Exhibit to highlight Armenia’s banking system achievementsNovember 28, 2013 - 14:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Empire business development center and Empire international expo center plan to hold the Banks, Credits and Investments exhibit in Yerevan December 17-18. The event will highlight the best achievements of Armenia’s banking system, the role of banks and other financial and credit organizations in the development of businesses, promotion of SMEs and creation of jobs. Banks, credit organizations, insurance companies, assessment and expert agencies, investment companies and funds, auditing, accounting firms, international donor organizations are invited to participate. A catalogue featuring official information on the expo participants will also be released, the Central Banks of Armenia press service reported. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |