The Vatican has accepted the resignation of a German bishop over his extravagant spending, which includes a US $43 million remodel of his residence and offices in Limburg.
In 2013, Armenia’s 21 commercial banks made 42.7 billion AMD in after tax profits as opposed to the 36 billion in the previous year.
After two fair and lengthy hearings, the eight elected members of the Massachusetts Governor’s Council, in a 4-4 tie vote on March 5, refused to confirm attorney Joseph Berman to be a Superior Court judge. It was a defeat for Governor Deval Patrick, who had nominated Mr. Berman. But the Council took its responsibilities seriously and rendered a well-considered judgment.
Near Manhattan’s Murray Hill lies a go-to spot for Hindi movie rental shops, paan vendors and grocery stores catering to the South Asian community. There, the aroma of Indian spices waft through doors and on to the streets of Lexington Avenue, near East 28th Street, a neighborhood informally termed “Curry Hill.”
To mark Mid Lent (Minchink), a Gata Festival* took place in the Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Church in Akhalkalak.
At today’s Armenian government cabinet session Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan denied charges appearing in the press that his administration is not focusing attention on the plight of Armenians in Kesab.
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his family lived in luxury owning a number of apartments and houses in prestigious parts of Kyiv. The ex-president also knew the value of commercial real estate.
Protesters waving Turkish flags demonstrated outside a theater in the German town of Konstanz, demanding the cancellation of a play based on Edgar Hilsenrath’s novel The Story of the Last Thought about the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
Almost 10 years ago, three young men, Artur Kocharyan, Avetik Tumanyan, and Suren Zobanyan (then 19 years old), accused of the murder of fellow military conscript Artur Mesropyan, were sentenced to prison, where they have been all this time.
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