News for 10 March 2010
Michelle Obama said Tuesday that she’ll always cherish the moment she slipped into her inaugural ball gown, a one-shouldered, white chiffon design she wore for her first Cinderella-like spins on the dance floor as first …
PARIS (ArmRadio)—Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian, on an official visit to the French capital, bestowed on Wednesday an Order of Honor to renowned French Armenian artist Hovhannes Mirijan Semerjyan (Jansem) for his contributions to the “reinforcement …
BY TOM VARTABEDIAN
PORSHRUNN, Norway—As young woman growing up in Providence, R.I., Christine Varadian was prominently immersed in Armenian life.
When she wasn’t breaking records in the AYF Olympics, she was displaying strong leadership skills at …
RA Administrative Court is scheduled to hear the claim of Ekodar NGO against Armenian Government on March 23. The NGO is challenging the decisions of a few state bodies referring to the utilization of …
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–The Armenian government received on Wednesday 15 million euros ($20.3 million) in external financial assistance designed to modernize Yerevan’s disused underground metro system.
Finance Minister Tigran Davtian signed a relevant agreement with the head of …
BY ARA KHACHATOURIAN
The vote, last Thursday, by the House Foreign Affairs Committee to approve H. Res. 252—the Armenian Genocide Resolution—has increased Turkey’s usual banter and has sent the Obama Administration into a tailspin, in …
The Armenian Republican Party marks 20th anniversary April 2, the head of ARP faction Galust Sahakyan told Panorama.am. Currently the schedule of the events is being worked out, while in some regions the events have …
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–The U.S. Embassy in Armenia publicly honored on Wednesday a young Armenian activist controversially prosecuted after publicizing alleged sexual and other abuse at a Yerevan boarding school.
Mariam Sukhudian, a leader of the environment protection …
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (left) and his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisian meet in St. Petersburg last month — no room for Nagorno-Karabakh?
BAKU (News.az)—A Russian military analyst is predicting that a new war in the South …
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Arsenal (London) and Bavaria (Munich) were the first clubs to reach the ¼ finals of the UEFA Champions League.
Arsenal “smashed” Portugal’s champion Porto by a score of 5:0 in a return game while Bavaria …
The Union International de Organisations Terre et Culture (UIOTC)/ Land and Culture Organization (LCO) chapters from the France, United States, Armenia, United Kingdom, and Belgium met on February 6 and 7 in Brussels for their …
LOS ANGELES—Arthur Sarkissian’s exhibition is a rare opportunity to view many of the famed artist’s finest works at the 1927 Gallery in The Fine Arts Building in downtown Los Angeles. The opening reception will be …
The HAK issued a statement running that the Police has been confiscating Congress’s megaphones during non-mass events for already two years which they refuse to return. The government even confiscated all kind of such techniques …
PARIS (RFE/RL)–French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged more intensive efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and a quick implementation of the Turkish-Armenian normalization agreements during talks with his visiting Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sarkisian, on Wednesday.
The two …
GLENDALE—Chamlian Armenian School held its annual award ceremony the morning of March 2, to recognize students who have shown outstanding effort and commitment in their studies by maintaining a grade point average of 3.75 or …