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YEREVAN (Hayastani Hanrapetutyun daily), 01/30/99 — Poetess Maro Margarian, 84, has died in Yerevan on January 29.

YEREVAN (Azg, Respublica Armenia dailies), 01/30/99 — Gohar Haroutiunian, representing Armenia, has won a beauty contest in Moscow, held among representatives of 12 countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, by three from each country.

YEREVAN (Golos Armenii daily), 01/30/99 — Armenia’s foreign debt reached $727.5mln. by the end of 1998, of which $542.4mln. is Government’s debt, and the rest is of the Central Bank, said Head of the Department for servicing Foreign Debt of the Ministry of Finance and Economy Bella Gevorgian.

YEREVAN (Golos Armenii daily), 01/30/99 — According to the order of Minister of Industry and Trade Hayk Gevorgian, hotel Ani will close for two years reconstruction from March 26, 1999. Personnel of the hotel, 210 people, will remain jobless in this period. They will discuss their future with the new owners of the hotel on [...]

EVAN (Golos Armenii daily), 01/30/99 — According to the Law about Income Tax, minimum non-taxable monthly income in Armenia reached 17,000 dram (about $31) from January 1, 1999, against 8,000 dram in 1998.

YEREVAN (Yerkir daily), 01/30/99 — Presidential press service reported that, after a resolution of the Constitutional Court in regard with article 24 of the Law about Telecommunications, eight MPs have withdrawn their requests to call an extraordinary session of National Assembly. Hence, the number of MPs is no more sufficient to start corresponding proceedings.

YEREVAN (Azg daily), 01/30/99 — Teachers in Mountainous Gharabagh earn 19,000 dram (about $35) monthly salary, said Minister of Education and Science Hamlet Asrian.

YEREVAN (Hayastani Hanrapetutyun daily), 01/29/99 – Miss Commonwealth of Independent States – 99 contest has finished in Moscow yesterday.

YEREVAN (Hayastani Hanrapetutyun daily), 01/29/99 — Minister of Post and Telecommunications yesterday spoke on resolution of the Constitutional Court about Article 24 of the Law about Telecommunications. “There are no winning or loosing parties, since the Court accepted a right decision

YEREVAN (Respublica Armenia daily), 01/29/99 — A seminar on the use of solar, geothermal, and wind energy was held in Tel-Aviv, called by the initiative of the Black Sea Economic Collaboration Assembly.