Leonardo DiCaprio donates $65,000 to Children of Armenia FundDecember 15, 2016 - 15:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has made a $65,000 donation to the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF), Page Six reports. At the COAF's gala in New York, the Oscar winner bought a work by painter Joe Bradley for a cool $65,000. On December 9, the 13th Annual COAF Gala at Cipriani in New York raised $3.1 million to fund COAF's extensive range of programs in Armenia. Spanning education, health, wellness, science, technology, innovation, culture, art, communication and languages, COAF's programming was created to empower a new generation of healthy, educated Armenians to significantly improve the future of their homeland on both a local and global scale, the Fund said. Top stories 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. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Kazakh Foreign Minister arrives in Armenia Kazakh Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu on Monday, March 18 arrived in Armenia for a two-day trip. Putin secures fifth term as Russian president Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured a fifth term in office through a dubious national plebiscite. Top Armenian, Indian defense officials discuss cooperation The discussions primarily focused on enhancing cooperation in the defence sector between Armenia and India. IDBank unveils three sad stories about fraudsters IDBank has unveiled three scenarios of card fraud that have been happening more and more often in Armenia. |