Minors participate in HSBC Bank Armenia tree planting eventsApril 22, 2011 - 14:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In the beginning of this year, HSBC Bank Armenia introduced a new cumulative minor deposit product and committed to plant a tree in the name of a child for each minor deposit opened. Two tree planting events took place on April 10 and 17 at Oghakadzev and Nor Nork parks of Yerevan city, with more than 600 children and parents participating. Each child was provided with a special tree plaque to write his or her name on and a green “passport” with details of the location and image of their tree. “We wanted to link minor deposits with tree planting, as it is such a positive and environmentally friendly activity. Also, the idea of parents seeing their child grow together with the child’s tree and savings is culturally appealing to Armenians, as it is associated with family, roots and generations,“ said Astrid Clifford, Chief Executive Officer HSBC Bank Armenia cjsc. 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 | 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. |