YEREVAN, March 7. /Mediamax/. NKR government passed at March 6 session the program of energy development of the country for 2001-2010, the correspondent of Mediamax reported from Stepanakert.

YEREVAN, March 7. /Mediamax/. 216 families of repatriates left for the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh (NKR) for permanent residence in the period from January 2000 to March 2001.

YEREVAN, March 7. /Mediamax/. According to the data of the State statistics committee of the Russian Federation, the growth of industrial production in Armenia made 6.4 per cent in 2000.

YEREVAN, March 7. /Mediamax/. The National Assembly of Armenia ratified today the Memorandum of mutual understanding between the Armenian Government and the Lincy Foundation, signed 20 November 2000.

YEREVAN, March 7. /Mediamax/. "The U.S. Congress has allocated 90 million dollars for the realization of bilateral inter-governmental and humanitarian programs in Armenia in 2001", head of the Armenian-American intergovernmental group William Taylor said.

YEREVAN, March 7. /Mediamax/. "Dashnaktsutyun" Bureau representative, deputy of the Armenian parliament Armen Rustamian said in the exclusive interview to Mediamax that one should never exclude the possibility of the resumption of hostilities in the Karabakh conflict zone.

YEREVAN, March 7. /Mediamax/. The governmental commission of Nagorno Karabakh Republic on problems of mines has worked out a complex program for NKR territory demining.

YEREVAN, March 7. /Mediamax/. Georgian, Armenian and Azeri delegations will sign an agreement of cooperation in information sphere this May in Tbilisi, Georgian "Prime-News" agency reported quoting the Foreign Ministry of Georgia.