At New Year holidays Armenia will host "Kind Santa Claus" programDecember 29, 2009 - 15:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - At New Year holidays, Armenia will once again host "Kind Santa Claus" program featuring a number of festive events for Vayk region children. Santa Clauses on horse drawn carriages will be arriving at handicapped children's houses to present New Year gifts and celebrate. A donation fund was created within program frameworks, with fund proceedings to be contributed to children's needs. In 2008, the program was held in Armenia's Syunik region. Santa Claus headquarters where open for children to address their letters to. Over 2500 children were visited by the addressee. This year, mailboxes for letters to Santa Claus will be available in Yerevan and Vayk region. As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news |