  Silk Road Stop opens in Armenian village of Ptghavan May 24, 2010 - 14:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - VivaCell-MTS, Mobile TeleSystems OJSC subsidiary, hosted Silk Road Stop/Village Welcome Center presentation in Ptghavan village, near Georgian border. The event featured local folk performances as well as souvenirs fair, offering handwork crafted by Ptghavan villagers and gifted students of Noyemberyan school for disabled and orphaned children. The project aims is to establish “rest stops” along Armenian Silk Road, to combine rest area amenities with locally made and grown crafts, products and local services. The project is sponsored by VivaCell-MTS, U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, USAID/CAPS, Honorary Consulate of Italy in Gyumri and Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, VivaCell-MTS press service told PanARMENIAN.Net   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 |  Latest news Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day  May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865.Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.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.Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |
