Hayastan all-Armenian Fund raises more than $12.5 mln for KarabakhNovember 24, 2017 - 10:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Hayastan all-Armenian Fund hosted its 20th annual Thanksgiving Day telethon to raise more than $12.5 million with the help of Diaspora Armenians. The telethon, this year called “Fruitful Artsakh”, aired for 12 hours, with the donations set to be used for two major projects in Nagorno Karabakh - deepwater drilling and installation of solar power stations. The telethon is held in Los Angeles, U.S. each year, while the Fund has implemented 50,000 projects worth $350 million with donations from around 700,000 individuals. Various art and entertainment programs ran throughout the telethon with visits from community leaders as well as footage showcasing past projects funded by the telethon. The biggest donations came from an anonymous benefactor ($2.5 million), Russia-based Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan ($2.25 million), the Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Combine ($350,000), Armenian lawmaker and businessman Samvel Aleksanyan ($200,000) and many more. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |