The Information Channel Felist.Com -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear frends! Arminfo news agency inform Politics 2007-03-13 13:38:00 Turkish Historian Contrived History With Excavation of Grave of Mass Burial of Armenians: Eminent Historian of Armenian Diaspora "There was never a discussion of excavating gravesites in Harput. This pretension is contrived and spread in the Turkish Mass Media by the Head of the Turkish Historical Society Yusuf Halacoglu", the Director of Komitas Institute in London , an eminent historian of the Armenian Diaspora Ara Sarafyan told ArmInfo. Commenting on the information, spread in the Turkish press, about his alleged initial agreement and then a refusal to participate in the excavation of gravesites in Harput in Turkey, A. Sarafyan repeated that "there was never a discussion of participation in this nitiative". "We proposed to undertake a joint study with two parts, one concerning Ottoman deportation and resettlement records and the other concerning other records, most notable English, German and Armenian language materials", the Armenian historian said, having noted that the Komitas Institute had asked the Turkish Historical Society to give the archive materials about the deportation of Armenians in 1915, in particular, from the Harput plain. However, Y. Halacoglu made a statement about the non-existence of the Ottoman records. "Nevertheless, "the non-existent" records are directly related to two Ottoman decrees which Turkish official historians have claimed regulated the deportation ad resettlement of Ottoman Armenians in 1915. These were the May 30, 1915 regulations on deportations and the June 10, 1915 regulations on the resettlement of deportees, the liquidation of their properties and their compensation in their places of exile. He added that it is not clear why the Turkish historian could make such a categorical statement about the non-existence of the Ottoman records we asked for, taking into account the fact that there are many Ottoman archives in Turkey and not all Ottoman records in these archives are catalogued. Finance and banks 2007-03-13 20:46:00 Anelik Bank rated by American Moody's The Anelik Bank has been rated by the American Moody's rating agency. The "Golos Armenii" newspaper reports that the bank is given the B1 rating for long-term and short-term foreign and national currency deposits and the E+ Financial Stability Rating. To note, for the first time in the Armenian banking history, similar ratings were given to the Armeconombank on Feb 22, 2007. 2007-03-13 13:02:00 RA CB Chairman to Take Part in Work of Scientific-Practical Banking Conference in Ufa The Chairman of RA Central Bank Tigran Sarkissian has left for the capital of Bashkortostan, Ufa, to take part in a scientific-practical banking conference "The Banks, Processes, Standards, Quality". According to the information of RA CB's press-service, T. Sarkissian will come out at the Forum with a report "How the Financial Survey Should Be". As the "Bashinform" NA reports, the IV scientific-practical conference will be held from March 14 to 16. The Ufa Forum has already become a traditional area for discussion of issues of the banking sector activity's quality improvement. The Conference is aimed at the implementation of provisions of RF Banking Sector Development Strategy for the period to 2008, the Association of Russian Banks "The National Banking System of Russia of 2010-2020", the resolutions of the Presidium of Russia's State Duma on the banking system development issues. The main issues of the Conference concern the quality improvement of the Russian banking sector activity, the use of process technologies in the Bank of Russia and state institutions, reengineering of business-processes, application of modern information technologies in the banking management. Within the frames of this, it is scheduled to consider the first results of implementing the process technologies and quality standards in the activity of banks, which were first represented at the III Scientific-Practical Conference in January, 2006, and have been developed within the last year. The Conference is devoted to the memory of the tragically died first deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Andrey Kozlov, the initiator and organizer of implementing the process technologies in the activity of the Bank of Russia. The organizers of the Conference are the Central Bank of Russian Federation, the Association of Russian Banks with participation of the Association of credit organizations of Bashkortostan. 2007-03-12 19:14:00 ArmRosgasprom CJSC to issue medium-term bonds for potential subscribers's gasification project In close future, ArmRosgasprom CJSC for the first time will enter the open securities' market of corporative bonds. As per the program set, the volume of bond issue will total 1 bln AMD. The company plans to issue medium-term coupon bonds under the nominal of 10 thnd AMD with the 18 months redeem term. The annual interest rate makes up about 9% that in average by 3% exceeds the treasury curve. The coupon payments are to be made every 6 months. The joint volume of issue will make up about 100 thnd bonds. Ashot Malkhasyan, Financial Deputy Executive Director of ArmRosgasprom, told ArmInfo correspondent that the issue program of the medium-term bonds is held to enable potential subscribers (PS) to set up a gas system. The finances invited from the market will go for gasification of about 37 thnd of PS. Priority will be given to socially insecure PS. About 4.8 bln AMD is required for the whole gasification project. "Unfortunately, we are lacking the spare funds to finance gasification of PS. In this regard, we intend to enter the loan market and to maintain the first emission totaling to 1 bln AMD. In case of successful bond placement - which I am sure about, the company will issue loan bonds in a year and half," he pointed out. As per experts' estimates, the PS's gasification program would have cost the company by 75 mln AMD more if it applied to commercial banks for a credit. "The company has an unblemished crediting reputation - it has always fulfilled its obligations on timely and to full volume. The issue of bonds will even more consolidate the company's grounds in the bonds market. The effective debut in this segment will provide our company with considerable freedom of choice in strategic projects of business development and expansion," A. Malkhasyan pointed out. Reminder: The Board of Directors and the General Assembly of Stockholders of ArmRosgazprom are yet to review the bond issue program. Cascade Investments (CI), an integral element of Cascade Holding, is a consultant for the emission. CI has an experience of bond underwriting for Cascade Credit sister company. As per the bonds issue program, after the registration and primary placement are over, ArmRosgasprom's securities will undergo relevant procedures of listing at Armenian Exchange (ArmEx). In close future, ArmRosgasprom CJSC will receive the rating of Armenia's Central Bank. The experts say that, one of the biggest crediting companies of Armenia - ArmRosgasprom's - transit to the open market will become a kind of engine for the secondary market. The latter faces poor trade activity despite presence of bonds of Cascade Credit and Shen Concern. Economy 2007-03-13 20:36:00 Customs Committee of Armenia prohibits import of 12 tons of Georgian wine to republic The Customs Committee of Armenia prohibited the import of 12 tons of Georgian wine to the republic. The press-service of the Armenian Customs Office told ArmInfo that the bottles of Georgian wine were not marked with excise duty stamps. In accordance with the Armenian legislation, grape-based and other wines, as well as wine materials are subject to compulsory marking. 2007-03-13 16:40:00 VivaCell Announces of Undertaking Large-Scale Upgrades to Its Network VivaCell announces that it is undertaking large-scale upgrades to its network to enhance its services and capacity. As the Company's press-service told ArmInfo, due to the upgrading works, it is possible that in the period from March till the mid of April, subscribers will encounter short term difficulties when making and receiving calls, and sending SMS. In order to minimize to the greatest extent possible the inconveniences to subscribers, the upgrade will be carried out during low traffic period and after midnight. Our customer care staff will always be at our subscribers' service to provide with any assistance which may be needed. VivaCell seeks understanding of all subscribers for possible inconveniences. 2007-03-13 13:30:00 Brand of "Jermuk" Mineral Water Should be Formed for Progression of This Product in World Markets A brand of "Jermuk" mineral water should be formed for progression of this product in the world markets, a well-known Armenian economist Eduard Aghajanov said at today's press-conference in the Yerevan "Pastarq" club. In his opinion, great financial means and time are required to form and promote the brand. Even after that, E. Aghajanov said, it is impossible to guarantee the enterprise's success with a 100% confidence since the world market is filled with producers. "We have to think over the creation of joint ventures with the well-known producers" , the economist said, having reminded that, in the near future, a liter of mineral water in the international market will cost more expensive than a barrel of oil. In Aghajanov's opinion, this is a good chance for Armenia's economy development. E. Aghajanov did not fail to reproach the Armenian authorities with the absence of mechanisms for the home exporters support. Especially as the internal market of Armenia is too small for the development of any branch of production. To remind, the US Food and Drug Administration had warned the American producers last week that the mineral water "Jermuk", imported from Armenia, contains arsenic and is dangerous for health. 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&email=e@mail http://felist.com/ mailto:ask@felist.com