Armenians of Nor Nakhichevan to commemorate earthquake victimsDecember 2, 2009 - 18:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On Monday, December 7, Surb Karapet Armenian Church of Rostov will hold public liturgy to commemorate the victims of 1988 Spitak earthquake, miasin.ru quotes Nor Nakhichevan's Armenian community representative as saying.Spitak earthquake (magnitude: 7.2pt.) took place on December 7, 1998 in the north-west of Soviet Armenia. As a result, Spitak and 58 villages were leveled to the ground and the towns of Leninakan (current name: Gymri), Stepanavan, Kirovakan (current name: Vanadzor) as well as over 300 settlements were partially destroyed. Covering 40% of Armenia's territory, the great disaster left 25 thousand people dead and 514 thousand homeless. 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 | 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. 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. |