Italian Ambassador believes cultural collaboration with Armenia prospectiveDecember 18, 2009 - 20:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Despite Armenia and Italy's being distant in geographical and geopolitical sense, the countries are actually very close, Italian Ambassador to Armenia Bruno Scapini said at round table discussions organised by Armenian Centre for National and International Studies (ACNIS).He stressed the special connection between the countries by history, also emphasizing the importance of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian's visit to Italy in the development of bilateral relations. "Armenian Foreign Minister's visit to Italy opened a new page the development of political and economic relations between Armenia and Italy," he noted, also characterizing cultural collaboration with Armenia as prospective. 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 | Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Armenia PM meets Iran’s Supreme Leader in Tehran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei Ruling MP accuses opposition of “serving other countries' interests” Khachatur Sukiasyan has accused Armenia’s opposition of serving the interests of other countries |