Chairman of Central Bank of Armenia to participate in European Banking CongressNovember 17, 2011 - 18:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On November 17-20, Chairman of Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) Arthur Javadyan will participate in 21st Frankfurt European Banking Congress. Discussion on changing economic power, changing currency and changing financial markets is on Congress agenda, the CBA press service reports. President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, President of Bundesbank (German Federal Bank) Jens Weidmann are due to make reports at the Congress with Representatives of IMF, EBRD, international banking corporations, research centers and institutes to participate in it. 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 | Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. Armenia PM meets Iran’s Supreme Leader in Tehran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei |