Armavir-Yerevan railway communication improvedJune 5, 2009 - 23:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - South Caucasus Railways CJSC Shevket Shaydullin met Friday with Armavir region governor Ashot Haghramanyan to discuss ways to develop railway communication and formation of working groups for the purpose. Shaydullin has presented the project of Armavir-Yerevan railway communication. "A journey from Yerevan to Armavir will take 50 minutes. Trains will start from Yerevan every 3 hours. 17% of our passengers are students and we intend to make this figure increase," he said. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. ARARAT special evening dedicated to Aznavour's 100th Anniv. On May 20 ARARAT legendary Armenian brandy, celebrated the centennial of Maestro Charles Aznavour with a special event. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |