  Yerevan will welcome Armenia’s first planetarium on New Year’s Day December 18, 2019 - 12:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s first planetarium will open in Yerevan on January 1, 2020. According to a post on the planetarium’s Facebook page, the new facility will screen films about the origin of the universe, the birth of stars and planets, as well as the development of astronautics and space exploration technologies. The planetarium will open on the territory of the English Park in downtown Yerevan. The project was created jointly by the team of St. Petersburg’s Planetarium №1 (the largest in the world in terms of the diameter of the dome) and leading planetarium designer Grigor Mashuryan. The planetarium, which will be equipped with a screen with a diameter of 14 meters, will accommodate up to 50 people. Spectators will be able to get comfortable on the armchairs so that they can literally lie down and look at the starry sky.   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 Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
