Syrian President to cover education costs of Armenian girlJuly 22, 2009 - 20:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On Christ Resurrection Day, Syrian President Basar Ashad visited Cross organization's charity asylum situated in Aleppo, Syria. The next day, President received asylum representative in his residence to donate them monetary assistance in the amount of $ 10 thousand. President recently fulfilled his promise to help an Armenian girl to further her education in a French University. Since 1935, Aleppo's charity asylum has been under the patronage of Syrian Cross organization. Its activities are aimed at assisting in the solution of Armenian community's social problems. Since its inception, the asylum has given shelter 2 thousand Armenian children from socially insecure families. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |