ArmRosGazprom received 50 million loan from KfWJune 13, 2009 - 18:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 10, 2009, ArmRosGazprom CJSC and KfW Development Bank (Germany) signed a long-term loan agreement. The credit sum totals 50 million Euros; the allocations will be made in US Dollars, the company's press service reports.According to the company's release, the loan program aims at the reconstruction and development of Armenia's gas-transport and gas distribution systems. ArmRosGazprom CJSC plans to realize a number of projects aimed at developing Armenia's gas-transport system and increasing security and gas supply. Such goals will be achieved through the construction, reconstruction, repairs, restoration and modernization of Armenia's gas transport network (including the underground gas reserve in Abovyan), as well as the installation of individual indicating devices and emergency valves in the gas distribution system. 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 | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |