The Information Channel Felist.Com -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear frends! Arminfo news agency inform ANNOUNCEMENT OF MAIN EVENTS FOR 08.02.03 FROM ARMINFO 1. Candidate for presidency, the leader of the party "National consent" Aram Haroutunian met with the electors of Vayots Dzor region. 2. Candidate for presidency, the head of the Center of Strategic Project "Perspective" Aram Karapetian will pay a visit to the regions Syunik and Vayots Dzor. 3. Candidate for presidency, the leader of the People's Party of Armenia Stepan Demirchian will leave for Shirak region. 4. Candidate for presidency, the incumbent President of Armenia Robert Kocharian will continue the pre-election visit to Lori and Tavoush regions. 5. Candidate for presidency, the leader of the party "United Armenians" Rouben Avagian will meet with the electors of Yerevan's community Nor-Nork. 6. The youth organization "Baze" will pay a two-day visit to the town-resort Jermuk in Vayots Dzor, where the members of the aforementioned organization intends to carry out an election campaign in favor of the candidature of the President of Armenia Robert Kocharian. SOCHI PREPARES FOR RESUMPTION OF RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN RAILWAY COMMUNICATION FEBRUARY 7. By the summer, all the railway stations in Sochi will have been ready for the resumption of railway communication between Russia and the Transcaucasian countries of Armenia and Georgia. The "Yerkramas" newspaper reports that the Sochi railroaders started construction and repair work at several railway stations at a time. "Currently electric trains from Sochi run as far as Sukhumi. But we hope that out time-table will soon includes the once popular trains Moscow-Tbilisi and Moscow-Yerevan," Head of the Adler depot Valery Delov said. OSCE MISSION HOLDS PLANNED MONITORING ON CONTACT LINE OF NKR AND AZERBAIJANI ARMED FORCES FEBRUARY 7. On February 7, the OSCE Mission held a planned monitoring on the contact line of the Armed Forces of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and Azerbaijan near the village of Karmravan, Martakert Region, NKR. The press service of the NKR Foreign Office told ARMINFO that on the party of the NKR Defense Army OSCE Personal Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk headed the observation group. The group included field officers of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Acting Head, Yan Repa (Slovakia) and Yevgeni Sharov (Ukraine). The monitoring was held according to the schedule. Any violations of the cease-fire regime were not fixed. During the monitoring the officers of the NKR and Azerbaijan exchanged radio messages. On the NKR party the OSCE Mission was accompanied by the representatives of the NKR foreign and defense ministries. ARMENIA'S AUTHORITIES MAKE EVERY EFFORT NOT FOR ENSURING FAIR ELECTION, BUT ONLY FOR REELECTION OF ROBERT KOCHARIAN FEBRUARY 7. The acting authorities of Armenia make every effort not for ensuring fair and free election, but only for Robert Kocharian's reelection the president of the country. The candidate for presidency, the Head of Strategic Project "Perspective" Aram Karapetian has stated today during the meetings with the electors of the towns Masis and Artashat of the Ararat region of Armenia. According to him, the events of Feb 4 in Artashat, when as a result of the fight, provoked by the authorities, the Head of his pre-election team Hayk Baboukhanian was wounded, once more showed that it is necessary to change the whole system of state administration of the country. He has also stated that he sees the further prosperity of Armenia - in creation of a State committee of national security, which will control over the activities of force structures, consisting only of professionals, as well as in development of industry, construction of gas pipe-lines through Iran and oil-processing plant, as well as entry of Armenian goods the wide Russian market. He has also mentioned that considers necessary to create an independent investigation group for investigation of the case on the terrorist act in Armenian parliament in Oct 1999 and following independent trial over the terrorist and those, who stand behind their back. Their verdict will be one - death penalty, Aram Karapetian thinks. ONE OF PARTICIPANTS OF HOOLIGANISM IN ARTASHAT ARRESTED FEBRUARY 7. One of the participants