  Greater number of Armenians prefers to welcome in New Year outside Armenia January 13, 2011 - 16:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - This year, Armenian citizens decided to celebrate Christmas and New Year holidays basically in Athens, Paris, Larnaca, Dubai and Tel Aviv. Flights to these cities enjoyed the greatest demand among the population, Armavia air company told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. As for Georgia, the flights in this direction operated in a normal regime. Spokesman for South Caucasus Railways CJSC Vahe Davtyan said that 451 passengers were transported via railway to Georgia from January 1-9, 2011. This indicates that Armenians prefer to change the traditional attitude towards the New Year holidays, while local resorts are unaffordable: the cost of one day stay in Tsaghkadzor is AMD 30,000 on an average, not to mention Jermuk and other resorts.   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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
