FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov appointed IA Ashot Vardapetyan (Armenia) as the chief arbiter of the World Championship Match Anand-Carlsen to be held on November 6-26, 2013 in Chennai, India.
Here’s an interesting clip that shows how people outside Yerevan take their complaints to the streets, literally.
Hakobyan replaces Souren Khachatryan who resigned from the post last month in the aftermath of a scandal involving a gun fight in the yard of his house.
Peto Poghosyan, the artist, commented: “I appreciate this opportunity to share my art with the public and to emphasize the crucial role which we, artists, play in the development of our society.”
During his working visit to Riga, Yerevan Manyor Taron Margaryan visited the Getlin refuse recycling plant, considered the most ecologically clean of its kind in all Europe.
People taking a taxi from the town of Etchmiadzin to Yerevan, either to get to work or to go to school, now have to pay 400 AMD instead of 300.
When we devote attention and resources to the education, health and wellbeing of adolescent girls, they will become an even greater force for positive change in society that will have an impact for generations to come. On this World Population Day, let us pledge to support adolescent girls to realize their potential and contribute to our shared future.