Armenian Vice PM hails cooperation with Swiss ambassadorMay 30, 2013 - 12:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan met on May 30 with outgoing Swiss ambassador Konstantin Obolensky. Vice Prime Minister hailed the cooperation as effective, stressing the envoy’s contribution to the strengthening of bilateral relations. He highly assessed Swiss government’s support to the implementation of community development programs, particularly the projects targeting social housing and tourism industry. Ambassador Gevorgyan, in turn, voiced confidence that the programs launched will bear a continuous nature. At the request of the envoy, Vice Prime Minister Gevorgyan briefed on territorial administration reforms to be implemented in the years to come, the ministry’s press service reported. 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 Most popular in the section | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |