ARKA News Agency
April 12 2005
Regular conference of Council of Europe member-states’ Justice
Ministers to be held in autumn 2005 in Yerevan
New telephone codes to be put into operation on May 1, 2005
Photo exhibition entitled `Cultural Genocide’ opens today in Yerevan
CTS-2005 tourist exhibition to be held in Yerevan April 28-30
Photo exhibition `People Who Won the War’ dedicated to 60th
anniversary of Victory, opens today in Yerevan
7th annual meeting of the Board of BSTDB Governors to be held in
Yerevan on June 5-6
46.3% of Armenia citizens view NKR as independent state
Most Armenia citizens consider Russia’s role important in Karabakh
settlement
Central Bank of Armenia: 8-% economic growth in Armenia likely in
2005
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REGULAR CONFERENCE OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE MEMBER-STATES’ JUSTICE
MINISTERS TO BE HELD IN AUTUMN 2005 IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, April 12. /ARKA/. Regular conference of CE member-states’
Justice Ministers will be held in autumn 2005 in Yerevan, as the RA
Ministry of Justice told ARKA News Agency, the corresponding decision
was made at the meeting of CE Justice Ministers in Helsinki.
Note, RA Justice Minister David Harutunyan also participated in
Helsinki meeting of April 7-8 as Vice-Chairman of the conference.
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NEW TELEPHONE CODES TO BE PUT INTO OPERATION ON MAY 1, 2005
YEREVAN, April 13. /ARKA/. New telephone codes are to be put into
operation on May 1, 2005, as AtmenTel telecommunication company told
ARKA. In particular, Yerevan’s international code will be 10 instead
of 1 formerly. It means 0+374+10+ the number of customer should be
dialed to make phone call to Yerevan. 0+374+91 number is set for
mobile communication. Mobile communication code of the K-Telecom, the
second operator, will be 0+374+93 (or 94).
Phone codes of Gyumri and Vanadzor, the other largest cities of
Armenia, will be 0+312 instead of 0+41 in Gyumri and 0+322 instead of
former 0+51 in Vanadzor.
Besides, 2 is added to the present codes of Armenian regions of
Kortayk, Armavir, Ararat, Aragatsotn, Shirak, Gegharkunik,
Vayots-Dzor, Tavush, Sunik and Spitak, Alaverdi, Tashir and
Stepanavan cities (0+2+ present code). In Lori region, 51 is replaced
with 322.
4 is added to Nagorno-Karabakh current codes (0+4+current codes of
the cities). Nagorno-Karabakh codes of mobile communication will be
changed as well – 097 instead of 07 in case of a call from Armenia
and 0374+97+ the number of customer in case of offshore calls.
As a result, to call a customer in Yerevan from the republic’s
regions, Karabakh and by ArmenTel and K-Telecom mobile networks, one
should dial 0+10+ a customer’s number. For entering calls, 0+a region
code+ the number of a customer should be dialed. For ArmenTel mobile
communication from Yerevan, regions and Nagorno Karabakh 0+91+the
number should be dialed and to contact with a K-Telecom customer 0+93
(or34) + a number should be dialed. Along with that, six-figure
dialing numbers in ArmenTel mobile communication from mobile phone to
mobile phone stops functioning. M.V. -0–
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PHOTO EXHIBITION ENTITLED `CULTURAL GENOCIDE’ OPENS TODAY IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, April 12. /ARKA/. Photo exhibition entitled `Cultural
Genocide’ dedicated to 90th anniversary of Armenian Genocide opened
today in Yerevan. As Vahe Sargsyan, the head of the Students Council
of Yerevan State University Faculty of History, it is vital to
preserve the cultural heritage of various peoples given the active
communication and dialogue of different cultures and civilizations.
`For this purpose, measures should be undertaken on international
level to prevent the barbarity and encroachments like the cultural
genocide carried out by the Ottoman Turkey in Western Armenia’, he
noted. The exhibition which presents about 36 pairs of photos in old
and new variants will last 2 days.
The organizers of the exhibition are `Nicol Aghbalyan’ Students Union
of Armenian Revolutionary Federation `Dashnaktsutyun’ and the
Students Council of Yerevan State University Faculty of History. L.V.
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CTS-2005 TOURIST EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN APRIL 28-30
YEREVAN, April 12. /ARKA/. The 5th international tourist exhibition
CTS-2005 is to be held in Yerevan on April 28-30, Yeghishe Tanashyan,
Director of the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) told ARKA.
According to him, both local and foreign firms are to take part in
the exhibition. Among them are the First Insurance Company,
Association of Tourist Operators of Armenia, `Belavia’ air carrier,
Czech Airlines, and five hotels. Tanashyan said that workshops will
also be held to discuss the role of international and regional
tourist cooperation and ongoing processes.
The CTS-2005 exhibition has been organized by the ASTA and the RA
ministry of Trade and Economic Development, with the sponsorship of
the Yerevan Brandy Company, `Congress’ and `Golden Tulip Yerevan’
hotels, Czech Airlines, and the Visa Concord company, which is
General Agent of Czech Airlines in Armenia. The information support
is being provided by the `TourInfo’ magazine, Spyur information
service, Ardzagank radio and the National Tourist Development Agency.
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PHOTO EXHIBITION `PEOPLE WHO WON THE WAR’ DEDICATED TO 60TH
ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY, OPENS TODAY IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, April 12. /ARKA/. Photo exhibition `People, Who Won the War’
opened today in Yerevan dedicated to 60th anniversary of Victory in
Great patriotic War. As Marine Kalacheva, Attache on Cultural Issues
of RF Embassy in Armenia stated at the opening ceremony of the
exhibition, the exhibited documentary photos fully convey the
atmosphere of the military years. `These pictures provided by the RIA
Novosti, give us the opportunity to perceive the horrors and deep
tragedy of this war ‘, she noted.
According to Armen Darbinyan, the rector of Russian-Armenian
(Slavonic) University, this victory is the result of feats of not the
commanders or marshals, not the coalitional government, but the feats
of the people.
The exposition which includes 30 pictures will last for 8 days, from
April 12 to 20. The exhibition was organized by RF Embassy in Armenia
and Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University.
RIA Novosti has presented more than 150 unique black-and-white
photographs of 1941-1945 from the archives of Sovinformbureau, the
assignee of which is RIA Novosti. The first show of the mobile photo
exhibition took place in September 2004 in the headquarters of Polish
Printing Agency in Warsaw. L.V.–0–
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7TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF BSTDB GOVERNORS TO BE HELD IN
YEREVAN ON JUNE 5-6
YEREVAN, April 12. /ARKA/. 7th annual meeting of the Board of
Governors of Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) and Black
Sea Business day will be held in Yerevan on June 5-6, 2005. As the RA
Ministry of Finance and Economy told ARKA News Agency, members of
BSTDB Board of directors and Board of Governors will take part in the
meeting. Top officials from other countries of the Black Sea region,
international financial institutions (EU, EBRD, IMF, WB,
International Financial Corporation), private investors and business
leaders active in the region will be invited to Black Sea Business
Day.
The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) is an international
financial institution established by Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and
Ukraine. With an authorized capital of SDR 1 billion (approx. 1,4
billion US dollars), the Bank supports economic development and
regional cooperation by providing trade and project financing,
guarantees, and equity for development projects supporting both
public and private enterprises in its member countries. L.V. – 0–
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46.3% OF ARMENIA CITIZENS VIEW NKR AS INDEPENDENT STATE
YEREVAN, April 12. /ARKA/. 46.3% of Armenian citizens view
Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent and sovereign state, Research
Coordinator Stepan Safaryan stated tt a seminar organized by the
Armenian Center of Strategic and National Research. Presenting the
results of an interview `Artsakh Problem: ten-year-long unfinished
story’, which was conducted by the Center and involved 1,900 Armenian
citizens and 60 experts, he reported that 30% of the experts and 38%
of the respondents believe that Nagorno Karabakh will eventually
become part of Armenia.Safaryan pointed out that 2.6% of the
respondents and 3.4% of the experts do not rule out the possibility
of Nagorno Karabakh’s remaining part of of Azerbaijan as an autonomy,
and 6.7% of the experts and 0.7% of the respondents consider possible
the formation of a common state between Azerbaijan and Nagorno
Karabakh.
According to Safaryan, 73.3% of the experts and 50% of the
respondents consider possible concessions to Azerbaijan at the
expense of the Nagorno-Karabakh security zone (Lachin, Kelbajar,
Aghdam, Fizuli, Zangelan, Kubatly, Jebrail). 66.7% of the experts and
50.4% of the respondents consider concessions possible in exchange
for Nagorno Karabakh’s independence or for its joining Armenia.P.T.
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MOST ARMENIA CITIZENS CONSIDER RUSSIA’S ROLE IMPORTANT IN KARABAKH
SETTLEMENT
YEREVAN, April 12. /ARKA/. Most Armenian citizens consider Russia’s
role most important in the Nagorno-`Karabakh settlement, Research
Coordinator Stepan Safaryan, Armenian Center of Strategic and
National Research (ACSNR), stated at a seminar organized by the
Center. He said that an interview `Artsakh problem: ten-year-long
story, which was conducted by the Center and involved 1,900 Armenian
citizens, showed that 60% of the respondents and 73.3% of the experts
consider Russia’s role in the Karabakh settlement process a key one.
According to 60% of citizens and 60.2% of the experts the USA plays
the second important role in this process. On 1.7% of the experts and
7.1% of the respondents consider France as a key country in the
settlement process. 19.1% of the experts and 13.4% of the respondents
pointed out the EU’s important role. Also, 38.4% of the experts and
18.8% of the respondents assigned an important role to the OSCE. P.T.
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CENTRAL BANK OF ARMENIA: 8-% ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ARMENIA LIKELY IN
2005
YEREVAN, April 12. /ARKA/. The Central Bank of Armenia expects 8-%
economic growth in Armenia in 2005, was said at the Bank’s Board
regular quarter meeting with the republic’s commercial banks, as the
CBA Press Service reports.
In this year Jan-Feb the economic growth made 7% comparing to the
same period of last year while planned growth for the first quarter
was 7,3%. The growth was mostly ensured by industry sector (excluding
diamond processing) and construction that grew by 9,3% and 22,2%. The
growth in agriculture sector was due to season factors. This sector’s
growth pace is expected to speed up considerably in 2 and 3 quarter.
The bankers gathered at the meeting pointed out significant increase
in commodity turnover volumes for the first two months of 2005
comparing to the previous year. In particular, the export (without
taking into account precious metals and jewelry) rose by 36% while
the import by 26%. As a result, trade balance deficit deepened by 21%
with its weight share in GDP reduced four points to 34%.
According to the CBA press release, it was said at the meeting that
significant deflection was visible in tax-budget sector at the first
quarter of 2005. The expenditures program is underfulfiled by AMD
15bn, despite the fact that the program of taxes was overfulfilled by
AMD 5bn. Comparing to the same period of previous year, expenses rose
by 10,6% and taxes by 19,3%. M.V. -0 –