Head of High and Information Technology Department at the Armenian Ministry of Economy Vache Kirakosyan said that an educational multimedia laboratory will open in Gyumri in 2011. Besides, certain educational programs will be developed in this field for school students, he said during MARANI business forum on animation and information technologies. “The government will launch an e-education program,” he said. Kirakosyan also said that the Armenian government will increase financing of the IT field in 2011.The drop in funds for IT development in 2010 - from AMD 200mln to AMD 80mln - was reasoned by general reductions in the budget with respect to the global economic crisis, Kirakosyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

“The OSCE Minsk Group must give adequate assessment and condemn Azerbaijan’s actions instead of restricting itself with appeals to stop ceasefire violations,” YSU student council stressed.

“In 2005, Azeri soldiers destroyed the landmarks of Armenian culture on the territory of historic Nakhijevan,” the member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic stressed.

Armenian judoists have not won medals at the World Championships.

On September 14, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan had a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev.

The conference has brought together over 150 scientists from Armenia, Germany, Georgia, India, China, Russia and France.