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Armenia weightlifting coach dies at 51
Armenia weightlifting coach Ashot Mkhitaryan, 51, died of a heart attack in Zvartnots International Airport on May 23, when welcoming the youth weightlifting team returning from Valencia after the European Championships. Mkhitaryan had trained the national team since 2006. Under his guidance, [...]
Eva Rivas sets the stage on fire
Oslo, Norway - The Armenian rehearsal today saw some changes compared to the first one. Shining bubble chains were hanging above the stage, and more pyrotechnical effects were used to enhance the performance. The Armenian delegation had made some changes in the choreography to Apricot Stone: [...]
Turkey’s joining the EU within next 25-30 years highly unlikely
On May 18, Paris hosted a conference, entitled Turkey: Still Headed for the West? French journalist, geopolitics expert, Bernard Guetta stated at the conference, “It is now highly unlikely that Turkey can join the EU. At least, not until 25-30 years. In the crosshairs “Islamist violence that [...]
France supports efforts of Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents
French Minister of State for European Affairs Pierre Lellouche said that France, which co-chairs the Minsk Group, supported Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders' efforts to take steps to resolve the Karabakh conflict. Addressing the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, he emphasized that political [...]
Azeri delegation disallows its weightlifter from participating in award ceremony
Armenia’s Vladik Karapetyan (w.c. 62kg) won gold at the European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Valencia. Karapetyan lifted 253kg in the snatch, clean and jerk combination, taking the lead over the Azerbaijani and Turkish weightlifters – Firudin Guliyev and Emre Buyukunlu. After [...]
Rep. Schiff launches Armenian genocide Congressional Record Campaign
Vergine Djihanian saw her father and uncle beaten and axed to death by Turkish officers when she was 9. Rather than risk a similar fate, the Armenian girl's mother and aunt took their children to the nearby banks of the Euphrates River, said their prayers and threw themselves into the raging [...]
There’s something for everyone at Montebello’s Armenian fair
MONTEBELLO - Celebrate and learn something new about the Armenian heritage at the Third Annual Armenian Food Fair & Fest from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 22 at the Holy Cross Cathedral, 900 W. Lincoln Ave. Enjoy food, music, dance and other activities. The event will also feature a variety of [...]
“Army’s participation is grounded”
Members of the Fact-Finding Group created and disbanded by Serzh Sargsyan to leading an investigation into the events of "March 1" Andranik Kocharyan and Seda Safaryan have finished the report on "Involvement and participation of the army in post-electoral processes and the events of March [...]
Orange’s T.I.GRA.N project awarded special prize
The project “T.I.GR.A.N” (Tower InterGRated Armenian Network) of Orange Armenia has been rewarded by the France Telecom Group for innovation during the award ceremony 2010 in Paris. Mediamax was informed in the press service of Orange Armenia that the project allows building mobile networks [...]