  Event commemorating Swiss humanist Jacob Kunzler to be held in YerevanApril 21, 2008 - 16:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An event dedicated to Swiss humanist Jacob Kunzler, representative of German Eastern Mission and doctor at local Swiss Mission Hospital in Western Armenia, will he held in Armenian Genocide Museum Institute on April 22. "A handful of soil from Kunzler's grave will be buried under the Wall of Memory in Tsitsernakaberd. Catholicos of Al Armenians Garegin II and Kunzler's heirs will attend the event," Armenian Genocide Museum Institute Director Hayk Demoyan told a news conference today. On January 1, 1922, Dr Kunzler with assistance of American Near East Relief Organization conveyed 8000 Armenian orphans from Turkey to Syria and Lebanon. The same year he founded an asylum for 1400 Armenian girls in Syria and then a hospital in Beirut, Lebanon. Jacob Kunzler died in 1949 and was buried at the Protestant Cemetery in Beirut.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia  The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
