Cultural events in Armenian Defense Ministry to kick off Aug. 31August 30, 2012 - 19:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - At the initiative of Yerevan State University (YSU) Young Students’ Union NGO and Armenian Ministry of Defense, on Aug. 31, a series of lectures and cultural events dedicated to 20th anniversary of RA armed forces formation will kick off in Yerevan August 30. The program, to be implemented through support of parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, will feature visits to a number of RA border and Artsakh defense army units, with YSU teaching staff and students to come up with lectures on history of Armenian armed forces formation. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |