Yerevan Municipality prepares for wintertime and New Year holidaysDecember 8, 2009 - 18:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Regular meeting at Yerevan Municipality focused on applying European experience of open open-air trade. European model allows such practice only at week-ends, Municipality's press service reports.In addition, Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan briefed on the activities for the current week, particularly night-watch services in case of snow precipitations. Touching on New Year events, Mr. Beglaryan informed of Municipality's plans to give presents to 50 thousand kindergarten and elementary school children, families of servicemen and dead freedom fighters, individuals with disabilities and pensioners. "On New Year's Night all administrative regions of Yerevan will organize firework," says Municipality's release. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |