Figure skating school after Yevgeny Plyushchenko to open in YerevanDecember 16, 2008 - 15:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A figure skating school named after Olympic champion Yevgeny Plyushchenko will open in the Yerevan Sports and Concert Complex on December 27."We are negotiating with Mr. Plyushchenko, whose participation in the project will be very helpful," Hovik Muradyan, a stockholder of Bamo company, the owner of the SCC, told a news conference in Yerevan today. "The fee will be affordable. Furthermore, lessons will be free of charge for 25 per cent of pupils," he added. Yevgeny Plyushchenko himself arrived in Yerevan to attend the opening ceremony and give a master class. On December 27 and 28, he will present his famous show. "I want to make a contribution to development of figure skating in Armenia. We are also negotiating to invite coaches and specialists from Russia," he said, adding that the best Armenian pupils will take part in his ice shows. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news | Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |