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  • Mother tongue preservation should be our daily challenge
    On March 23, 2013 the “Hayartun” Cultural Center of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Georgia hosted an event in Calouste Gulbenkian Hall, dedicated to the preservation of the native language. The students of the Saint Prophet Eghia Sunday School (teacher Roza Zohrabyan), who just a few months ago had started to learn the Armenian language and...
    March 26, 2013 14:14
  • RA Minister of Culture Met with Representatives of the Armenian Community in Georgia
    While in Tbilisi on a working visit, RA Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan met with represantatives of the Armenian community in Georgia at the “Hayartun” Cultural Center of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Georgia. Chairman of the Writers Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan attended the meeting. Mr. Hovhannes Manoukian, Ambassador Extraordinary...
    March 24, 2013 11:43
  • Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Holy Church in Georgia
    Concert of Armenian Duduk at the “Hayartun” Cultural Center of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Georgia On 17March, 2013 the Calouste Gulbenkian Hall at the “Hayartun” Cultural Center of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Georgia was full. Arsen Petrosyan, who is a student at the Department of National Instruments of...
    March 22, 2013 17:39
  • Georgian president drives himself to the airport in electric car in bid to dispel anger over opulent lifestyle… and his wife is his BODYGUARD
    He may be more used to being whisked across town in an armoured limousine – flanked by jeeps laden with security. But Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has proven he is just like the rest of us – by taking a lift to Tbilisi airport in a modest urban hatchback, with just his wife as his protection. Mr Saakashvili drove the car – his own personal...
    March 3, 2013 14:45
  • Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Holy Church in Georgia Press release
    Armenian political prisoners Armen Gevorgyan and Ruben Shekoyan released from prison In October 2010 as a result of false accusations well-known figures of the Armenian community of Adjara Armen Gevorgyan and Ruben Shekoyan were arrested without evidence and sentenced to 11 years in prison. In accordance with the Law on Amnesty adopted in December 2012 by the Parliament of...
    January 14, 2013 13:34
  • Georgia rebuilds Stalin monuments
    A Joseph Stalin statue went back up in the Georgian village of Alvani on Friday in a sign of the slipping authority of President Mikheil Saakashvili, who had ordered its removal. The pro-Western president is serving out what some are calling a lame-duck term ahead of elections next year from which he is barred on account of the end of his 10-year constitutional mandate. Saakashvili’s...
    December 21, 2012 20:45
  • New Georgian Government Rolls Up Sleeves
    Plenty of promises, and warning that officials from previous government could be investigated. By Nana Kurashvili – Caucasus CRS Issue 663, 2 Nov 12 Georgia’s new leaders spent their first week in parliament launching probes into the actions of the previous government and announcing far-reaching reforms in almost every area of national life. The newly-elected...
    November 12, 2012 14:46
  • Mine Strike is First Test for Georgia’s New Government
    Workers angry about pay and conditions, but new owners say they’ve done their best after starting six months ago. By Tea Zibzibadze – Caucasus CRS Issue 662, 19 Oct 12 Nearly 3,000 miners from western Georgia are striking for higher pay and improved working conditions. Their action underlines the difficulties the country’s new government will face in fulfilling...
    November 5, 2012 15:29
  • Iran and Georgia to sign visa waiver accord
    Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says Iran and Georgia will soon sign an agreement to eliminate visa requirements, presstv.ir reports. Mehmanparast, who is in Tbilisi to improve media cooperation between the two countries, expressed Iran’s desire to increase relations with Georgia. “A visa elimination agreement will soon be signed between the...
    May 23, 2010 17:17