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publié le jeudi 28 janvier 2010

ARMENIAN PREMIER OPENS INTERNET-DIARY
/JAN 18/ArmInfo/
Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sarkisyan has opened an Internet-diary http://tigransargsyan.livejournal.com/360.html.

THE FRENCH CLASSES FOR THE ARMENIAN OFFICIALS STARTED
/JAN 18/Aysor/
Today launched the program of teaching French to those who are involved in the RA governmental system, mentioned the RA MFA press and information department.

ARMENIA 38TH IN 2010 INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM
/JAN 21/news.am/
The U.S. Heritage Foundation, in cooperation with The Wall Street Journal, has released the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom.
The authors estimate the economic freedom in 179 countries. Such indices as business freedom, trade, fiscal and monetary policy, investment freedom, labor market and corruption are taken into account.
The countries are raked as "repressed" (less than 50 points), "mostly unfree" (50-60), "moderately free" (60-70), "mostly free" (70-80), and "free" (more than 80 points).
Armenia ranks 38th (69.2), Azerbaijan 96th (58.8), Russia 143rd (50.3), Georgia 26th (70.4), and Turkey 27th (63.8).
Hong Kong (89.7), Singapore (86.1), Australia (82.6) and New Zealand (82.1) top the rankings.

ARMENIAN WOMEN PROVED TO BE GREAT MANAGEMENT LEADERS
/JAN 21/ArmInfo/
VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of "Mobile TeleSystems" OJSC, announces that the members of the Association of Young Women of Armenia non-governmental organization and those who took courses in leadership with the help of the organization had an opportunity to get acquainted to the experience of Armenia’s leading mobile operator.
The Association of Young Women of Armenia pays particular importance to giving women opportunities to express in their private lives, and equally in their social activities, and also the opportunities to develop skills in management - to be more self-confident and be able to take down-to-earth steps. This attitude is one of the major factors underlying the cooperation between the organization and VivaCell-MTS.
Appreciation, encouragement, and opportunities for development, as well as exclusion of any kind of discrimination - is another core value on which this model is relies upon.
Obviously, the efforts made by the employees should be appreciated regardless of their age or gender.

`Creation and management of a Brand’ special classes in Yerevan
/JAN 23/Aysor, Armenia/ Today in Yerevan was organized the special class called `Creation and management of a Brand’ which was aimed at developing the abilities of the companies in the mentioned sphere.. 34 representatives of 24 companies partake in those classes,

CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERGROUND CAR PARK IN LIBERTY SQUARE TO FINISH IN MAY
/JAN 25/NOYAN TAPAN/
It is designed for 500 cars and costs 4 billion 150 million drams.
Construction work started in the 4th quarter of 2008. “We also plan to build several other car parks in Yerevan," the mayor said.

FINANCIAL OMBUDSMAN OFFICE SOLVES 70% OF CLAIMS EXAMINED OVER PAST YEAR IN FAVOR OF CLIENTS
/JAN 25/NOYAN TAPAN/
The RA Financial Ombudsman Office solved 70% of claims accepted for examination over the past year in favor of clients who received over 23 million drams (about .5 thousand USD) as compensation for reconciliation, RA Financial Ombudsperson Piruz Sargsyan announced at the Janaury 25 event dedicated to the first anniversary of the Financial Ombudsman Office’s foundation.
In her words, in 2009 the Financial Ombudsman Office received 378 complaints against financial organizations, as well as numerous complaints not related to financial organizations.
Speaking about work to be done in 2010, P. Sargsyan pointed out a forum to be held jointly with CBA on April 5-7, to which Financial Ombudsmen of the UK, France, and the Netherlands, and representatives of financial supervision bodies of CIS countries will be invited.
She said that the active campaign to cover the activities of their office will continue - with the participation of residents of Armenian regions.

WASTE DISPOSAL IN YEREVAN UNDERGOES HUGE CHANGE
/JAN 29/Tert.am/
In order to resolve the issue of garbage removal in the republic, the Armenian government has decided to announce an international competition among private companies.

MOSCOW TO GRANT ABKHAZIA $330 MLN OVER 3 YEARS
/JAN 30/AZG DAILY/
Russia will provide Abkhazia financial assistance worth over 10 billion rubles ($330 million) in the next three years.
This year Abkhazia would receive about 1.9 billion rubles ($62 million). He stressed that Russia sought to boost Abkhazia’s economy not only with financial assistance but also with Russian investment.

4323 PEOPLE GOT RA CITIZENSHIP IN 2009
/JAN 29/News.am/
Under RA President’s decree, 4323 people were granted RA citizenship in 2009.
Otherwise 191.451 passports were handed last year, 178.092 passports were produced by regional services of passport and visa department.

TOURISM IN ARMENIA UP BY 3%
/FEB 1/Tert.am/
According to a statement by the National Statistical Service, 575,281 tourists came to Armenia during the months of January-December 2009, as compared to 558,443 tourists for the same period in 2008. This indicates that the number of tourists to Armenia is up by 3%.
For the same period in 2009, 526,193 individuals left the Republic of Armenia for vacations. As compared to 2008, this number is up by 2.1%.

ARMENIA RECEIVED $51 MILLION IN HUMANITARIAN AID IN 2009
/FEB 1/Tert.am/
In 2009, Armenia has received approximately 8,611 tonnes of goods in humanitarian assistance, with a value of 18 billion 861.2 million AMD or $51 million USD. According to data released by the RA National Statistical Service, 34.7% of the goods received have been in the chemistry and, connected with that, industry sectors ; 17.3% in equipment ; 15.7% in textiles ; and 4.6% in machinery and so on, with the remaining 27.7% going to other products.

BIRTH RATE BOOSTS IN ARMENIA
/FEB 1/Panorama.am/
  The birth rate in ten maternity homes in Yerevan hit 1636 in January, 2010.
  According to the head Mother and Child Healthcare department the rate of birth grew by 3000 in 2009, as compared to 2008.
  18.778 pregnant women were registered for consultations last year, against 16.017 in 2008.
  Birth rate growth was recorded in the republic : 41 454 children were born in 2008, while the index shows decline by 1135 in 2007.
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