  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 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. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |
