Haypost cancels special cover on Armenia presidential awardNovember 9, 2016 - 13:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The cancellation of the special cover issued by Haypost CJSC and dedicated to the GIT Award of the President of the Republic of Armenia for Outstanding Contribution to Humanity through IT took place on Tuesday, November 8. The cover represents a unique philatelic product - a thematic cover with 2 stamps dedicated to the GIT Award and issued in 2013, which will be cancelled with a special postmark. The special cover was designed with a print run of 500 pcs. It depicts the Laureate of 2016 Award Louis Pouzin, the Chief Executive Officer of Open-Root company, a French scientist, and the inventor of datagram, one of the co-founders of the web. The special cover also depicts six Laureates of the previous years. The cover signing ceremony was attended by Louis Pouzin, President Serzh Sargsyan, Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies Vahan Martirosyan, President of the Union of Philatelists Hovik Musaelyan and HayPost CJSC Trust Manager Juan Pablo Gechidjian. 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 | 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. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |