 35 Braille Boards set in Armenia as of 2010  November 19, 2010 - 17:41 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - On November 19, Yerevan’s house of culture hosted a presentation of 5-language Braille Boards. 14 boards were manufactured in 2009 within the framework of Armenian Monuments Awareness Project (AMAP); in 2010 their number reached 21. As AMAP program director Richard Ney stated, “No other country but Armenia has 35 Braille Boards. Unfortunately, we were unable to manufacture them locally, so we had to import the boards from Italy.” AMAP programs were implemented with the assistance of VivaCell-MTS. Current action aims at increasing cultural awareness among visually challenged people.   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. |
