  Yerevan a popular city among Russians on May holidays April 11, 2018 - 13:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan is one of the most popular cities in the CIS space for traveling on May holidays among Russian travelers, Russian reservation service Tvil.ru reveals, singling out five such destinations. The rating is based on the analysis of requests and reservation of hotels and apartments during the period from April 29 to May 10. Also included in the list are Minsk (Belarus), Astana (Kazakhstan), Baku (Azerbaijan) and Brest (Belarus). According to the service, tourists book accommodation at the beginning of May for an average of 4 nights in Yerevan and will spend 2800 rubles (apx. $45) a day. Celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the battles of May are currently underway throughout Armenia. Meanwhile, events marking the 2800th anniversary of the foundation of the Armenian capital city of Yerevan will be held on the weekend of September 29-30.   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 |  Latest 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. |
