  Armenian Diaspora Minister meets Consul General to Aleppo November 23, 2012 - 17:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan met with RA Consul General to Aleppo Karen Grigoryan. Issues related to Syrian Armenians were in the focus of the meeting, with Minister Hakobyan stressing the Diaspora Ministry’s efforts to ease the community’s problems. The Consul General, in turn, expressed the community’s appreciation of the operation of Arabic-language school in Yerevan. Government decision exempting Syrian Armenians from passport fees was further discussed, press service of RA Diaspora Ministry reported. Partner news  Top stories Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin hosted a meeting of the organizing committee of the Armenian Genocide 100th anniversary events. Earlier, ArmRosgasprom CJSC addressed Armenia’s Public Services Regulatory Commission with an offer to reconsider natural gas price. Armenian defense ministry’s spokesman described the maneuvers as ordinary exercises conducted several times a year. Participants will learn basic skills in protecting IT systems and data as well as how to investigate computer-facilitated crimes.   Partner news |  Latest news Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” to open Moscow Film Fest  The fest will feature retrospectives of films by Bernardo Bertolucci and Costa Gavras, as well as a program devoted to Dutch cinema.Wrekin Hill picks up John Malkovich’s “Siberian Education” Based on the novel by Nicolai Lilin, the film is set in the ghetto of Soviet Russia and follows 2 boys who are members of a gang of exiled Siberians.Germans blame Merkel’s stance in eurozone crisis for Eurovision debacle Chancellor Angela Merkel is loathed in parts of Europe for her insisting on painful austerity measures in Greece, Spain and Italy.China’s PM visits India to settle boundary row, boost ties China says Li Keqiang choice of India for his first trip abroad shows the importance Beijing attaches to improving relations with New Delhi. |
