The Armenian
SEPTEMBER 7, 2013 MirTHErARoMENr IAN -Spe ctator Volume LXXXIV, NO. 8, Issue 4302 $ 2.00 NEWS IN BRIEF The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 Armenia Improves Cultural Giant Position in Global Competiveness Report Levon Ananyan YEREVAN (Armenpress) — In accordance with the World Competitiveness Report for 2013-2014 Dies in Yerevan issued by the World Economic Forum, Armenia improved its position by three points in three dif - ferent areas. Manuk Hergnyan, the chairman of the By Aram Arkun “Economy and Values” Research Center, stated this Mirror-Spectator Staff at a press conference held on September 4. Hergnyan said, “There are 148 countries involved in the report and the Republic of Armenia YEREVAN — Levon Ananyan, writer, occupied the 79th position. Compared with the pre - journalist, translator and chairman for the vious year’s report, our country improved its posi - past 12 years of the Writers Union of tions for three points.” Armenia, died from cancer on September 2. For the fifth year in a row, Switzerland was Ananyan had an unmistakable voice, ranked the most competitive country in the world. raspy and gravelly, perhaps due to years of smoking. He was not classically handsome, yet there was Number of Armenians Edmond Y. Azadian signs a copy of something appeal - A Legacy of Armenian Treasures, at NAASR. Has Decreased in Egypt ing about his vis - Testimony to a People age, which was CAIRO (Armenpress) — A member of the Armenian almost as recog - Diocesan Council in Egypt, Suren Bayramyan, stat - nizable as his Azadian Presents New Book on ed that the number of Armenians in Egypt voice, as it was decreased from 7,000 to 5,000 in the past few seen frequently years.
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