  Central Bank of Armenia awards Brain Ring intellectual contest participantsMay 20, 2011 - 17:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - To increase school students’ economy skills, the Central Bank of Armenia jointly with Armenia’s Youth Achievements NGO, organized a Brain Ring intellectual contest. Over 500 10th graders from 100 schools throughout Armenia participated in the preliminary round, CBA press service reported. A youth team from Armenia’s Armavir region won the contest; Kotayk and Shirak teams become contest runner-ups. The winners were awarded with special prizes and honorary diplomas.   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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
