Ministry of Culture may move to Gyumri, paper saysNovember 1, 2012 - 17:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Hraparak daily, the issue of moving Armenia’s Ministry of Culture to Gyumri has been widely discussed.“The issue is still being debated; however, if the decision is passed, 2 issues would become resolved at once: the capital will be freed of the institutions and the city’s local color restored. However, considering that most Armenian officials reside in Yerevan, the decision won’t be made easily,” the paper said. The acting head of the Ministry’s PR department Ruzanna Stepanyan refused to comment on the report above, citing lack of official information, the paper said. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |