Yerevan to ring in New Year without Christmas treeDecember 2, 2020 - 18:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian capital of Yerevan will ring in the New Year with no Christmas tree and holiday lights, Mayor's spokesman Hakob Karapetyan told PanARMENIAN.Net on Wednesday, December 2. Karapetyan said the Yerevan City Hall has decided that the city will not be decorated ahead of 2021 at all. The city's Council of Elders earlier approved a proposal to send AMD 100 million (around $200,000) set aside for the arrangement of the holidays in the Armenian capital to Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh's capital. The money will be spent on the restoration of civilian infrastructure damaged or destroyed in Azerbaijan's shelling of the city. 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 | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |