ArmInfo. Information technology is key to the success of the economic revolution in  Armenia. Speaking at the Cologne University of Technology today,  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said this today.

ArmInfo.Catarina Bjorlin Hansen has been appointed EBRD Regional Director for the Caucasus and will assume her new role based in Tbilisi on 1 April 2019. She replaces Bruno Balvanera who has been named EBRD Managing Director for Central Asia.

ArmInfo.By the decision of the IDBank Council, Mher Abrahamyan was appointed to the post of Chairman of the Board. As the Bank's press service told ArmInfo, the  Central Bank of Armenia approved M. Abrahamyan's appointment on  December 19, 2018.

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ArmInfo. In a month, a new greenhouse will be put into operation in Armenia, which will become the world's largest semi-closed greenhouse. On November 14, during a  visit to the ''Spayka ''company, the head of the company's program  management department Karen Baghdasaryan informed Acting Minister of  Agriculture Gegham Gevorgyan.

ArmInfo.  Argentine businessmen are exploring the possibility of  founding a modern experimental agricultural enterprise in Armenia.  This was reported on November 9 during the meeting of the Acting RA  Minister of Agriculture Gegham Gevorgyan with the Argentine  delegation headed by Ambassador Gonzalo Uriolabeitia.

ArmInfo. The Manukian Simon  Research Foundation will be created in Armenia, which will serve as a  platform for conducting research with the participation of local and  international experts on topics of interest to the government.  Pre-financing of the Fund is $ 200 thousand.

ArmInfo. On September 20, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received a famous American doctor of Armenian origin, one of the leaders of the medical college named  after David Gefen of the University of California, Los Angeles  (UCLA), the producer of the Holocaust film "Promise", Dr. Eric  Esraelian and the rector of the University of California Los Angeles,  a biologist, academician Jeanne Block.

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ArmInfo. Issues of tax and customs policy, as well as accounting in the Ministry of Finance of Armenia will continue to be supervised by Arman Poghosyan. As the press service of the government reports, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan appointed Poghosyan on May 25 to the position of deputy finance minister.

ArmInfo. An international forum dedicated to the memory of Victor Ivannikov, an outstanding scientist, founder of the system programming school, one of the first developers of operating systems in Russia, was held in Yerevan. Authoritative scientists from Armenia, Russia, Georgia, Israel, Denmark, Greece, as well as 200 young researchers from Armenia and Russia took part in the forum.

ArmInfo. Joao Carrello will  succeed as president and CEO of Lydian International, Howard  Stevenson. This is stated in the company's official announcement.

ArmInfo. Armenian Blockchian  Forum (ABF) and IBM signed a memorandum on the creation of Blockchain  Open University in Armenia. According to the press service of the  Ministry of Economy, the document was signed during the ABF forum in  Yerevan, which gathered over 600 experts and experts in the field of  blockade and artificial intelligence from Armenia, Ukraine, Georgia,  Canada, Russia, the USA, Ireland, China, Switzerland, Hong Kong and  other.

ArmInfo. As part of the Silk  Road Initiative, Armenia intends to position itself as the country  that is the birthplace of wine. The chairman of the State Tourism  Committee Zarmine Zeituntsyan stated this during a press conference  on March 17.

ArmInfo. From 2010 to 2016, the turnover of the IT sphere in Armenia increased 5-fold to $ 510 million, and the number of companies has increased twice, "Minister of Transport, Communications and IT of Armenia Vahan Martirosyan told Emerging Europe. According to him, the sphere of information technologies in Armenia has a high growth potential, and it faces the task of starting to develop expensive technological solutions that will provide the opportunity to create high added value.

ArmInfo. On January 17, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with the organizers of the ceremony of presenting the prize of the head of state "For the world contribution to the sphere of information technologies".

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ArmInfo. On December 28, the Armenian government approved the concept of creating the Technological University within the framework of the state program for the development of the sphere of education until 2030.

ArmInfo. The nuclear energy  of Armenia has no alternative. A similar point of view is held by the  lecturer of the National Polytechnic University Martun Gevorgyan, who  gave the Armenian nuclear power plant for more than 40 years.

ArmInfo. Being a successful practicing physician in the US, Vahan Shakaryan founded the company Technologia and Science Dynamics in the American Santa Barbara in 1998, and in 2013 in Yerevan. Today, the company's products include mobile phones and tablets, investigative-scientific, solar, telecommunications, educational technologies, laboratories and products. A wider consumer knows such products of the company's activities, such as Armphone, Armphonik and EcoPad. From the first day of his stay in Armenia, Vahan Shakaryan made it clear that he is not interested in politics. "I am a native of Yerevan, and I really miss our capital. For me, Armenia is very important, the future of the country, the Armenian youth is important. It's painful to watch them emigrate. If I'm sure that they will find a better life there, I would not be so concerned. However, in reality, everything is too complicated, "Vahan Shakaryan said in an interview with ArmInfo.