French envoy hails 2013 Francophonie program in ArmeniaMay 3, 2013 - 15:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 2013 Francophonie program targeted both Yerevan and Armenia’s provinces, French ambassador said. At the May 3 press conference, Henri Reynaud highly assessed Armenian school students’ participation in 2013 events. Adviser to RA foreign minister on Francophonie Christian Ter-Stepanian, in turn, noted that the program featured about 400 cultural and educational events, which aimed to promote the francophone culture in Armenia,” Armenia was granted a full Francophonie membership during the organization’s summit, held in October 2012. 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 | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |