01.09.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Armenian President Robert Kocharian will leave for New York on September 4 to take part in the UN "Millennium Summit", reported the press office of the president to MEDIAMAX.

01.09.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The development of processes in the Southern Caucasian region, and the mutual relations of Russia with its former satellites in the Transcaucasus in particular, obtains the character of intricate political intrigue, writes today Russian "Nezavisimaya Gazeta".

01.09.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "Internews" organization plans to realize "Yerevan-Baku TV communication" program.

01.09.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. On September 1 the Central Bank of Armenia has fixed the following rates of foreign currency regarding dram: USD - 538.71 drams, DEM - 245.39 drams, EUR - 479.94 dram, GBP - 779.74 drams.

01.09.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Former premier of Armenia Aram Sarkisian, resigned in May 2000, refuted rumors about his plans to form a political party.

01.09.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The government of Armenia will do its best to provide more favorable conditions for the normal functioning and development of the educational system of the country, reads the message of the premier Andranik Margarian to the teachers on the occasion of September 1st, was reported to MEDIAMAX in the press service of the government of Armenia.

01.09.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The prime minister of Armenia Andranik Margarian leaves today for the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh for a three-day working visit.