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Gulbenkian Foundation Awards Educators for Teaching Armenian Online

An educator teaches Armenian to a student online

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has granted 49 awards to educators for teaching in Armenian language classes online.

The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation launched “Prizes for Teaching in Armenian Online” in April 2020. The aim of this initiative was to encourage Diaspora teachers who use Armenian as a medium of instruction in their efforts during the sudden shift to online teaching platforms caused by the forced lockdown due to the Covid-19 virus.

Teachers were asked to send samples of their materials, examples of their intera

Aztag Daily's Kandaharian on Supporting the Lebanese Armenian Community

Lebanon is grappling with its worst economic crisis in decades. The Lebanese pound, for many years pegged to the US dollar has significantly lost its value, leading to wide-scale inflation and unemployment.

At 150 percent, Lebanon has the third highest public debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio in the world. According to official statistics, in August last year unemployment stood at 25 percent, although numbers have sharply risen since. It is estimated that almost half the population now lives below the poverty line.

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation awards 49 educators for teaching in Armenian online

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has granted 49 awards for teaching in Armenian online.

Teachers were asked to send samples of their materials, examples of their interactions with their students, and an explanation of how their lessons were implemented on the online platforms they were using.

The programme was open for six weeks, and entries were evaluated biweekly by a committee of seve

Armenia Won't Send Athletes to CIS Games Due to COVID-19 Concerns

(Reuters) – Armenia will not send athletes to the first Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Games in the Russian city of Kazan in September due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

The landlocked South Caucasus country, which has recorded more than 29,000 cases of the virus and over 500 deaths, became the first nation to withdraw from the Games which will feature competition in 22 sports for athletes aged between 14 and 23.

“We deeply regret to say that due to the current situation in the world our country will be unable to participate in the CIS Games,” Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport A

Make the Covid-19 Go: Little Singers of Armenia present new video

Given that rehearsals of the choir are prohibited, the Little Singers of Armenia has recorded the song “Sing” by the Pentatonics band individually, later combining it with sound equipment.

The lyrics of the song were changed and renamed “Sing and Covid will go.” The young singers thus joins the fight against Covidi-19. The video recorded and edited by children.

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Armenia has purchased Covid-19 drug Remdesivir, in talks for Avifavir

RA Minister of Health Arsen Torosyan holds a press conference on the topic of published summary data on the work carried out in the fight against coronavirus at ‘Armenpress’ state news agenc

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OSCE becomes tool of certain countries' political orders due to people like Harlem Desir

BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 6

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Azerbaijan became a member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 1992 (then the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe).

OSCE is the first European organization to which Azerbaijan joined after gaining independence, which shows the importance that Azerbaijan attaches to this organization.

The OSCE was considered the most important organization and regional platform in the field of security in the Eurasian area. The organization has three main spheres of activity, namely, political-military, economic-environmental and human rights.

Azerbaijan attaches particular importance to the political-military sphere, since 20 percent of its territories have been occupied by Armenia. The

Covid-19: Armenia reports 349 new cases, 605 recoveries

Armenia has reported 349 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 29,285.

The results of 803 tests have been negative.

According to the data of the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 605 patients have recovered, bringing the total to 16,907.

Twelve patients have died in the past 24 h

SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN Explains His Musical Collaboration With Armenian Prime …

In a recent interview with Armenian-born American television personality Araksya Karapetyan, SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian spoke about his collaboration with Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan on the song called “Hayastane” (Hayastan is the Armenian name for Armenia). Asked how the track came about, Serj said (see video below): “The [2018 Armenian] Revolution happened, and the new government got in and the new parliament got in. And a couple of months after the Revolution, I brought my family back to Armenia with me, ’cause when I had gone there in early May of 2018, I we

Kim Kardashian calls for support to small businesses in Armenia

TV personality and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian has called on millions of her social media followers to consider making donations in support of small businesses in Armenia.

“Consider donating to Armenia Support Fund help provide COVID-19 aid to struggling small businesses in Armenia,” Kardashian tweeted