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11:43 • 04.05.15Aznavour releases new albumSome of the songs are said to reflect memories of past, including the World War II era fight against fascism. Aznavour is celebrating his birthday on May 22. The world ambassador of French songs, the singer is ...
11:00 • 03.05.15Russia ballet legend Maya Plisetskaya dies aged 89Vladimir Urin says she died of a heart attack. "The doctors tried everything, but there was nothing they could do…” Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his "deep condolences" to Plisetskaya's family and relatives. Plisetskaya joined the Bolshoi in 1943...
15:34 • 02.05.15Shakespeare’s Globe appoints Emma Rice as new artistic directorThe job description, advertised four months ago, called for an “experienced and dynamic theatre professional with a love of and knowledge of Shakespeare. Rice has directed numerous shows ...
14:19 • 01.05.15Fifty Shades Darker: Ludicrously insubstantial teaser leaks online, Jamie Dornan fans go wildAs film studio’s attempt to plug their releases with increasingly short trailers, one of the most insubstantial teaser to date has been released courtesy of Fifty Shades of Grey producers, The Independent report
13:40 • 01.05.15Nagorno-Karabakh president takes part in unveiling ceremony of poet Hrachya Beglaryan’s bas-reliefBako Sahakyan rated high Hrachya Beglaryan’s contribution to the development of the Armenian literature and culture, patriotic upbringing of the younger generation, as well as in…
10:26 • 29.04.15Armenia needs law on choreography to regulate sector - specialist“Dance is an activity that needs a law - as do theatre and cinematography - sectors for which the National Assembly does elaborate laws. But we seem to be outside of those processes, with nobody caring about dance. It is necessary to clearly ...
14:30 • 28.04.15300 Genocide survivor-manuscripts restored in last 20 years“Manuscripts are scattered throughout the world – Jerusalem, Syria, Vienna, Saint Lazarus Island, Berlin National Library, London National Library. Armenians that survived the Genocide took the manuscripts along with them…”
13:44 • 28.04.15Dulwich Picture Gallery's 'fake' painting revealed“Now Fragonard's portrait of a young woman has returned to the gallery walls and hangs alongside its modern companion. The visual exercise of comparing and contrasting will demonstrate how exciting it is to engage with…”
16:36 • 27.04.15Hypocrisy of Turkish denial awakened call for activism in me - Serj TankianI think any relationship between two people in order to be healthy, should be based on mutual respect and justice. Nations don’t differ in that way. I do see the future where Armenia and Turkey ...
14:06 • 27.04.15Zhengyalov Hatz Festival in TsaghkashatEach region of the NKR will be represented by participants skilled in preparing the most popular dish of Artsakh cuisine. The whole process of making of Zhengyalov hatz followed by creative ways of serving it will be presented at the festival…
12:57 • 27.04.15Book ‘Writer-victims of the Armenian Genocide’ published“I should note that among the victims were not only writers in Western Armenia, but also those born in Eastern Armenia who were working in Western Armenia at that time, Garegin Khazhak, for example…”
08:44 • 27.04.15Rediscovered Francis Bacon portraits up for auction"(Art dealer) Marlborough Fine Art kept a photographic archive and so both of these paintings appeared in a book on Bacon's self-portraits, but apart from being reproduced in books they've not been seen…"
15:51 • 24.04.15Moscow to host Eurovision gala concertThe concert organizers have also promised a surprise from last year's winner Conchita Wurst, which led some Russian media to report ...
14:34 • 23.04.15Rolling Stone online to livestream SOAD concert in Yerevan“RollingStone.com will be live streaming System of a Down's concert at Republic Square in Armenia tomorrow ...
14:13 • 23.04.15'Edge of the World' reflects common history – Australian writer on Genocide novelThe “Edge of the World’ was written, using the oral history that my mother gave me about what happened to her family in the Genocide. When I was a girl, I would ask her about the family but she would freeze and be unable to speak. And that was something ...