association of Water Users was completed this year and the body is
going to launch establishing of Union of Water Users which also would
receive irrigation systems and property. T.M. -0–
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ARKA ARMENIAN NEWS AGENCY AWARDED CERTIFICATE FOR FULL COVERAGE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY
YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. The Armenian Development Agency and the
Secretariat of the RA Entrepreneurship Assistance Council awarded
ARKA Armenian News Agency a certificate for full coverage of economic
development of the country. `We express our deep gratitude for the
full coverage of the economic development of the country, as well as
for providing qualitative information to the community of Armenia and
foreign countries ‘, says the certificate.
ARKA News Agency specializes in financial, economic and political
information. It has been functioning since May 1, 1996. The
professional credo of the agency is authentic, reliable and on-line
information. According to the results of 2000, ARKA Agency was
recognized by the Central Bank of Armenia the best economic agency of
Armenia. In 2002 and 2003, Business Initiative Directions recognized
ARKA worth the prize of International Star Award for Quality in Gold
category. L.V. -0–