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12:45 • 16.10.12Bako Sahakyan issues greetings to International Poetry Festival participantsThe Armenian culture among the world’s oldest and richest cultures, as it always assigned a unique role to the art of poetry. Talented Armenian writers created valuable pieces ...
18:20 • 15.10.12Alliances Françaises school opens in Armenia’s capitalArmenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and French Ambassador to Armenia Henri Reynaud held the opening ceremony…
13:22 • 15.10.12Cuneiform inscriptions of Van fall prey to vandalismTo save the inscriptions, the archaeologists of the Yuzuncu Yil University of Van have proposed moving the records to the museum for protection and placing their reproductions ...
19:04 • 14.10.12Traditional exhibition of retro cars in YerevanSome 30 old-fashioned cars have been exhibited, the oldest of them was produced in 1936. Cars produced in Soviet Union were also presented...
17:46 • 14.10.12Yerevan’s 2794th anniversary in photosThe events have been conducted in different parts of the capital...
15:26 • 14.10.12Celebrations under way in Amenia’s capital (videos)The festive mood dominates throughout Yerevan. Young people with flags in their hands are marching in central streets of the capital.
14:12 • 14.10.12Performance presenting Yerevan’s history shown in Erebuni (photos, videos)Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan, Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan, NA chairman Hovik Abrahamyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and many others watched the performance...
18:40 • 13.10.12Armenian state theatre lifts entrance fees for Syrian-Armenians“Any Syrian citizen of Armenian descent can get a free performance ticket by submitting an identity document. The Hamazgayin theatre’s group is also making its contribution to ...
16:30 • 13.10.12Celebrities’ statues best project for Yerevan now – artist"This is an urban illustration. We wanted the city to change its image a little bit and to introduce some liveliness ...
16:09 • 11.10.12Chinese writer awarded Nobel Prize in Literature“In his writing Mo Yan draws on his youthful experiences and on settings in the province of his birth,” the biography said, referring to his 1987 novel published in English as Red Sorghum in ...
16:00 • 11.10.12Istanbul’s Armenian church decides to end blessing mixed marriages“I do not think this decision is right. To have a church wedding is a tradition. If those couples who will get married respect each other’s beliefs, then this should not be prevented. I oppose ...
13:16 • 11.10.12St. Grigor Narekatsi’s relic to be brought to Echmiadzin CathedralThe sacred relic of St. Grigor Narekatsi, a medieval Armenian thinker, writer and mystical philosopher, will for the first time be brought to the Echmiadzin Cathedral from the Treasury Museum ...
18:00 • 10.10.12Exiled Syrian writer shares PAN/Pinter Prize with Ann DuffySamar Yazbek was named by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy on Monday as the international writer of courage with whom she will share the PEN/Pinter prize.
17:19 • 10.10.12Eben Alexander, Harvard Neurosurgeon, Describes Heaven After Near-Death ExperienceAlexander says that he traveled through this heaven, surrounded by "millions of butterflies," with a woman...
19:36 • 09.10.12Youth tourism development project to be launched in Armenia“We are sure that the scientific expedition will produce results soon…”