Glendale Hills, the construction company whose apartments built in Gyumri for families left homeless by the earthquake were described as ‘inhabitable” by President Sargsyan, is refusing to answer any questions posed by Hetq. Hetq has covered the issue of faulty construction practices by the firm in the past regarding its work in Gyumri and in Spitak, where it is constructing 300 apartments. We asked Baghdasar Mheryan, who heads the public affairs division...

By Owei Lakemfa

The following article appeared in the March 14 edition of Sierra Express, an independent online newspaper in Sierra Leone, Africa.

Turkey, one of America’s staunchest allies in the Islamic world is furious. Its anger is turned against the United States for a vote on March 4, 2010...

Armenian Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan today officially launched the fourth “One nation, one culture” festival today. Unlike the previous years, the events will take place throughout the year.

Thousands of guests are expected to arrive in Armenia within the framework of the festival. Four hundred applications have already been received...

The Speed Art Museum in Kentucky, USA, has opened an exhibition devoted to photographer Yousuf Karsh as part of its “The Most Famous People in the World” series to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Karsh’s birth in the eatern Anaatolian town of Mardin. Included in the exhibition are many of the best known portraits of the era’s most illustrious faces displayed alongside rarely seen earlier photographs that reveal how Karsh learned...

On March 11, the U.S. Postal Service issued the Arshile Gorky postage stamp, based on the artist’s 1944 painting “The Liver in a Cock’s Comb.” It will be the first of a series of stamps being unveiled on March 11 by the US Postal Service honoring abstract expressionists. With this stamp pane, the U.S. Postal Service honors the artistic innovations and achievements of 10 abstract expressionists. With this stamp pane, the U.S. Postal Service honors the artistic innovations...