Henley & Partners: Armenia improves standing on nationality quality indexSeptember 13, 2017 - 12:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia took the 97th spot in the annual Quality of Nationality Index, improving its position due to new opportunities for living and working abroad. In the 2015 edition of the report, Armenia was placed the 110th. Compiled by The Henley & Partners, the index provides an objective assessment of citizenship in different countries of the world. The experts ranked 195 citizenships based on a number of indicators for the period between 2012 and 2016. The improvement of Armenia's performance in 2016 was primarily due to the expansion of possibilities for living and working visa-free abroad. Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia have now became available for Armenians. Germany leads the 2016 list, followed by France, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and Norway. Azerbaijan claims the 107th position, while Georgia comes in the 104th. Top stories 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. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |