  New chairman of Union of Banks of Armenia electedNovember 6, 2009 - 18:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ararat Ghukasyan was elected a new chairman of the Union of Banks of Armenia (UBA), who served as executive director of "Converse Bank", press service of UBA reports. Ararat Ghukasyan was unanimously elected a chairman of the Union of Banks on November 4. He will replace Emile Soghomonyan, chairman of the board of Prometheus Bank, who headed UBA since August 2007.  Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
