  Paper says Masonic meeting held in Yerevan October 30, 2012 - 11:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Media outlets reported earlier that a Masonic meeting was scheduled in October, with the oncoming Armenian presidential elections expected on agenda. According to Hraparak daily Ruben Gevorgyan, who declared himself a freemason, refuted the reports, saying no meeting is planned for the upcoming 6-7 months. However, as the paper’s sources reported, Armenia Marriott Yerevan Hotel hosted the meeting for 10 days ago, with freemasons from different countries attending. With Armenia planned to host another meeting in the nearest future, the event is said to bring together more prominent freemasons including Grand Master of Grand Orient De France Guy Arsizen, the paper says.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia  The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
