There is only one garbage dump for the six villages (Garni, Goght, Geghard, Hatsavan, Geghadir and Voghjaberd) in the Garni administrative district. It takes up four hectares in the village of Garni. The village mayor says that the trash is burnt once or twice monthly, and later covered with dirt, to make room for the trash to come. Only one garbage truck serves all six villages. Residents in the area have created their own dumps where household...
Two brothers, world class violinists Henrik and Hrayr Karapetyan, leave Armenia and don’t see each other for fourteen years. Here, we take a glimpse into their fascinating odyssey and eventual reunion.
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Haigazian University in Beirut awards $1 million in scholarships to Armenian students each year. Its 60th year of instruction just began, and a gala marking the anniversary with the goal of expanding the university’s endowment is set for October 3 in Los Angeles.
Construction work was underway when I visited the Saint Norashen Church in Tbilisi.
Artak Gevorgyan was reelected the mayor of Maralik, a community in Armenia’s Shirak Province yesterday by a vote of 1,965 to 1,110.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan departs today for Dushanbe the capital of Tajikistan to participate in a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) leaders.