Armenia: Despite crisis, allocations to educational sphere will not be reducedOctober 30, 2009 - 19:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan has visited NAS Presidium Building to evaluate current repairs funded by Tashir foundation.President also met with RA NAS Presidium members. Mentioning that education sphere had priority importance for the country, Mr. Sargsyan particularly said, "Our goal is to develop a science-intensive economy, and that requires relevant attention to scientific sphere." At that he noted that despite crisis, allocations to educational sphere will not be reduced in 2009-10. 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 | 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. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |