"Being young in modern Armenia" contest announced in ArmeniaMarch 20, 2009 - 21:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, one of the world's largest schools of French language, the Paris Alliance Francaise and the Armenian Ministry of Education have announced "Being young in modern Armenia" contest in the framework of Let's Go to France program.Schoolchildren and students, who love poetry, are eligible for the 2-tour contest. The first tour is due from March 20 to 30. The participants are asked to write a poem about being young in Armenia. One schoolchild and one student from each region of Armenia will pass for the 2nd tour to be held in the French Embassy in Yerevan on May 21. The winners will go to Paris to take part in a cultural program from July 6 to 16. 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 | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |