  Armenia wins People's Choice Award in Vettor Giusti tourism posters competitionOctober 14, 2011 - 18:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 8-14, Korea hosted the 19th session of the UN World Tourism Organisation General Assembly, with representatives of 154 countries participating. On session sidelines, an online voting for Vettor Giusti tourism posters competition was organised with Armenia announced as the winner of People's Choice Award nomination. UNWTO Secretary General Talib Rifai handed the prize to Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Economy Ara Petrosyan.   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 The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.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. |
