16.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. In the period of July 1-21 deflation in the amount of 1.1% has been fixed in Armenia, was reported to MEDIAMAX in the press service of the Central Bank of Armenia.

16.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin the Second will leave for Moscow on August 17, was reported to MEDIAMAX in the press service of St. Echmiadzin.

16.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. All Azeri war captives in Armenia are under state control and guardianship of International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), all humanitarian and right-protecting organizations, including Azeri ones, have free access to them.

16.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Anti-Armenian propaganda, overfilling Azeri mass media, is getting sharper every time when war captives and hostages are released by the sides, and, as a rule, all this filth is being spread and approved by the press service of the Ministry of National Security ( MNS) of Azerbaijan and the state commission for war captives, hostages and the missing people under the guidance of MNS of Azerbaijan.

16.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The president of Armenia Robert Kocharian received today the head of the Armenian delegation of UN Children Fund Gloria Fernanda, was reported to MEDIAMAX in the press office of the president of Armenia.

16.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The latest events in the political life of Armenia have ended up with "Unity" bloc being in a rather shaky position today, stated in the interview to the Parliamentarian paper "Hayastani Hanrapetutiun" Gagik Aslanian, the Vice Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia and the representative of the People's Party of Armenia.

16.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. After the formation of the government headed by Andranik Margarian, the President, Government and the Armenian parliament are normally interacting, stated today in the interview to the parliamentarian paper "Hayastani Hanrapetutiun" the Vice Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, one of the leaders of the Republican Party of Armenia, Tigran Torosian.

16.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline's capacity, which has been planned as 50 million tons annually, will be increased two folds thanks to the new petroleum found in Kazakhstan.

16.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. A major international business forum, due to take place this October in London with the participation of World Bank, has been postponed again to give the authorities in Yerevan more time for preparations, a senior World Bank official said.

16.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The leading publication for the academic community of the USA, The Chronicle for Higher Education, reports that the Turkish government pressures Microsoft's on-line encyclopedia, Encarta (www.encarta.com), to remove all the records about the Armenian Genocide of 1915.