Armenia refused European bank credit over Yerevan Mayor - paper![]() December 13, 2012 - 16:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Zhoghovurd daily, Armenian authorities led by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margayan have found themselves in the center of a scandal.“Earlier, a European bank provided a $35 million credit for modernization of Yerevan underground. The sum was to be procured in two installments, with the first one already allocated,” the daily said. “However, after a while, it was revealed that the sums weren’t being spent as planned, with the bank refusing to provide the second part of the credit,” the paper said, adding that the underground administration refused to comment. 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 |