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“Yerkir Union” Carried out Research in Hamshen and Dersim
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  • 2011-08-17 14:10:58

The Van research expedition of Yerkir Union visited and carried out research in Hamshen, Dersim and other settlements of Western Armenia on July 18 to August 4. The expedition studied

Nur Plan launched in Nagorno Karabakh
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  • 2011-08-16 14:12:31

Fruifull Armenian Fund proudly announces the launch of NUR Plan in the Nagorno Karabagh Republic (NKR). Following the agreement signed last January between NKR Prime Minister Ara Harutyunyan and

Four Armenian youngsters graduated from various renowned colleges and universities of India
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  • 2011-08-16 13:53:17

AREMNIAN COLLEGE OF INDIA SENDS HER ‘AMBASSADORS’ INTO THE WORLD In 2011, under the sponsorship of the Armenian Church of India and the guardianship of Very Rev. Father Khoren Hovahnnisyan,

Certificates to be given to the first school-leavers of “Summer school of young leaders” program
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  • 2011-08-12 11:55:09

The closing ceremony of “Summer school of young leaders” program of the Ra Ministry of Diaspora will take place on August 12. The young people will present their jointly

Youth Short Film Competition is organised
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  • 2011-08-11 15:54:38

The United Nations in Armenia is organizing a Youth Short Film Competition in 2011 to which youth from all over Armenia are invited to participate. The competition is being held

Ban Ki-Moon: "To young people I say: you have the opportunity to change our world. Seize it"
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  • 2011-08-11 15:38:23

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon message for on International Youth Day 12 August 2011 “Change Our World” is more than the theme of this year’s International Youth Day; it is an

Young people are often the leading proponents of sustainability and green life-styles
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  • 2011-08-11 15:38:23

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE FOR ON INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY: “Change Our World” is more than the theme of this year’s International Youth Day; it is an injunction that should inspire young

Armenia sailing vessel leaves Lebanon for Cyprus
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  • 2011-08-11 15:01:38

On August 10, the Armenia sailing vessel which arrived in Lebanon from Egypt on August 6, having completed its round the world cruise has left for Cyprus. The Armenian

UNICEF will continue its mission in Armenia
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  • 2011-08-09 15:59:40

On August 9, the RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received UNICEF Representative in Armenia Laylee Moshiri-Gilani, who finishes her activity in our country. The Prime Minister assessed the activity and

Hranush Hakobyan: ““Regardless of where you live, you all are the members of one big family that is the Armenian Family”
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  • 2011-08-08 15:56:11

On August 8, the 6th round of "Ari Tun" program launched at the RA Ministry of Diaspora. 105 young boys and girls from 12 countries such as Czechia, Holland,

Armenian church re-opens to worship in southern Turkey
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  • 2011-08-07 18:52:40

Worldbulletin.net, 07 August- An Armenian church was re-opened on Sunday to worship after being closed for nine years in Iskenderun town of the southern province of Hatay. Turkish Armenian Patriarchate

CBC Interviews William Schabas about Genocide & Human Rights University Program
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  • 2011-08-06 12:47:28

Featured this week on CBC’s Metro Morning radio program was Prof. William Schabas, who spoke with host Matt Galloway to discuss the Genocide & Human Rights University Program (GHRUP),

Braille copybooks for children with visual impairments
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  • 2011-08-04 10:36:55

Funded by the Armenian Youth Foundation “Children's eyes” benevolent fund will carry out “The production of Braille copybooks” project. As the department of public relations of the Armenian Youth

Bako Sahakyan received senior staff of the State Committee of Cadastre and Real Estate
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  • 2011-08-01 23:49:14

On 1 August President Bako Sahakyan received senior staff of the State Committee of Cadastre and Real Estate under the Artsakh Republic's Cabinet of Ministers. The Head of the State

The prospects of realizing different social programs in Artsakh were discussed
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  • 2011-07-30 13:31:43

On 30 July President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received Artsakh native philanthropist Hayk Maghakelyan. The prospects of realizing different social programs were discussed during the meeting. Bako Sahakyan called

Garegin Chuqaszyan: “The Ministry of Diaspora doesn’t operate fully”
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  • 2011-07-27 15:57:02

The potential of Diaspora should be used for the development of Armenia. The member of “Sardarapat” movement Garegin Chuqaszyan expressed such opinion during the press conference on July 27.

"Edit Print" and Yerevan City Hall are initiating the first Competition of Reading with the motto “Don’t waste time, read”
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  • 2011-07-27 13:24:37

Within the frames of the “Yerevan-2012: International Capital of Book” event "Edit Print" and Yerevan City Hall are initiating the first Competition of Reading with the motto “Don’t waste

Results of “Disaster risk reduction” programme are summed up
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  • 2011-07-26 18:05:05

“Disaster risk reduction” regional project is carried out in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan in 2010-2011. The objective of the project was to support the rise of level of

The center-department of modern Indian researches to be formed in YSU
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  • 2011-07-25 15:00:50

On July 25, the rector of YSU Aram Simonyan and Indian Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador Achal Malhotra signed a memorandum of understanding on the opening of center-department of Indian

Israel "intercepts weapons boat" in Dead Sea
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  • 2011-07-25 13:20:15

According to BBC Israeli authorities say they have seized a boat carrying arms in the Dead Sea and are questioning two Palestinians who were on the vessel. The boat was

Azerbaijan’s announcement on the possible operation of Yerevan-Van direct flight
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  • 2011-07-22 16:39:34

According to Azerbaijani media, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commenting on the possible operation of Yerevan-Van direct flight announced that it continued to follow the development of the situation.

From 2012 the reconstruction work of Sanahin monastery starts
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  • 2011-07-21 16:04:00

The project of the recounstuction of Sanahin is planned to be worked out and this year 6 billion drams were given from state budget for the solution of problems

"Baze" camp to start
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  • 2011-07-21 11:42:06

On July 22, "Baze" youth campaign will start in Byurakan. Whithin the frames of "Baze" compaign more that 18-30-year-old 700 young people from the 10 regions of Armenia and

Hurricane Dora reaches Cat. 4 strength off Mexico
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  • 2011-07-21 07:13:00

According to BBC, hurricane Dora rapidly grew into a Category 4 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast while keeping out to sea and threatening coastal areas only with rain and

Earthquake occurs at the border between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
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  • 2011-07-20 09:03:00

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 occurred at the border between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The epicenter was 42 km south-west of the Uzbek city of Ferghana. There has been

Lyon Park Symbolizing Yerevan-Lyon Friendship Opens
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  • 2011-07-19 20:09:30

On July 19, Lyon Park, symbolizing Yerevan-Lyon friendship, opened at Erebuni administrative district of Yerevan. The Mayor of Yerevan Karen Karapetyan and the Mayor of Lyon Gérard Collomb cut the

FAAE has begun an online petition
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  • 2011-07-18 15:01:34

Dear Ms Bokova, We refer to our letter of 17-th June 2011 and the scandalous event surrounding the exhibition of Armenian khachkars in Paris referred to therein to which we

Talibans confess that they murdered a senior adviser to Hamid Karzai
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  • 2011-07-18 11:00:39

Taliban movement confessed that it had murderd Jan Mohammad Khan. Jan Mohammad Khan, a senior adviser to Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, was murdered on Sunday night at his home

Russia launces the unique Spektr-R to resume space exploration
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  • 2011-07-18 10:34:48

Russia has resumed space exploration by launching a unique astrophysical observatory, Spektr-R, from Baikonur. It will prove helpful in observing distant extragalactic objects due to its super powerful optical

The implementation of the RA Ministry of Diaspora’s “Sister School” program continues
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  • 2011-07-15 19:40:02

Since 2009, the RA Ministry of Diaspora has been implementing the “Sister Schools” program between Armenian schools in Armenia and the Diaspora, which aimed implementing joint educational programs, exchanging

The steps directed to the development of gastronomic tourism are taken in Armenia
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  • 2011-07-15 16:07:50

The tendency of the rise of the demand of gastronomic tourism is noted in the world and the small steps directed to the development of the branch of the

UN and the RA Ministry of Education and Science sign a cooperation agreement in the field of human rights
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  • 2011-07-15 14:48:03

n July 15, the Minister Armen Ashotyan and the permanent representative of the UN Development Program in Armenia Dafina Gercheva signed the cooperation agreement on teaching human rights

Under the patronage of the local body of the British affiliate of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund carries out a complete renovation of the Kapan Medical Center's Pediatric Department
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  • 2011-07-15 13:12:13

Due to 1 million USD grant bequeathed by British-Armenian benefactor Garabed Nazarian, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund is carrying out a complete renovation of the Kapan Medical Center's Pediatric Department

Now tickets for “Armenia” train are available in Artsakh too
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  • 2011-07-14 15:38:57

Now tickets for “Armenia” train are available in Nagorno-Karabakh too. South Caucasus Railways (SCR) Company opened its first ticket office in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The address

“Beautiful Yerevan” project starts
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  • 2011-07-14 14:32:55

Mayor of Yerevan Karen Karapetyan and Dafina Gercheva, UN resident coordinator and UNDP resident representative in Armenia, signed today a memorandum of mutual understanding, laying the foundation for "Beautiful

ANCA-WR Makes Donation to Yerevan's School for Children with Special Needs
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  • 2011-07-14 10:04:03

Glendale - The Armenian National Committee of America - Western Region (ANCA-WR) has donated two boxes of brand new t-shirts to the Armenian Relief Society to send to Yerevan's

Fanny Ardant has Armenian roots
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  • 2011-07-13 09:21:16

The world famous actress, director Fanny Ardant, who is in Armenia in the frames of “Golden apricot” film festival confessed of having Armenian roots. Ardant said that she kept

Representative of RA Ministry of Diaspora denies the news on breaking into Htanush Hakobyan’s apartment
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  • 2011-07-12 13:45:21

The head of the Information and Public Relations Department of RA Ministry of Diaspora Tevos Nersisyan denied the news published in “Hraparat” newspaper according to which Htanush Hakobyan’s apartmene

On July 13-15 a joint Armenian-Azerbaijani journalistic to visit Georgia
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  • 2011-07-12 13:24:56

On July 13-15, 2011, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting is conducting a joint Armenian-Azerbaijani journalistic mission to Georgia in the frames of “Neighbors” project. This project focuses

A Book of Mourning is open in the Russian Embassy to Armenia
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  • 2011-07-12 12:37:56

A Book of Mourning is open in the Russian Embassy to Armenia for the victims of wrecked “Bulgaria” cruise ship. July 12 is declared the Day of Mourning in

A photo exhibition of the works of children
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  • 2011-07-12 12:12:17

Yerevan, Republic of Armenia, July 12, 2011 – The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) and HSBC Bank Armenia CJSC (HSBC) held a photo exhibition on environmental protection, exhibiting the

Baghdasar Baghdasaryan: “We should be proud of our heroes who sacrificed their lives for today’s peace and victory”
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  • 2011-07-11 14:55:57

The events dedicated to the freedom fighters killed in Artsakh battle continue in Tallinn. On July 11, the opening ceremony of the monument dedicated to the freedom fighter Gagik

A cultural event takes place in Paris with the participation of artists and musicians from Gyumri
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  • 2011-07-11 11:23:52

On July 8, a cultural event took place in Aleck Manookyan Cultural Center of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) of Paris in the frames of the 20th anniversary

Attempts are made to ignite Shirak branch office of the A.D.Sakharov human rights protecting center
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  • 2011-07-08 12:13:10

On July 6, 2011, in the morning at about 5 o’clock, some unknown persons broke the glass through metal bars Shirak branch Gyumri office window of the A.D.Sakharov Center

Tigran Sargsyan “Helth is one of the exceptional globalizing spheres, where international cooperation is extremely important"
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  • 2011-07-07 13:34:33

On June 7, the third International Medical Congress launched at the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi. Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Health Minister Harutyun Kushkyan, other officials and

Event in "Kosh" criminal-executive establishment
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  • 2011-07-07 11:31:47

Upon the initiative of the RA Justice Ministry's Criminal Executive Department, an event dedicated to the RA Constitution Day, was held July 5 at "Kosh" criminal-executive establishment. An official from

Hranush Hakobyan attaches importance to the involvement of the Armenian professional potential in the development of Armenia
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  • 2011-07-06 15:52:42

Summing up the work of the Ministry of Diaspora of the first quarter of 2011, the Minister Hranush Hakobyan attaches importance the collecting and involvement of the Armenian professional

Hranush Hakobyan: “Programs of RA Ministry of Diaspora have youth orientation this year”
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  • 2011-07-06 14:13:58

The main problems with refer to the RA Ministry of Diaspora are: to contribute to the maintenance of Armenians, self-organization of the Armenian community, to develop inter-community and Armenia-Diaspora

Petros Kojoyan and Sergey Houroumyan are awarded with “The Gratitude” medal
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  • 2011-07-06 13:52:42

On 6 July President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree according to which for substantial contribution to the development of health sphere in the Artsakh Republic “The Gratitude” medal was

The educational, cultural issues of the Armenian community in Australia are discussed
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  • 2011-07-01 15:02:31

On June 30, the RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan received the director of Australian “Golsten” college Caroline Blanden, deputy cairman of “The Armenian national educational and cultural