  Armenia to host First Ascent Open Festival in MayMay 10, 2011 - 17:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 21 through 31, Armenia will host Armenian First Ascent Open Festival. The event is organized by Up the Rocks with the financial support of National Competitiveness Foundation (NCF) of Armenia. Gorges of Garni, Arpa and Noravank are selected as festival sites for rock climbers from 10 countries. As NCF tourist program director Syuzanna Azoyan stressed, the event will help increase Armenia's tourist potential, presenting Armenia in a new, untraditional light. The first international rock climbing festival organized in 2009 hosted climbers from Russia, Iran and the Czech Republic.   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 |  Latest 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. |
