ARKA News Agency – 04/29/2004

ARKA News Agency
April 29 2004

7TH annual meeting of BSTDB to take place in Yerevan

OSCE calls to Armenian authorities to investigate recent cases of
violence

CJSC ISC-Star plans to create center of satellite television in
Armenia

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7TH ANNUAL MEETING OF BSTDB TO TAKE PLACE IN YEREVAN

YEREVAN, April 29. /ARKA/. 7th annual meeting of Black Sea Trade and
Development Bank will take place in Yerevan, the President of BSTDB
Mustafa Gyurtin stated at the meeting with RA Minister of Finance and
Economy Vardan Khachatrian. Khachatrian in his turn sad that increase
of BSTDB role in the region only contributes to bilateral mutually
beneficial cooperation.
BSTDB is an international financial organization created in 1994 by
OBSEC members. BSTDB members are Greece, Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria,
Romania, Ukraine, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova.
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OSCE CALLS TO ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES TO INVESTIGATE RECENT CASES OF
VIOLENCE

YEREVAN, April 29. /ARKA/. OSCE calls to Armenian authorities to
investigate recent cases of violence, OSCE Yerevan Office press
release states. According to press release, OSCE Yerevan Office is
concerned with absence of progress in punishment of guilty and
atmosphere of intolerance in the republic. `It is necessary to
consider cases of use of violence and punish all guilty in the frames
of law’, the Head of OSCE Yerevan Office, the Ambassador Vladimir
Pryakhin stated in the letter to RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian.
In accordance to this, Pryakhin mentioned attack on RA NA Deputy
Viktor Dallakian, beating of the Chairman of Helsinki Association of
Armenia Mikael Danielian and Political Scientists Ashto Manucharian.
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CJSC ISC-STAR PLANS TO CREATE CENTER OF SATELLITE TELEVISION IN
ARMENIA

YEREVAN, April 29. /ARKA/. CJSC ISC-Star plans to create center of
satellite television in Armenia, the company told ARKA. The Center
will be called ZVEZDA-STV. It is planned that the Center will deal
with transmission of programs of Armenian TV companies outside of
Armenia – for Armenia Diaspora. Besides, the company plans to create
own TV programs as well. The company conducts works on creation of
own ZVEZDA-PRODUCTION producer center.
Armenian-Russian-American joint venture was registered in Armenia,
Sept 24, 2001. The founders of the ISC-Star, JV are both legal and
physical entities of some foreign countries, Russia including, and
residents of the Republic of Armenia. ISC-Star currently has over 100
IP-communication and paging communications units all over the world.
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