$60 million Olympic sports complex to be built in Armenia’s TsaghkadzorJanuary 15, 2018 - 19:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The president of Armenia’s Olympic Committee, Gagik Tsarukyan, is planning to build a modern Olympic sports complex in Tsaghkadzor, a resort town in Kotayk province. Tsarukyan will make personal investments worth $60 million, with the facility set to cover 3 ha of area. The new sports complex will boast spacious and comfortable gyms for combat sports and games, football, athletics, a separate racetrack, a shooting range, a swimming pool (50x25m), two hotel buildings for national, youth and junior teams. Each of the facilities will have its own sauna and fitness halls, equipped with modern exercise machines. Separate rooms and labs will provide complex medical services to the athletes, carry out doping tests. A rehabilitation center and a press room will also be available, says the Armenian National Olympic Committee. 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. |