Armen Ashotyan: It's a great honor for me to bestow gold medal on outstanding scholars enjoying an international reputation.

Sergei Kapinos: Certificates confirm the progress registered until today; we'll continue our work in that direction.

Among the bank's achievements which have been considered by The Banker were the 16.9 per cent rise in assets in 2008 and the bank's focus on providing superlative customer service.

"There were many candidates but the best were awarded," Rafik Hovhannisyan said.

NSS Secretary: In 2009, National Security Service convened 8 sessions to discuss key issues concerning Armenia's domestic and foreign security.

Armen Ashotyan: Since we'll have practically no high school graduates in 2011, there are going to be problems in terms of maintaining certain university chairs.

"Recommendations are one-sided and gave the impression that the committee wanted to avoid criticising the authorities," said in a statement by John Prescott and George Colombier.

Serzh Sargsyan: the financial crisis was a test for Armenian entrepreneurs.

Control over state property privatization and rent process in the period of 2007-2009 was established.

Arthur Baghdasaryan: NSS considered issues concerning the activities of Embassies and Consulates operating in Armenia.