PostBank - Converse Bank branch opens in KapanOctober 15, 2010 - 16:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 15, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Territorial Administration Minister Armen Gevorgyan, Transport and Communication Minister Manuk Vardanyan and Central Bank of Armenia President Arthur Javadyan participated in the opening of PostBank - Converse Bank branch in HayPost department of Kapan, Syunik region. “The new subsidiary will provide post and banking services to physical and legal persons. Opening of the subsidiary created 16 jobs for the residents of Kapan,” Converse Bank Executive Director Tigran Davtyan stated at the opening. “Opening of such subsidiaries will increase availability of post and banking services, currently centred in Yerevan, throughout Armenia,” HayPost Executive Director Arman Khachatryan noted. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |