VivaCell-MTS awards environmental essay competition winnersSeptember 29, 2011 - 18:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - VivaCell-MTS summed up the results of environmental essay competition held among Armenian university students at Yerevan Zoo -hosted event. VivaCell-MTS awarded 12 students from 4 universities and their instructors for their efforts against consumerist attitude towards nature and promotion of clean environment. VivaCell-MTS awarded them with participation certificates, gifts and prize sum of AMD 300,000 per person. “One needs to be clean before his or her conscience and the Nature by trying to look at the world from the point of view of the next generation. It is important to realize that prevention is the best way of problem-solving and that philanthropy starts with the ability to value the general well-being,” said VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian. The new culture of management reveals itself in projects, including broadcasting of videos on environmental topics, creation of eco-clubs in cooperation with the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets, participation in tree planting events as efforts towards the preservation of forests, support to the initiative of recycling the flowers brought to the Genocide memorial into paper, general sponsorship of the environmental festival, encouraging efforts to make the voice of children calling to protection of the Nature heard by the adults through a series of photo exhibitions, and much more. The competition of essays on environmental issues announced among the students of all universities of Armenia was another step in this direction, VivaCell-MTS press service reported. Top stories 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. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Baku: EU, U.S. share responsibility for Armenia’s “destabilizing actions” Azerbaijan has declared that the European Union and the United States will share responsibility for any destabilizing actions of Armenia Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of arming Karabakh after 2020 Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of “illegally transported ammunition” to Nagorno-Karabakh after the November 9 statement. |