of hooliganism in Artashat on Feb 4 was arrested. Armenian Public TV informs, the resident of the Ararat region, the driver of the car "Gazel" 43 years old Grigor Ohanian, who had confessed hsi participation in the disorders, was arrested. UNKNOWN PERSONS ATTACKED ON REPRESENTATIONS OF PARTY "ORINATS YERKIR" AND REPUBLICAN PARTY FEBRUARY 7. Unknown persons committed an assault on the representations of the parties Orinats yerkir and the Republican party of Armenia in the town Ararat of Ararat region of Armenia. Armenian Public TV informed, the attack was committed on the office of the aforementioned political parties, who support the incumbent president, after the pre-election Artashat rally of the opposition candidates - leader of the party "Republic" Aram Sargsian and the Head of the Center of strategic project "Perspective" Aram Karapetian. According to the information of the Public TV, the assailants had smashed up the offices of pre-election staff. An analogous attack was registered in the village Ararat of the Ararat region. A criminal case was initiated on this fact, but nobody is detained yet. HEADLINES OF 7 FEBRUARY THIS YEAR KARABAKH'S BUDGET ALLOCATES LESS MONEY TO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM SPEAKER OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT LEFT FOR KISLOVODSK TO MEET WITH HI CAUCASIAN COUNTERPARTS US TO HELP ARMENIA IN CONDUCTING DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS RUSSIAN AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT TO BE LEASED TO ARMENIAN FARMERS CANADIAN MPs TO VISIT ARMENIA IN JULY ARMENIA TO BUY FROM GEORGIA ALMOST 20,000 TONS OF FERTILIZERS RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF RUSSIA AND SOUTH CAUCASUS MAY MEET IN MOSCOW THIS MAY RUSSIAN AND ARMENIAN STATE SPORTS COMMITTEE SIGN PROTOCOL ON SPORTS BASE IN TSAKHKADZOR BLACK SEA TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BANK AND IZMIRLIAN FOUNDATION IMPLEMENT SME DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN ARMENIA ARMENIAN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT TO MEET WITH VOTERS OF LORI AND TAVOUSH REGIONS ON FEB 7-8 ARMENIA RECEIVED $7 MILLION FOR STRUGGLE AGAINST HIV/AIDS ARMENIA'S GROSS INTERNATIONAL RESERVES TOTALED 430MLN. USD IN 2002 CB INTENDS TO INCREASE NUMBER OF MONETARY INSTRUMENTS MOST DYNAMICAL GROWTH OF GDP REGISTERED IN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND TAJIKISTAN IN 2002 FIRST FORUM OF ARMENIA PRESS OF EUROPE WILL BE HELD IN SLOVAKIA IN MARCH AT PRESENT 280 MLN PEOPLE LIVE IN CIS EXPORTS TO CIS MADE UP $136 BLN IN 2002 ARMENTEL INVESTS $30 MILLION FOR MODERNIZATION OF TWO ADDITIONAL TELEPHONE EXCHANGES IN YEREVAN OVER 9.845BLN. AMD RETURNED TO CREDITORS IN 2002 CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS PRESENTED HIS CONDOLENCES TO RELATIVES TO ACADEMICIAN LEVON HAKHVERDYAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY VAZGEN MANUKIAN MEETS WITH ELECTORS OF ARAGATSOTN REGION NKR PRESIDENT RATIFIES A NUMBER OF LAWS ARMENIAN CB POSTPONES DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN TENDER FOR SALE OF ARDSHINBANK'S ASSETS AND LIABILITIES TILL 1 MARCH, 2003 MAJOR FINANCIAL INDICATORS OF 20 COMMERCIAL BANKS OPERATING IN A SINGLE NORMATIVE FIELD SHOWED STABLE GROWTH TENDENCY ARMENIAN FINANCE AND ECONOMY MINISTER VARDAN KHACHATRYAN RECEIVES INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY ROUBEN AVAGIAN VISITS KOTAYK REGION TRANSACTIONS WITH SHARES OF ADB INTENSIFIED AT ASE CPA LEADER INTENDS TO WITHDRAW HIS CANDIDATURE ARMENIAN CB MORE INTERESTED IN INVESTMENTS OF FOREIGN INVESTORS TO CAPITALS TO ACTING BANKS THAN IN OPENING NEW ONES ARMENIAN OFFICE OF EUROPEAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OPENED IN YEREVAN INFLATION IN ARMENIA WILL NOT EXCEED 3% BY END OF 2003 12.7% INCREASE IN MONEY SUPPLY EXPECTED IN 2003 ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT PROMISES TO LAUNCH VANADZOR CHEMICAL COMPLEX IF HE IS RE-ELECTED 13% ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ARMENIA SECURED DUE TO INDUSTRY AND CONSTRUCTION STEPAN DEMIRCHIAN: I AM NOT A SAVIOR GROUP OF CIS OBSERVERS VISITS ARARAT REGION No information from Site can be used without prior permission of ARMINFO http://www.arminfo.am -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://felist.com/member/unsub?grp=media.arminfo http://felist.com/ mailto:ask@felist.com