Syria-based Armenians to be offered $ 100 000 monthly assistanceMarch 15, 2013 - 21:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan met with heads of NGOs and religious organizations. Minister Hakobyan briefed the guests on the current state of the Syria’s Armenian community and the programs aiming to support Syrian Armenians having moved to the homeland. She further expressed gratitude to the NGO that contributed to the solution of the community’s problems. By Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s decree, an interdepartmental committee on the coordination of Syrian Armenian issues was set up. Committee secretary L. Stepanyan briefed the participants on the joint activates of state and non-governmental organizations, measures taken to facilitate visa and residence status provision, as well as the legislative reforms aiming to solve education and health problems. Minister Hakobyan said the program aiming to provide Syrians Armenians with housing opportunities in Yerevan suburbs is being developed, with USD 100 000 monthly assistance to be extended to social vulnerable groups of Syria-based Armenians for the coming months. Top stories 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. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |