Sergey Smbatyan, the artistic director and principal conductor of the State Youth Orchestra of Armenia became the member of the outstanding organization “Swiss Gart” (Swiss Global Art Management Gart).
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan introduced the newly appointed Minister Levon Yolyan to the staff of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.
Americans have been issued a travel warning to avoid visiting the southeastern part of Turkey, the Department of State announced.
Armenia has turned its attention to public health care. Preventive programs are carried out in Armenia in the framework of “Healthcare should be valued during health, not during disease”. Minister of Healthcare Armen Muradyan said at the International Ministerial Conference “New Challenges in Public Healthcare” held in Yerevan. Speaking about the 20th century world wars, which resulted in the loss of millions of lives, Muradyan noted that communicable and non-communicable diseases declared a war against humanity as well.
A.Chobanyan hesitated to answer to which extent anticipations have been a reality, reasoning that it’s early, “the period from late 2013 to 2016 is rather short in the field of aviation, on account of the fact, that global political shift has been recorded, which requires phase-to-phase implementation, and some factors impact implementation of this. It too early to speak of any results and assessments.”
This year’s world championship of the most popular intellectual game “What, Where, When” will be held in Armenia. Former Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan wrote on his Facebook page.
Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will be held in Yerevan on 11-12 March. Issues of fighting against international terrorism and threats of extremism will be discussed at the session.
Discussions of the draft Tax code chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan went on at the Government on March 1 with the participation of the representatives of interested state agencies.
President Serzh Sargsyan sent a congratulatory message to the renowned author, expert in Armenian studies, translator and intellectual Kim Bakshi on March 1, wishing him excellent health and new creative achievements.
FIDE has published the rankings of March 2016. Leader of the Armenian National chess team Levon Aronyan has dropped to the 7th place with 2786 points.Previously he was ranked 4th. The ranking tops world champion Magnus Carlsen with 2851 points. Vladimir Kramkin is on the 2nd place with 2801 points, and Fabiano Caruana is the 3rd, with 2794 points. Among the list of top players is Grandmaster Gabriel Sargsyan, who is ranked 42nd with 2702 points.
