Armenia planning to increase science funding by AMD 2.7 billion![]() March 22, 2021 - 18:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The government intends to increase funding for science by AMD 2.7 billion ($5.1 million), Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Vahram Dumanyan said on Monday, March 22. The Minister stressed the additional funds will provided in 2021. An initiative called Gituzh (Power of Science) was created in Armenia in February 2021 to demand that the government increase science funding in the country. In 2020, the financing of the sphere amounted to some AMD 14 billion ($26.5 million). ![]() ![]() 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |