Armenian Economy Minister meets young marketing expertsNovember 9, 2012 - 13:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Economy Minister Tigran Davtyan met Friday, Nov 9, with the winners of “Salvador Fest” intellectual festival. The festival aimed to discover creative and gifted young people who will have their contribution to the development of PR and marketing. The event featured presentation of innovative proposals, with the professional jury selecting authors of the ten best works. The winners briefed Minister Davtyan on their ideas related to tourism industry, banking sector and other fields of Armenian economy. One of the students suggested cash exchange and consolidation machine be introduced to Armenia’s banking system. Minister Davtyan, in turn, noted all sectors of Armenian economy as priority, deeming effective management as key to each innovative project. Dwelling on the cash exchange proposal, he noted that a strategy promoting non-cash payments is being implemented in the country. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |