  LA to host Water is Life telethon Nov. 25 September 30, 2010 - 13:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 13th telethon organized by Hayastan All-Armenian Fund will take place in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on November 25, 2010 under the motto Water is Life. As the Fund’s Executives Director, Ara Vardanyan, told reporters on September 30, the telethon will be on air of Public Television of Armenia, Shant and Armenia TV Channels. The funds raised will be spent for improvement of water-supply system in Artsakh. The general sponsor of the event is VivaCell-MTS which will allocate AMD 163 million for its organization. Vardanyan also informed that from September 30 to December 31 all those wishing to take part in fund raising can send an SMS message to 8 000 number, the cost of the message being AMD 500. Money can also be donated in any office of Haypost.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said.   Partner news |  Latest news Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday  Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1.Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament.Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”.International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |
