By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, September 3 — The first orphanage of Holy Etchmiadzin opened at the compound of the Armenian church St. Gayane on September 2 in the presence of the Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, the press office of Holy Ejmiadzin informs. The building of the orphanage was completely renovated through the funding [...]
By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, September 1 — On August 31 the Armenian President Serge Sarkisian had a meeting with Armenian school children, among them were medalists, laureates of various international Olympiads and winners of the international mathematical competition Kangaroo. During the meeting Sarkisian mentioned three main qualities that each Armenian president should possess. “I [...]
By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, August 26– According to the decision of the Government of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), immigrants are now able to privatize the apartments in which they have lived 10 years or more. The Head of State Real Estate Cadastre Committee of Arstakh Andranik Khachatryan, in an interview with Radio Liberty, said that, “At [...]
By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, August 24–More than 21,000 babies were born in the Republic of Armenia as of July 1, which is 7.1 percent more than in the same period of 2009. Most of the babies (7,300) were born in the capital of Armenia, Yerevan. The Armavir region was in second place with 1,856 births. [...]
By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, August 19–On Tuesday night, the plaster ceiling of one of the apartments in the newly-built district Mush-2 in Gyumri collapsed. The residents of the apartment were not injured, but their property was terribly damaged. “We were saved by a miracle,” says 64-year-old Angic Melikyan. “We survived the earthquake, our 18-year-old daughter [...]
By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, August 18–The educational system in Armenia has improved greatly lately. According to the Minister of Education and Science of Armenia Armen Ashotyan, the corruption in this system has decreased. He said that the number of places in the universities has increased this year (the number of paid places has increased by [...]
By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 13–Corruption in the Armenian State Committee of Real Estate Cadastre is uprooted, Ashot Musaian, the deputy head of the agency says. He added that in 1997, when the system of State Cadastre was just established, such things might have happened. In 2008-2009 the situation changed much, supervision tightened, and some [...]
By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 11–On August 4 fire broke out in the Georgian region of Samtskhe-Javakheti. Firemen have been fighting for about a week but they did not manage to put it out yet. Hundreds of lifesavers, volunteers, the department of Emergency Situations and the Georgian Ministry of Defense have also joined the fire-fighting [...]
By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 10–The summer camp for Armenian children aged 4-14 on one of the Princes’ Islands (Sea of Marmara, not far from Istanbul) is open again. The camp was established in 1960 for children from low-income Armenian families on the initiative Shnorhq Galstyan, the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople. According to the Turkish [...]
By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, July 30– On August 5, the delegation headed by Deputy Culture Minister Arev Samuelyan, will arrive in Tbilisi to discuss further work on the restoration of St. Gevorg Church. The domed church of St. Gevorg Mugnetsots in Tbilisi was built in 1356 and collapsed on the night of November 19, 2009. [...]
