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20:48 • 22.05.15Eurovision 2015: Armenia expected to win song contest, according to The Guardian“Genealogy’s controversial 'Face the Shadow' references the mass murder of 1.5m Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915. It was originally ...
19:35 • 22.05.15Armenian pavilion opens in Vienna as Eurovision 2015 gets underwayThe idea is a joint initiative by the Armenian Embassy to Austria, the Austrian Development Agency and ...
13:52 • 22.05.15Today marks Charles Aznavour’s birthdayDespite his age, Aznavour recently released his 51st CD, entitled “Encore”. The album comprises 12 completely new songs which the singer presents as a gift to his millions of ...
13:10 • 22.05.15Eurovision 2015: Ireland and Portugal outIceland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Malta, Portugal and San Marino also failed to make the cut. Sweden, the bookmakers' favourite, sailed through to Saturday's grand final ...
16:05 • 21.05.15‘100 Armenian melodies’ CD series released“The program has been implemented under the auspices of Armenia’s premier and reflects a cultural policy because preservation and dissemination of Armenian cultural heritage has been our priority over recent years…”
14:15 • 21.05.15Revolution, genocide, Brexit: why Eurovision 2015's entries reveal a continent in crisis – The GuardianMany entries in the past have walked pretty close to the line with this rule. There was Ukraine’s 2007 entry Verka Serduchka with Dancing Lasha Tumbai, sounding almost like ...
15:46 • 20.05.15Yerevan school shows results of subject ‘Folk songs and dances’The subject “Folk songs and dances” is one of the best ways of educating worthy citizens of Armenia, she said…
09:00 • 20.05.15Hungarian writer wins Man Booker international prizeThe judges said of Krasznahorkai's work: "What strikes the reader above all are the extraordinary sentences, sentences of incredible length that go to incredible lengths, their tone switching from solemn to madcap ...
19:27 • 19.05.15'True face of Shakespeare' appears in botany book"One has seen so many claims on Shakespeare based on somebody claiming to crack a code. And nobody else has apparently been able to decipher this for 400 years. And there's no evidence that anybody thought that this was Shakespeare…"
17:03 • 19.05.15Bako Sahakyan attends Armenian Genocide exhibition in Paris City Hall (photos)In his speech at the event, held at the Paris City Hall, the president highlighted the significance of the initiative, considering it an effective way of raising the world’s awareness of the Genocide issue ...
14:01 • 19.05.15Theater workers concerned over shrinking audience“Intellectuals mostly attend performances, and we know that their living conditions are very grave...This program is being promoted and we are going to lose our audience soon. It is because there is an order not to bring children to theater…”
11:15 • 19.05.15Plot that avenged Armenian Genocide: Eric Bogosian to discuss ‘Operation Nemesis’ in LexingtonThe program is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a reception and book signing,. It is presented by the National Association ...
15:01 • 18.05.15Odysseys: Fortune smiles on cellist from Armenia, and she appreciates it all - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette“I like molding and bringing students to perfection,” she said. “I try to create a community with my students so that they know each other and don’t feel ...
14:26 • 18.05.15Ancient valuables on sale in Yerevan Vernisage – museum director“Ceramics and bronze dating from different epochs are now on sale in the Vernisage. They are serious archaeological values; yet they are on free sale,” Gagik Gyurjinyan told reporters at a news conference devoted to ...
13:54 • 17.05.15Qochari truly Armenian dance - Karen Gevorgyan“We should present not only the qochari dance, but also our all dancing heritage to UNESCO. Our neighbors misappropriating it and we have facts at our disposal. Qochari includes numerous dancing styles – over 50 of them…”