Tree planting dedicated to 19th anniversary of Shushi liberation held in YerablurMay 10, 2011 - 17:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - VivaCell-MTS announced that the final event of the 2011 Earth Day Campaign - symbolic tree planting dedicated to the 19th anniversary of Shushi liberation - was held at Yerablur Pantheon. Every tree planted at Yerablur will be named after a fallen warrior who sacrificed his life during the Karabakh war. The preparatory works for the tree planting started in March. The staff members of the organizers as well as students from Yerevan State University have cleaned the territory and prepared it for the tree planting, the press service of VivaCell-MTS company reported. The Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) in cooperation with its General Partner VivaCell-MTS implemented this huge Campaign dedicated to the Earth Day. This year the Campaign was launched on April 1 under the slogan “Plant Your Tree in Your Country.” The territory of the tree planting at Yerablur will be fertilized by recycled stalks of flowers laid at the Armenian Genocide Memorial on April 24. 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. |