Paris to host charity exhibit to assist hearing-damaged childrenMarch 2, 2011 - 15:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Sound World Russian-Australian organization aims to cooperate with representatives of Armenian communities within the framework of the program envisaging free surgery for hearing-impaired children. As the owner and CEO of Caro&Co and The Sound World, Rosa Alpert, stated at news conference in Yerevan, the company is cooperating with Armenian communities of France, U.S., Australia and other countries. “On March 4-8, Paris will host a charity designer exhibition, to assist hearing-impaired children,” she noted. “All those wishing to contribute to program implementation can donate money through Pay Pal payment system at thesoundworld.org. The surgery for 1 out of 10 children will be financed by the company. The funding for the remaining 9 surgeries will be provided by sponsors,” she said, adding that each surgery will cost about euro 22 000. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |