Names of prominent Jews of Armenia may be immortalized in Yerevan Victory ParkDecember 13, 2009 - 17:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Names of prominent Jews of Armenia may be immortalized in Yerevan Victory Park. President of the Jewish community of Armenia Rimma Varzhapetyan visited Jerusalem to attract funding from Jewish National Fund (KKL). "In March, with support of the Jewish National Fund in honor of 60th anniversary of Israel's independence the Alley of Friendship was opened in the Victory Park in Yerevan, " deputy general director of the Jewish National Fund Yigal Yassin said. Saying that Ms. Varzhapetyan suggests to implement a number of projects in Armenia, Yigal Yassin mentioned, that "at the moment we are studying these proposals, but we cannot yet give any positive or negative response". However, as IzRus reported, quoting Yigal Yassin, preference is given to immortalizing the prominent figures of Jewish Diaspora in Israel. 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 | 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. |