  Yerevan to host lecture on history of monetary symbols April 19, 2010 - 18:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan State University will host a lecture dedicated to the history of monetary symbols on April 22. The histories of creation of monetary symbols of the Armenian Dram, US dollar and Euro, will be presented during the event, the Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC) told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. The lecture is organized by CRRC-Armenia and Finance and Accounting Department of Yerevan State University. It will be conducted by Karen Komendaryan, the author of the Armenian Dram symbol. CRRC is a program of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Eurasia Partnership Foundation. It was established in the capital cities of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to increase the accessibility of high-quality research resources, strengthen research capacities and increase the dialogue between social science researchers and policy practitioners.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
