  Armenian student team back from Sochi Olympic construction August 24, 2012 - 18:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Student team participants representing Armenia at the Olympic construction in Sochi returned to Yerevan on August 22. The construction team consisted of 20 students from Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University and State Engineering University of Armenia (Polytechnic). Armenian representatives worked on the construction of a road combining railway and highway from Adler station to Alpika-service mountain resort. The program also featured different sports tournaments, creative competitions and festivals. Student teams from the CIS and Baltic states are formed to participate in the construction of Olympic facilities on the initiative of Russian Railways JSC, with representatives of Armenia participating in the program for the third year, South Caucasus Railways (SCR) press service reported.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
