 Civil movement urges Russian envoy to help prevent looming gas hike  June 5, 2013 - 20:15 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - An Armenian civil movement issued an address to Russian Ambassador Ivan Volynkin, urging him to influence the policy of GazProm and its subsidiary, ArmRosGazprom in reconsidering a looming gas price hike in Armenia. The message drew the envoy’s attention to difficult social situation of the Armenian citizens to be further exacerbated by a gas price increase, which will, in turn, entail a hike in the costs of utilities, transportation, food products. No oppression can be tolerated infinitely, and clearly, such economic policy can lead to social protests, civil disobedience and nationalization of the monopolies, the statement said.   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 Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
