  Official: "The man who walked on the moon" will arrive in Yerevan July 23, 2022 - 16:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of the Prime Minister's Office Arayik Harutyunyan has said that "the man who walked on the moon" will arrive in Yerevan to join the Starmus Festival, set to be held in Armenia on September 5-10. Harutyunyan was referring to Charles Duke, an American former astronaut who, as a lunar module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, became the tenth and youngest person to walk on the Moon, at age 36 years and 201 days. "While the majority of humanity makes judgments about the universe and expresses its feelings about it from planet Earth, astronauts have a unique opportunity to talk about our planet from the height of space," Harutyunyan wrote on Facebook Friday, July 22. "And what can they tell us? You will find out this on September 5-10 by participating in the Starmus VI festival."   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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
