Tree planting dedicated to 19th anniversary of Shushi liberation held in YerablurMay 10, 2011 - 17:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - VivaCell-MTS announced that the final event of the 2011 Earth Day Campaign - symbolic tree planting dedicated to the 19th anniversary of Shushi liberation - was held at Yerablur Pantheon. Every tree planted at Yerablur will be named after a fallen warrior who sacrificed his life during the Karabakh war. The preparatory works for the tree planting started in March. The staff members of the organizers as well as students from Yerevan State University have cleaned the territory and prepared it for the tree planting, the press service of VivaCell-MTS company reported. The Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) in cooperation with its General Partner VivaCell-MTS implemented this huge Campaign dedicated to the Earth Day. This year the Campaign was launched on April 1 under the slogan “Plant Your Tree in Your Country.” The territory of the tree planting at Yerablur will be fertilized by recycled stalks of flowers laid at the Armenian Genocide Memorial on April 24. 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 | 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. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |