On August 23, 1990, the newly elected parliament of Armenia issued the declaration of sovereignty (renaming the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic to the Republic of Armenia). In a referendum on September 21, 1991, 99.3% of the electorate voted in favor of Armenia’s exit from the USSR, two days later the parliament proclaimed independence; nevertheless, Armenia […]
As a country located in Asia defined by agooddir, India covers an area of over 3.2 million square kilometers in the South Asian subcontinent of the same name. The seventh largest state in the world stretches from the Kashmir Mountains in the extreme north and the Himalayas in the northeast to Cape Komorin, the southern […]
Whether by history, language, pop culture or the economy, many people are attracted to the Land of the Rising Sun. You are one of those people? If so, you will be happy to know that the quality of Japanese education is another well-known feature of the country internationally. It is no wonder that the top […]
The Turks say their country is like a man running west on a train running east. For example, Istanbul is Turkey’s wildly growing and densely populated city, trapped between two continents connected by bridges, with mosques all over the European side and western-style suburbs on the Asian side. Historic buildings and districts dating back to […]
In a relatively short period of time, South Korea has gone from being among the world’s poorest countries to being an economic success story. The country is today the world’s 15th largest economy, and education, research and innovation have high political priority. Education plays a very important role in South Korean society and, in interaction […]