CBA issues 2 gold and 4 silver commemorative coins to honor prominent ArmeniansJune 17, 2010 - 15:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) issued Raffi-175 gold commemorative coin dedicated to the birth anniversary of the Armenian writer and publicist, as well as Vahan Terian-125 gold commemorative coin dated to the birth anniversary of the Armenian poet. The nominal value of coins totals AMD 10000, the CBA press service reported. Besides, the Central Bank issued silver commemorative coins: Leo-150 - dedicated to the birth anniversary of the Armenian historian, publicist and writer (with nominal value of AMD 1000); Vardgez Sureniants-150 – dedicated to the birth anniversary of the Armenian painter (with nominal value of AMD 100); Leonid Yengibarov-75 – dedicated to the birth anniversary of the Armenian circus artist, clown and mime; Movses Khorenatsi-1600 – dedicated to the birth anniversary of the prominent medieval historian, the author of the History of Armenia. 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 | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |