At 9:30 p.m. on September 6, 2007 former Foreign Minister Alexander Arzoumanian was released from the National Security Service (NSS) jail.
An interview with Gagik Arzumanyan, Executive Director of the Armenian Copper Programme (CJSC)
The events surrounding a rather dramatic appreciation of Armenia's currency, the dram, within the past 18 months or so have sparked a debate and stirred a lot of emotions in Armenia.
Armenian products are recognized in the international market by a unique 13-digit bar code, which Armenia received in 1996 from the international organization GS1 (www.ean-int.org).
“Now we can definitely say that Armenians played a significant role in the development of photography in the Middle East,” said photographer Vahan Kochar. He is the editor and publisher of the Encyclopedia of Armenian Photographers that was recently published in Yerevan.