24.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. On August 24 the Central Bank of Armenia has fixed the following rates of foreign currency regarding dram: USD - 541.90 drams, DEM - 248.59 drams, EUR - 486.19 dram, GBP - 801.52 drams.

24.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Malik Saidullayev, the head of the Chechnian State Council who declared on August 23 that the explosion in the pedestrian subway on Pushkin square in Moscow, the victims of which became 12 people, is the result of a "strife" inside an "Armenian" criminal group, continues to stand on his version.

24.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The official visit of Armenian President Robert Kocharian to Moscow will take place on September 25-27, informed to MEDIAMAX a source in the president's staff.