PBS SoCal Plus to air documentary on Tumo centerJuly 26, 2014 - 12:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - PBS SoCal Plus will broadcast a half hour documentary “Tumo: Change Starts within Armenia” on August 2 at 6 pm pacific time, Asbarez reports. Tumo Center for Creative Technologies was established in Armenia to introduce alternative careers to teenagers in order to help change the socioeconomic situation and ultimately leapfrog the country from the consequences of its succession from the Soviet Union. Given a technology savvy platform and the right tools, a new generation of Armenians uses creativity to map their future with hopes to compete in the global marketplace. The short documentary film is directed by Vahe Babaian and produced by Bérj Beramian, made as a Zealpix production. Related links: Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |