Government: 200 wolves to be killed in Armenia during hunt seasonFebruary 16, 2012 - 12:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian government amended at February 16 session the previous decision according to which the Ministry of Nature Protection of Armenia got funding to cut the population of wolves in the republic. The Minister of Nature Protection, Aram Harutyunyan said they succeeded in 2011 in killing 100 wolves while following the rules of hunting. “We need to get rid of wolves this year as well; with heavy snowfall, their number is increasingly growing in the settlements. We want to encourage hunters to kill the wolves; this will not damage their population,” he stressed. In response to the question of Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan regarding the number of wolves to be killed this year, the Minister said they expect it to make 200. 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. |