Armenia eyes better visa conditions, lower airticket pricesJuly 27, 2017 - 12:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian prime minister Karen Karapetyan at a cabinet session on Thursday, July 27 instructed the foreign minister and the chairwoman of the state tourism committee to study further simplification of visa regime liberalization by countries, Aysor.am reports. Also, the PM said the General Department of Civil Aviation must study prospects for the further expansion of Armenia's air communications and the improvement of airticket prices. "We have been seeing a significant growth in the number of tourist arrivals and flights," Karapetyan told the cabinet session. World’s longest zipline whose construction is currently underway in Armenia will be ready this summer, while a fresh extreme park will be established in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh). 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. |