National Geographic Traveler ranks Armenia among top 3 for extreme vacationsSeptember 22, 2011 - 14:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - National Geographic Traveler magazine ranked Armenia among the top 3 countries for extreme vacations. On September 21, Armenia’s Independence Day, the National Geographic Traveler award was granted to a representative of the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (NCFA) in Moscow, NCFA press service reported. NCFA promotes Armenia’s competitiveness at international tourism markets. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. 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 |