YSU assistant to rector not to be dismissedMarch 1, 2013 - 19:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan State University (YSU) rector’s office issued a statement. “Reaffirming commitment to freedom of speech and understanding the indignation of a group of students, YSU rector’s office condemns the unacceptable phenomena of crossing the borderline between freedom of speech and civilized behavior. We urge everyone to show mutual respect and ability to heed contradictory viewpoints. We urge media to provide appropriate coverage of events, rather than spread misinformation,” the statement reads. In conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, head of YSU Public Relations and Information Administration Karen Grigoryan said, assistant to YSU rector Gevorg Melkonyan was not dismissed from post. “The rector condemned his behavior, however, noted absence of enough reasons to dismiss him from his position,” Mr Grigoryan said. 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 | 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. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |