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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 [...]

December 11th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: Economy, Social | Leave a comment

Armenia Fund 2010 Raises $20.8 Million

Yesterday the Hayastan All-Armenia Fund, which is now promoting itself simply as Armenia Fund, raised a whopping $20.8 million, up from $15.9 million collected in 2009.

I watched the telethon at various times throughout the day.  It’s always exiting to watch dynamic people like actor/entertainer Hrant Tokhatyan and Mark Geragos — who proves to be a great [...]

November 26th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Social | Leave a comment

OSCE Minsk Group Undermines Karabakh’s Resolve

Artur at The Armenian Observer Blog wrote a post yesterday about the OSCE Minsk Group’s reaction to the Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary elections that were held on Sunday. He comments that:

More than 70 percent of some 95,000 eligible voters turned out to vote in the poll, where 33 parliamentary mandates were contested on [...]

May 25th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Politics | Leave a comment

Army Day a Holiday?

Today is Army Day in Armenia. On Monday Jan. 25 President Serge Sarkisian was giving out medals to select veterans in their honor during an apparent played-down ceremony–who picked them out is anyone’s guess.

So government is closed for the day as well as various companies and undoubtedly, NGOs. Remarkably, the media seems to be working, [...]

January 28th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Politics, Social | Leave a comment

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 [...]

December 11th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Economy, Social | Leave a comment

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 [...]

November 27th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Economy, Social | One comment
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