"Armenian Congress" established in PolandAugust 20, 2009 - 20:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - RA Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan participated in the founding session of Armenian community of Poland. Meeting in the town of Griffits, representatives from 21 Armenian organizations and Armenian Embassy employees discussed issues and perspectives concerning development of Armenian Diaspora in Poland and cooperation with Armenia. Session elected a community council consisting of 21 representatives. Entrepreneur Karen Hovsepyan was elected as community leader. Upon participants' proposal, new organization was named as "Armenian Congress of Poland", RA Diaspora Ministry's press service reports. Armenian community of Poland has existed since 15th century. According to non-official data, it currently has 25-30 representatives, most of them residing in Warsaw, Krakov, Lodz, Vrotslav, Gdansk, Koszalin, Griffin, Rodon, Kolobzhek and other towns. Top stories 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”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |