In yesterday’s election to fill the seat Yerevan’s Parliamentary District #1, the Central Electoral Commission reports that Republican Party candidate Robert Sargsyan beat Stoypa Safaryan from Heritage by 18,805 votes to 3,680.
73 year-old Seda Soghoyan swears that breast feeding is the best way to ensure that children grow up healthy. Mrs. Soghoyan should know. She raised seven kids herself and says she breastfed them up till the age of three.
As a young Armenian living and studying in the United States, I am ashamed to say that my knowledge of Armenian history and politics is minimal. Unfortunately, in America the opportunities to learn about and understand our Homeland are limited.
On the 1st of December 2012 at the “Hayartun” Cultural Center of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Georgia in the Hall of Calouste Gulbenkian the exhibition named "Armenian Churches in Tbilisi yesterday and today" was opened.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to arrive in Istanbul today for talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on spurring bilateral relations and a settlement in Syria. The talks are part of a summit meeting of the Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council, said Putin aide Yuri Ushakov.
Deputy Culture Minister Arev Samvelyan tells Hetq that the government just doesn't have the resources to start renovations on Ptghavank, a domed single-nave basilica church completed in the 6th to 7th centuries.
Yesterday, during church services in Etchmiadzin, it was announced that a new diocese would be formed for the communities of the Artik region in Armenia.
More than 100 people showed up at a fund-raising movie preview in Brussels to assist Armenians in Syria. UGC, the second largest cinema operator in Europe, provided the venue free of charge for the preview of the 2012 film Anna Karenina. The event was organized by the Armenian community in Belgium
Pressure is mounting for Turkey’s newly elected first ombudsman to resign amid criticism from the family of slain journalist Hrant Dink.
Kim Kardashian’s weekend visit to Bahrain to promote a milkshake franchise attracted admirers and protestors. CNN and BBC reports quote a local newspaper saying that police used tear gas to disperse those angry over Kardashian’s visit to the mainly Shiite nation.
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