  Armenia's Defense Ministry seeks full ownership over military company - paper April 18, 2012 - 14:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Defense Ministry is eager to purchase 20 per cent of shares of Automatica CJSC. The Ministry will submit this draft decision at the coming governmental session, Haykakan Zhamanak daily reports saying it already owns 80% of shares in this military industrial enterprise. “It is unclear why the Defense Ministry seeks to possess 100 % of this company; no shareholder of any company in Armenia can in fact interfere with the company’s activities,” paper says. The remaining 20 per cent currently belong to a certain Zaven Tumanyan, and the defense ministry is going to buy the share for USD 200000. The government will allocate the sum from off-budget resources, the daily says.   Top stories 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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
