Some historical monuments of Armenia must be savedDecember 3, 2009 - 20:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Virtually all historical monuments in the territory of Armenia need intervention, most of them - immediate, and some monuments need to be saved," Dorvart Arushanyan, representative of the Agency of historical and cultural monuments, told a press conference on December 3. According to him, if restoration of the monument is not undertaken today, we can loose information it keeps inside and later much more efforts and funds will be required to recover it. 24 thousand 250 historical monuments of Armenia are under the protection of the various stakeholders. Armenia's Ministry of Culture is responsible for protection of those 18 thousand historical monuments being in state ownership. 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. |