  Armavir-Yerevan railway communication improvedJune 5, 2009 - 23:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - South Caucasus Railways CJSC Shevket Shaydullin met Friday with Armavir region governor Ashot Haghramanyan to discuss ways to develop railway communication and formation of working groups for the purpose. Shaydullin has presented the project of Armavir-Yerevan railway communication. "A journey from Yerevan to Armavir will take 50 minutes. Trains will start from Yerevan every 3 hours. 17% of our passengers are students and we intend to make this figure increase," he said.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event  The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event.Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party.Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh.France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |
