  World Armenian Congress convention kicks off in Yerevan October 15, 2012 - 13:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - World Armenian Congress convention, hosting 147 participants from 17 countries, has kicked off in Yerevan. At the gathering, the head of the Union of Armenians of Russia, Ara Abrahamyan has been reelected as the Congress president. In his speech, Abrahamyan pledged to contribute to upholding and strengthening of Armenia-Diaspora relations. President Serzh Sargsyan and the Catholicos of All Armenians his Holiness Karekin II attended the event. Partner news  Top stories A special sitting of the National Assembly launched on Monday, June 17, with 104 parliamentarians participating. “I’m good at what I’m doing – implementing educational and charity projects,” he said in an interview with Ksenia Sobchak. RPA parliamentary group leader Galust Sahakyan said the latest National Assembly session featured both show and populism. The National Assembly adopted package of bills on making amendments to laws on “government structure” and “public service”.   Partner news |  Latest news Microsoft rumored to look into buying Nokia‘s handset business  The price tag and market position concerns weren’t the only reason the talks fell through, says the sources, without additional details.Megaupload files deleted, Dotcom decries ‘largest data massacre’ "We were never warned about the deletion," Dotcom said, adding that the loss of the files had reduced him to tears.Venezuelan leading university attacked, buses torches The fire from the second vehicle burned for more than a half-hour and damaged the building, plus important works of art.LinkedIn suffers outage due to ‘DNS issue’ "We determined it was a DNS issue, we're continuing to work on it. Thanks for your patience,” the network tweeted. |
