AMD 213mln allocated for monuments restoration in 2010November 4, 2010 - 13:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Director of the Center for Restoration of Monuments Vardan Parsamyan regrets that preservation of historical monuments is not among the government’s priorities. “The funds allocated by the government are not enough, Parsamyan told a press conference in Yerevan. “AMD 213mln was allocated from the state budget for the purpose this year,” Parsamyan said, adding that AMD 80-100mln is needed for restoration of one monument. Presenting the center’s activity, Parsamyan said that around 26 monuments are studied annually for reconstruction, while rehabilitation of a monument may take from 2 to 4 years. 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 | 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. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |