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Daily Archives: November 17, 2011
November, 2011
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17 November
Junior Eurovision Gets Gift from Armenian Government
The Armenian government has allocated 172 million drams ($446,881 USD) to the Junior Eurovision 2011 fund with the aim of assisting in the... -
17 November
50-Storey Mixed-Use Building to be Built Next to Moscow Cinema, Local Daily Asserts
It's quite likely that a 50-storey building will soon be built adjacent to Moscow Cinema and Golden Tulip Hotel in Yerevan, reports local daily... -
17 November
Benetton Pulls Ad Showing Pope Kissing an Imam After Outrage from Vatican
Benetton’s poster showed Pope Benedict XVI kissing on the lips Egypt’s Ahmed el Tayyeb, imam of the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo and a leading voice in... -
17 November
Russia to Assist Armenia in Reviving Sport of Luge
The Russian Luge Federation will soon provide the necessary assistance to its colleagues from Armenia in reviving this sport, Russian Luge Federation... -
17 November
Levon Aronian’s First Game in Moscow Chess Tournament Ends in Draw
The 2011 Mikhail Tal Memorial chess tournament kicked off on Nov. 16 with an unprecedented line-up of participants. -
17 November
Armenia, Iran Presidents Touch Base by Phone
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan had a telephone conversation on Wednesday with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mahmoud Admadinejad. -
17 November
‘I Treat Drinking as Normal’: PM Comes Clean on Whether He was Drunk While Making Speech
A video of the PM making a speech Friday at a public event celebrating youth while seemingly drunk went viral in the Armenian blogosphere and... -
17 November
VIDEO: Armenian Minister Playing Game on iPad was Surprising for PM Tigran Sargsyan
Speaking to reporters after the question and answer period in Armenia's National Assembly on Wednesday, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan declined to...