EIB approves euro 30,8 mln loans for checkpoints modernization![]() March 30, 2012 - 16:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian government headed by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan held a meeting on modernization of Bagratashen, Gavar and Bavra checkpoints at Armenia-Georgia border. RA Deputy Minister of Finance Vardan Aramyan briefed on the conduction of modernization works of these check points. He further noted that the European Investment Bank (EIB) approved loans at the amount of euro 30,8 mln. The modernization project is estimated at euro 60 mln., governmental press service reported. In this context, the PM instructed the relevant institutions to organize works in timely manner. 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 |