  Armenia FIFA rating improvesJanuary 16, 2009 - 17:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has improved its position in the FIFA chart with one point against the last month's index, thus rating 112th at the moment. The top ten hasn't changed. The chart looks as follows: 1 Spain - 1663 2 Germany - 1389 3 Netherlands - 1338 4 Italy - 1326 5 Brazil - 1246 6 Argentina - 1180 7 Croatia - 1142 8 UK - 1115 9 Russia - 1103 10 Turkey - 1016 54 Belgium - 548 61 Bosnia - 517 112 Armenia - 313 118 Estonia - 260 134 Azerbaijan - 209.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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.   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news Armenia considers Cyprus as one of its main partners in EU - envoy  Armenia considers Cyprus one of its main partners in the European Union, Ambassador Tigran Mkrtchyan has said.Armenian, Albanian Foreign Ministers discuss ties, regional issues Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania Igli Hasani.POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO.Armenia confirms will attend NATO summit in Washington Armenia has confirmed its participation in the NATO summit in Washington, a spokesperson has confirmed. |
