YEREVAN. – The Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador Traian Hristea drew the winners of the second European Union themed online quiz of the EU Centre on 8 July.

The grand prize, a new laptop went to GevorgSinanyan, a student from Goris, Syunik marz. The second prize, a netbook, went to Emma Aghlamazyan, a student from Yerevanand the third prize, a Kindle eBook, went to Gayane Geghamyan from Yerevan.

Ambassador TraianHristeawas satisfied with the outcome of the quiz.

“It is noteworthy that a third of all people who took the quiz answered all questions correctly," he said.

The second EU in Armenia Quiz ran for two months from the 29th of April until the 1st of July 2014 in English and in Armenian.

The quiz was taken 1,489 times in Armenian and 340 times in English. Although the first EU in Armenia quiz was already popular, the second one attracted more than 250 extra participants, bringing the total number of quiz participation in 2014 to 1,829.

Out of all quiz takers 505 people answered all questions correctly in Armenian and 158 got all the answers right in English. That makes the percentage of right answers was record high reaching 36% in total. In comparison, last year the percentage of correct answers was slightly above 20%.

In addition to the main prizes that will be handed out on 17 July, the EU Centre will give out EU Centre goody bags and organise a day full of activities at the EU Centre in Yerevan inviting everyone who participated in the quiz and got all the answers right. The event will focus on three important issues: EU and Armenia relations, EU development cooperation in Armenia and introduce EU funded projects.

The EU Centre is the main feature of the EU funded project “Support to the EU communication on reforms in Armenia”. Its goal is to raise awareness on EU development cooperation in Armenia and support education on the European Union. The Centre’s website is a gateway to EU cooperation with Armenia. The duration of the project is two years and it is implemented by GOPA-Cartermill S.A in consortium with Altair Asesores and Fainberg LLC.