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Many babies are the future

I just read a poignant photo essay about the maternity drive in Nagorno-Karabagh published by the New York Times called The National Womb.

The NK government is encouraging young families to have babies by giving them incremental sums of money for each additional child they rear. After the sixth child has been born the family is [...]

Armenian Big Shots Aren’t Donating This Year

Hetq recently reported that several business tycoons/oligarchs have not donated to the Hayastan All-Armenia Fund this year. The money is slated to go towards restructuring projects in Shushi, located in Nagorno-Karabagh. Apparently Armenia’s wealthiest don’t care about rejuvenating  their country anymore.

Here’s what the article revealed:

At a press conference today, All Armenia Fund Director Ara Vardanyan disclosed [...]

Telethon Raises $15.8 Million

Yesterday, Thanksgiving in the US, the Hayastan All-Armenia Fund during its 12th annual telethon raised $15.8 million from viewers. Nearly $5.3 million of that total was donated by a Russian Armenian alone. It was a sharp 55 percent decrease from last year–$35 million was raised in 2008. On Wednesday night, the European Telethon raised $1.8 million.

I was guessing [...]

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