 200-300 ha of forests to be replanted in Yerevan March 1, 2013 - 17:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The board of Armenia’s Forest Restoration and Development Fund held a meeting, with the report on 2012 financial activates and 2013 staff list discussed. 254 hectares of forest area was created, with 54 km pipeline and 18 km fence built over the past few years. Forest restoration works covering 31 hectares in Yerevan’s Erebuni administrative district have been listed among priority plans for 2013 spring, with 20 hectares of forest area to be created in Shirak province. Dwelling on forest rehabilitation programs implemented in Yerevan, deputy mayor Kamo Areyan said the capital possesses 800 hectares of forest area. The fund plans to carry out forest restoration works covering 200-300 hectares in Yerevan in the years to come.   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 |  Latest 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. |
