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Published on February 19, 2009
AMERIABANK EXPANDS ATM NETWORK
- The expansion of Ameriabank’s ATM network will be continued during the current year. The number of Ameriabank’s automatic teller machines reached 20. 17 of them are in Yerevan, 2 in Kotayk region and 1 in Nagorno Karabakh. The money turnover through ATMs has increased by 13.1 times as compared to the January 2008 index. The number of plastic cards issued by the bank has increased by 5.6 times.
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Currently in Prague, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with Czech Senate President Premysl Sobotka. Expressing satisfaction with the level of cooperation between the Armenian and Czech ...GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ARRIVING IN YEREVAN
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The Armenian government will grant a $10 million loan to the Zangezur copper and molybdenum plant for implementation of the second stage of the plant development program. “A 2-stage agreement was signed ...ARMENIA INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH EU
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Turkey's Education Ministry has halted the distribution of a controversial documentary about the Armenian issue to all elementary schools after its move incited fierce reactions among academics and intellectuals, ...THE OSCE MG CO-CHAIRS WON'T ALLOW KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS TO BE SUBVERTED
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