ARMENIAN LECTURER BECOMES WINNER OF "DEUTSCHE WELLE" RADIO STATION’S CONTEST

Noyan Tapan
Dec 03 2007

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Serzhan Hovsepian, lecturer of the
Yerevan Institute of Ecology, Economics and Law, assistant professor
of the International Ecological and Political Science University, has
been announced the winner of the contest held by the Eastern Europe
editorial department of "Deutsche Welle" radio station (Germany).

He gave the most exhaustive and correct answer to the question about
two countries – new members of the European Union which will enter
the euro zone in 2008, writing in his letter that these countries are
Cyprus and Malta. He also presented the history of putting the euro
into circulation in EU instead of national currencies. He was sent
the main prize – a radio set and received letters of thanks from the
heads of "Deutsche Welle" and the above mentioned editorial department.

S. Hovsepian is an award recipient of the contest of best editors
held by the Union of Journalists of the USSR, he has been editor of
various regional, city and republican periodicals.

Encouragement prizes were given to 9 radio listeners from Russia,
Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia, including Vardan Khachatrian from
Yerevan.