By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, July 16–The project of DILIJAN International School of Armenia project could be suspended in the near future. The initiators of the project — Ruben Vardanyan, Veronica Zonabend, Tim Flynn and Noubar Afeyan — wrote an open letter to the members of the Public Council under the President of Armenia and indicated [...]

YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), June 8–On Monday during the meeting with the head of the Milan council Bruno Dapei, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian welcomed the increase of Italian investment capital in the republic, the press service of the Armenian government informs. “Sarkisian stressed the importance of constructing a financial center in Dilijan and also the participation of [...]

Since the government announced in April its intention to modify the current law on language in order to accommodate the opening of foreign language schools in Armenia, several politicians, journalists and public service groups have been in an uproar. The decision primarily stems from the planned opening of a new private school in 2013 situated [...]

YEREVAN (Novosti Armenia), April 10–During the working visit of President Serge Sarkisian to the Tavush region, the Head of the Board of Directors of “Troika Dialog” Ruben Vardanyan reported to the journalists that an international school, which meets all the world standards, will open in Dilijan in 2013. On Friday the president visited the place [...]

BY JEFF MASARJIAN AND JASON SOHIGIAN Armenia is very special to those of us in the Diaspora for a number of different reasons. Not typically high up on that list–due especially to a lack of public awareness–is the enormous diversity of landscape, plant, and animal life that exists in Armenia. Armenia is located at the [...]

YEREVAN (Hetq), February 26—The Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE), as well as the Ministry of Regional Government and a number of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies have launched in the regions an exit fair-exhibition, called “DigiTec on Wheels.” Under the program, the participating companies will visit the urban communities, stopping and making exhibitions [...]

YEREVAN (ARKA), February 24—Armenian economy minister Nerses Yeritsian shrugged off speculations that Armenia has given up the idea of making Dilijan into a regional financial center. “The Central Bank of Armenia is doing some work, but to recover this idea we need more time and only then move ahead,” the minister said in a news [...]