Two stamps - Armenia: Independence Holiday - put into circulation at Shanghai Expo 2010September 23, 2010 - 17:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 hosted an official ceremony of cancellation of two stamps - Armenia: Independence Holiday. The stamps were put into circulation by Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Director General of Haypost Trust Management Juan Pablo Gechijian and CEO of Haypost company Arman Khachaturyan, the press service of Haypost CJSC reported. World City stamp, which will be put into circulation soon, was also presented. "Stamps are sort of envoys of country's culture and history. Haypost attaches importance to dissemination of this culture. With holding the official ceremony of the stamp cancellation at World City model we want to stress the tie between Armenia and the world," said Arman Khachaturyan. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |