 Armenia PM’s family will host a participant of new Diaspora program July 23, 2018 - 11:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Prime Minister’s family will host one of the participants of a new program launched by the Diaspora Ministry, which organizes educational and awareness raising trips for young Armenians living abroad. The initiative, called Take A Step Towards Home, will replace the programs “Ari Tun” (Come Home) and Diaspora Summer School, held in previous years. According to Minister Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, an unprecedented number of kids - 500 youth and teens - have expressed a desire to come to Armenia. Hayrapetyan said in a Facebook post that he hoped families other than PM Nikol Pashinyan’s will be willing to host the children, aged 13-21. Anna Hakobyan, the Prime Minister’s wife, posted her own message on Facebook, encouraging others to provide temporary housing for the youth living in the Diaspora. The new program has two components: educational and awareness raising. The first one consists of intensive Armenian language courses, while the awareness raising component offers tours to cultural, historical and contemporary sites. Participants will mainly stay with host families throughout the programme and are set to participate in outdoor camping in the last four days.  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 U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border  The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says.CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |
