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YEREVAN, Armenia, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pursuant to an instruction by the President of the Republic of Armenia, Minister Gagik Beglaryan of the Ministry of Transport and Communication of the Republic of Armenia announced the launch of the Southern Armenia Railway and Southern Armenia High Speed Road Projects, a strategic infrastructure investment for Armenia valued at approximately US$3 billion. During a presentation, signing ceremony and public announcement attended by...

YEREVAN, Armenia, Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced that the final stage of the Seventh Annual International Microelectronics Olympiad of Armenia took place at the Synopsys Armenia Education Department (SAED), with competitors winning 23 prizes in 10 categories. A full list of the winners is provided below. Held in conjunction...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When the idea of creating VirtualHayastan.com was born to Grigor Manoyan, he immediately started working on creating something extraordinary for the Armenians all over the world. Mr. Manoyan served as the head of the software engineering branch of the Nuclear Power Plant Software Emulation Program for the entire USSR and other socialist based countries. He made it possible to create a virtual atomic power plant in the days of...

YEREVAN, Armenia, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced that the Seventh Annual International Microelectronics Olympiad of Armenia will be held on October 4, 2012 in Yerevan, Armenia. For the first time, the event will be held in cooperation with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Test Technology Technical Council...

MADRID, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In the news release, "Isolux Corsán Will Build Various Sections of Road in Armenia" issued on 31 May 2012 11:31 GMT, by Isolux Corsan over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that in the paragraph titled "About Isolux Corsán" the distance in the fourth paragraph should have read "5.533 kilometres" rather than "533 kilometres" as originally issued inadvertently. Complete, corrected release follows: - The...

MADRID, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - The project, valued at $250m, is funded by the Asian Development Bank - The works are scheduled to take up to 3 years Isolux Corsan has been awarded a contract to build 91.7 kilometres of road in Armenia. The project is located in the country's north-south communication corridor, 550 km long, which will connect Armenia with Iran to the south and with the Black Sea via Georgia to the north. It will require a capex of over...

The LUYS Education Foundation of Armenia enlisted world-famous composer Tod Machover to lead groups of children in Boston and Armenia to compose music with the help of groundbreaking technology from the MIT Media Lab. “Hearing these exciting new pieces by young people," says Machover, "renews my conviction that anyone can create original, valuable music.” Cambridge, MA and Yerevan, Armenia (PRWEB) February 25, 2012 The opulent Armenian Opera Theater in the heart of...

Initially based in United Kingdom Fast Media Company is happy to announce that a new branch of the company has already been opened in Armenian, Yerevan. London, UK (PRWEB) February 23, 2012 “We have been planning to open a new branch of our company for a long time and have been looking for a best place for that purpose. The decision was made after months of discussions. Armenia is a developing country and we want to have our own investment in its development and opened a branch there in...

YEREVAN, Armenia, June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Tumo Center for Creative Technologies announces a Grand Opening on Sunday, August 14, 2011. Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Republic of Armenia visited Tumo for a private tour on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. The Minister of Education and Science, Armen Ashotyan, and the Mayor of Yerevan, Karen Karapetyan, accompanied the President. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110629/DA27810) Tumo's initial program will introduce students, ages...

An elderly Georgian woman accidentally sliced through an underground cable and cut off Internet services to all of neighboring Armenia on Wednesday, reports the Guardian. The 75-year-old woman had been digging for the metal not far from the capital Tbilisi when she damaged the fiber-optic cable on March 28. Georgia provides 90 percent of Armenia's Internet, and the woman knocked the country's 3.2 million people offline.  Television pictures showed reporters at a news agency in the capital...