  Armenian Foreign Ministry team wins PM Brain Ring Cup February 18, 2012 - 09:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan hosted the Prime Minister’s Brain Ring Cup involving teams from the ministries, departments and state institutions of the republic. The team of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia beat the team of the Healthcare Ministry 5:0 in the tournament which brought together 24 groups. The State Property Management Department ranked the third. Grigor Saribekyan from Yerevan municipality was recognized the best player of the tournament. Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan presented the awards, the Cup, books and certificates to the winners. He congratulated the tournament participants saying hopefully everybody was happy with it. “I’m glad to see the number of participants increase. It will encourage creation of groups tending to engage in healthy intellectual competition,” PM Sargsyan said. He also noted the progress in the work of the Foreign Ministry, and said the victory came to prove it. For his part, leader of the Foreign Ministry’s team Hayk Khemchyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that the tournament was organized perfectly. He said the team level was improved, and they succeeded to score a victory in a hard struggle. The tournament was organized with support of the Armenian Association of Intellectuals.   Top stories 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. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24  U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says.CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.”Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |
