NASDAQ OMX Armenia announces students’ essay contestOctober 27, 2010 - 19:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - NASDAQ OMX Armenia announced Let's Develop Armenian Capital Market students’ essay contest. The press service of the stock exchange reported that all the final year students of economic, law and other related faculties of all higher educational institutions, having Armenian state accreditation, are invited to participate in the Contest by answering one of the following questions in their essays: which are main obstacles of Armenian capital market developments and how to overcome them; what should market participants do in order to develop Armenian capital market; what policy should regulatorsconduct in order to develop Armenian capital market; how public interest in Armenian capital market can be raised, which new instruments can be introduced in Armenian capital market? Call for papers starts from November 1, 2010 and will last until December 30, 2010. Contest prizes include a financial reward,certificate from NASDAQ OMX Armenia, as well as an invitation to Best Member Award ceremony, where authors of the best essays will have a chance to meet in person and establish relations with Armenian capital market participants. 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 | Armenia considers Cyprus as one of its main partners in EU - envoy Armenia considers Cyprus one of its main partners in the European Union, Ambassador Tigran Mkrtchyan has said. Armenian, Albanian Foreign Ministers discuss ties, regional issues Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania Igli Hasani. POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia confirms will attend NATO summit in Washington Armenia has confirmed its participation in the NATO summit in Washington, a spokesperson has confirmed. |