Armenia among five most popular New Year destinations for RussiansDecember 4, 2017 - 18:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is among the top 5 most popular destinations for the New Year for Russian tourists, experts from Tutu.ru said after analyzing the sales of tours and flights from Moscow in 2017. Armenia ranks 5th this year, just like in 2016, accounting for 4.7% of all tickets sold from Moscow abroad. The average cost of round-trip tickets was 16,000 rubles (apx $270). The first four most popular destinations among Russian tourists are Moldova, Georgia, Germany and the Czech Republic. As reported earlier, the Armenian capital city of Yerevan is included in top five cities for winter trips in the CIS during the New Year. 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 | Viva sees growing demand for cloud services In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud services Turkey 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. |