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AZERBAIJAN AND THE WORLD BANK AGREE ON THE FIRST TRANCH OF POVERTY REDUCTION CREDIT
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| AZERBAIJAN AND THE WORLD BANK AGREE ON THE FIRST TRANCH OF POVERTY REDUCTION CREDIT
Turan, 24 March 2005
On March 24 the Head of the mission of the World Bank for Azerbaijan Christian Petersen and the representatives of the government signed the Protocol on the poverty Reduction support credit (PRSC).In conformity with the document, the WB issued for Azerbaijan till July of this year the first transh PRSC amounting $20 million.
Prior to signing the document the sides had talks at which the Azeri side was represented by the Minister of Finances Avaz Alekperov , the officials of the Ministry for Economic Development, Education, Energy, Transport, Justice, Ecology and Mineral Resources, Labor and Social care, NBA, Social Care Fund, State Fund and Accounting Chamber. The representatives of the government note that the question on creation of navy administration, which is one of the preliminary measures for getting credit from the WB. The Estimate of expenses of the sea administration was confirmed in accordance with the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Finances issued from the state budget necessary 400 million manats. The plan of events (political matrix) on the implementation of the rogram supported by PRSC and the protocol on intentions was agreed during the talks.
Total sum of credit PRSC provided in the strategy of the bank on Azerbaijan makes $60 million. The funds are issued for 35 years with 10 grace years under 0,5% annual.
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April 2005,
Issue No. 24
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LET ANCIENT HOLIDAY NOVRUZ BRING JOY
March 18,
Baku Sun
BAKU - Azerbaijan, best known as the land of fires, is - according to the British Museum's scientific team - also the site of the Gardens of Eden. When Sumerians - the first Turkic civilization, who rose as far back as 5,000 years BC - started preparations for New Year's celebrations, they sent envoys to the 'Gardens,' for sacred wheat seeds. It was strongly believed that sprouted wheat from the 'Gardens' would help to cultivate and gather bounteous harvest in the New Year that - according to Sumer augurs - comes into its own with the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates, the crucial sources of fresh water in the overwhelmingly arid Mesopotamia [modern day Iraq].
The tradition has been kept alive: Novruz, the most cherished holiday in modern day Azerbaijan, also remains a deep-rooted tradition in Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey and Central Asian nations, including Kazakhstan. Though, nowadays, there is no need to travel to Azerbaijan for sacral seeds, as - again according to British Museum scientists - the Gardens have sunk into oblivion, under what presently is known as the city of Tabriz, the centuries-old 'custodian' of the Azeri heritage.
Novruz [the word meaning 'new day' in Farsi] marks the exhilaration of nature. The holiday, however, has other meanings too, as it has inherited much from all major cultures that celebrated it in the areas stretching out from the Balkans to the Altais, the original realms of the Turkic- and Finn-Ugor-language nations.
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