  Armenians of Nor Nakhichevan to commemorate earthquake victimsDecember 2, 2009 - 18:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On Monday, December 7, Surb Karapet Armenian Church of Rostov will hold public liturgy to commemorate the victims of 1988 Spitak earthquake, miasin.ru quotes Nor Nakhichevan's Armenian community representative as saying.Spitak earthquake (magnitude: 7.2pt.) took place on December 7, 1998 in the north-west of Soviet Armenia. As a result, Spitak and 58 villages were leveled to the ground and the towns of Leninakan (current name: Gymri), Stepanavan, Kirovakan (current name: Vanadzor) as well as over 300 settlements were partially destroyed. Covering 40% of Armenia's territory, the great disaster left 25 thousand people dead and 514 thousand homeless.   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 |  Related sections Latest news 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. |
