  Electric power expenditures to reduce by 4 times in Yerevan February 15, 2011 - 11:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan and UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative (UN RC/UNDP RR) in Armenia Dafina Gercheva discussed cooperation opportunities, as well as boosting and developing bilateral relations. Gercheva briefed Karapetyan on a program on energy saving in the system of outside lighting, which will be submitted to the Global Ecological Fund for financing. Due to the program, according to experts’ calculations, electric power expenditures will reduce by four times in Yerevan. Karapetyan also hailed the program presented by Gercheva, which aims to make Yerevan more attractive from the point of view of tourism, the press service of Yerevan Mayor’s Office reported.   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 |  Latest news Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat  To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents.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. |
