Armenia to host COP17 in 2026November 1, 2024 - 11:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will host the 2026 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP-17), Minister of Environment Hakob Simidyan has said. Parties to the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) voted on Thursday, October 31 for the 2026 Conference of Parties (COP) to be held in Armenia. Armenia won the bid to host the conference with 65 votes, while Azerbaijan, which also sought the right to host, garnered only 58 votes. 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. |