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| Los Angeles, May 7 /Armenians Today/ The Arpa 11th annual international film festival will be held on October 24-26 in the Egyptian Theater of Hollywood. Film-makers and prominent people will take part in it. A dinner will take place at the end of the festival, during which prizes will be given.
Film director Atom Egoyan and his wife, actress Arsine Khanjian, singer and author of songs Serge Tangian and Alanis Morisset, film directors Artur Sargsian, Robert Papazian, doctor Michael J. Hakobian, actors Ken Davitian, Tippy Hedren, and others took part in the previous festival. |  Full Story |
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 | June 01, 2008 | Little Armenia, Hollywood | | | | | Armenian Independence Day Festival
Third Annual Armenian Independence Day Festival to be Hosted in Little Armenia
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Hollywood Blvd, between Vermont and Alexandria, Tel:(818) 243-9264 | | | May 31, 2008 - June 01, 2008 | Montebello, California | | | | | ARMENIAN FOOD FAIR AND FEST
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900 West Lincoln Ave, Montebello, CA 90640, Tel:323-727-1113 | | | May 31, 2008 | Glendale | | | | | Armenia School Foundation"s 5th Anniversary Gala Banquet
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Ararat Center, 3347 N. San Fernando Rd. Los Angeles, CA, Tel:(818) 957-0768 | | | May 17, 2008 - May 18, 2008 | Washington, DC | | | | | Conference on Competitiveness of Armenia"s Economy
This AIPRG conference addresses the factors that determine Armenia"s competitiveness.
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| Yerevan, April 14 /Noyan Tapan/ On July 6-13 the fourth All-Armenian Conference of Writers will be held in Armenia and Artsakh. More than seventy writers from different colonies of the Diaspora will take part in this conference. According to the information provided to a Noyan Tapan correspondent by Levon Ananian, the Chairman of the Union of Armenian Writers, the conference will be held under the "The Literary Young Generation: Challenges of the 21st Century" slogan this year. He mentioned that on the initiative of the RA Ministry of Culture this year the conference will be held within the frameworks of the "One Nation, One Culture" festival.
In the words of Levon Ananian, within the frameworks of the conference an exhibition-sale will be organized in the square after Sharle Aznavur together with the RA Ministry of Culture. | | Full Story |
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| March 20, /Panarmenian.net/ The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, Ambassadors Yuri Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France and Matthew Bryza of the U.S. issued a statement upon the meetings with Armenia and Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministers, the OSCE communication unit reports.
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"The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Yuri Merzlyakov for the Russian Federation, and Bernard Fassier for France, as well as Mike Carpenter, Advisor to U.S. Co-Chair Matt Bryza) met with the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vardan Oskanian in Vienna on the 14th of March and with the Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov in Paris on the 15th of March. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, February 8, 2008 /ARKA/. DigiTec-2008 three-day exhibition is to open on October 3 in Armenia, Karen Vardanyan, executive director of the Union of Information Technologies Enterprises, said on Thursday.
"The key aim of the exhibition is to establish ties IT among companies and entrepreneurs working in other areas", he said. | | Full Story |
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 January 22, 2008, /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Events in commemoration of Agos editor Hrant Dink were held in Moscow January 19 on initiative of the Youth Union of the Armenian Apostolic Church and a number of youth organizations.
A liturgy in memory of Christians slaughtered in Turkey was chanted in Surb Harutyun Church.
A picket with participation of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek communities of Moscow was organized at the Turkish Embassy. The demonstrators lit candles at the portraits of Hrant Dink and Fuad Deniz, a historian of Assyrian descent who was killed last December in Sweden.
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| London, January 15, Armenpress: "Armenia through the Eyes of Photographers" exhibition of photos of Armenian photographers kicked off in one of the halls of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom organized by the Armenian embassy in London and British Armenian Multi-partition parliamentary group. | | Full Story |
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| Beijing, December 26 /Armenpress/ Days of Armenian Culture in China kicked off yesterday by a gala concert in a Beijing concert hall. Before the official launch of the event an exhibition of works by an Armenian painter Karen Aghamian opened at the Beijing City Library.
Armenian culture minister Hasmik Poghosian, who flew to China for the event, was received yesterday by her Chinese counterpart.
The meeting was attended also by Ms. Hranush Hakobian, chairman of an Armenian parliament committee on culture, education and sport issues and Armenian ambassador to China, Vahagn Movsisyan. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, Armenia - December 14, 2007. The Dutch Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development awards Harutyun Khachatryan for the aesthetic quality and content of his films, for raising the profile of film in Armenia, and for his use of cultural expression to combat conflict. This Award was presented to Mr. Khachatryan by Ambassador Onno Elderenbosch of the Royal Netherlands at the Prince Claus Award Ceremony on Friday, December 14, 2007 at Golden Tulip Hotel. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, November 15, /ArmenPress/: President Robert Kocharian received today President of Eurasia Partner Foundation (EPF), George Zarubin, President of Eurasia Foundation, Horton Beebe-Center and EPF Country Director in Armenia, Gevorg Ter-Gabrielyan.
Kocharian's press office said President of Eurasia Foundation, Horton Beebe-Center, spoke on the official launch of Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF), the local legacy institution of Eurasia Foundation (EF) in the South Caucasus.
Kocharian welcomed the objectives of EPF saying Armenian government and non-government agencies are willing to continue cooperation with the Foundation. | | Full Story |
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| October 17. /ARKA/ An exhibition on information, telecommunication and high technologies "Digitec-2007" is to be held by the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) in Yerevan on October 26-28.
The aim of the exhibition is to set business atmosphere between information and high technology companies and consumers. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, October 9 /ACCG/. On 10th of October, 2007, at 1:00 pm, a peace action to support the passage of Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.106 & S.Res.106) will be organized by the Armenian Cooperation Centre of Georgia in front of the US Embassy in Georgia (11 G. Balanchivadze St.). The U.S. House Foreign Relations Committee will hold a vote on the Armenian Genocide Resolution October 10. There will be the descendants of the victims of the Armenian Genocide among the participants of the action. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, October 5, Armenpress: The Armenian Philatelic Union will organize a national philatelic exhibit from October 9 to 13, 2007 at the Citadel Business Center in Yerevan. HayPost (Armenian Post) company will play a major role as one of the primary sponsors for the event.
Hovin Musaelian, chairman of the Armenian Philatelic Union, told a news conference today that the exhibit's goal is to bring together all Armenian philatelists, to restore the best traditions of the past, to stir up interest in philately and to catch up with world's developments in philately. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, October 4, /Armenpress/. President Robert Kocharian is flying October 5 to Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe to join counterparts from other former Soviet republics for a recurrent summit of heads of the Commonwealth of the Independent States (CIS).
Kocharian will also attend a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Council and another meeting of heads of the countries making the Eurasian Economic Community, also hosted by Tajikistan.
Kocharian's entourage will include defense minister Mikael Harutunian, chief of the presidential staff and national Security Council secretary Armen Gevorkian, other government officials and journalists.< | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, October 1 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ October 11-13 Armenia will mark the 2789th birthday of its capital, Yerevan.
Delegations from 13 cities will take part in the festivities, a PR officer of Yerevan city administration, David Gevorgyan said Monday. Delegation will mostly arrive from twin-cities - Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Isfahan, Odessa, Cambridge, Nice and Lyon. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, September 27 /Azg/ The fifth High Fest international theater festival will start in Yerevan on October 4. Theater companies from 33 countries will participate in the festival. The 350 participants will be from Great Britain, USA, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Holland, Lithuania, Israel, Russia, Serbia, the Czech republic and other countries.
Armenia will be represented by 17 companies. President of the festival, Arthur Ghukasian, said two companies applied from Turkey, but one was rejected because it did not meet the festival's requirements. | | Full Story |
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 September 11, 2007 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ September 12-November 30 the Armenian National Gallery will host an exhibition titled Armenia Sacra. Over 200 masterpieces of Armenian culture, including 32 khachkars will be displayed.
Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian and other officials attended the exhibition September 11. Afterwards, the state commission on coordination of the Year of Armenia in France held its last meeting. | | Full Story |
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 September 3, 2007/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Festivities dedicated to the 16th anniversary of Nagorno Karabakh's independence were held in the capital and regions of the republic. The NKR leadership and citizens attended the Stepanakert Memorial Complex to honor the memory of those killed in World War II and Karabakh war. Military marched down the capital's streets.
The Armenian delegation led by NA Speaker Tigran Torosian took place in the solemn events including opening of the new parliament building.
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| Yerevan, August 29. /Arka/. Scientific conference "Kazakhstan on its Way to Speeded-up Economic, Social and Political Modernization" was held in Yerevan on Wednesday, Kazakh Embassy to Armenia told ARKA News Agency.Kazakhstan's Charged Affaires in Armenia Yerlan Kubashev, speaking at the conference, said the event was held on the eve of Kazakhstan's Day of Constitution.
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 Yerevan, August 28. /ARKA/. The organization of a Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting (JENAM-2007) in Armenia is evidence of a rather high level of astrophysics in the country, Vice-President of the Armenian Astronomical Society, JENAM-2007 Co-Chairman Areg Mikaelyan told reporters.
JENAM-2007 is the largest-scale event during the whole history of Armenian science in the aspect of both its international importance and of its scale, and not every country can boast of the organization of such congresses in its territory now," he said. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, August 15, Armenpress: The Congress Hotel in Yerevan will host September 7 -10 the 5th IEEE EAST-WEST DESIGN & TEST SYMPOSIUM (EWDTS) 2007.
A press release by Synopsys Armenia said the main target of the IEEE East-West Design & Test Symposium is to exchange experiences in the field of design, design automation and test of electronic circuits and systems, between the technologists and scientists from Eastern and Western Europe, as well as North America and other parts of the world.
The symposium aims at attracting attendees especially from the Newly Independent States (NIS) and countries around the Black Sea and Central Asia.
EWDTS 2007 has received 151 paper submissions from 25 countries. The technical program contains a selected set of paper and poster sessions, in addition to Plenary and Invited Presentations. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, July 31, 2007, /ARKA/. Two big pan-Armenian events - third Olympiad on the Armenian language and literature and contest on Armenology - for pupils will be held in Armenia on September 14-20.
The press service of the RA Ministry of Science and Education said that the objective of the event is to stimulate and encourage the knowledge of the Armenian language, literature, Armenian history and culture, as well as creative skills in terms of free competition and search of gifted children. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, June 29, Armenpress: "Health and Pharmaceutics EXPO 2007" sixth international specialized exhibition kicked off today at "Moscow House" center and will last until July 1. The exhibition presents main spheres of health and pharmaceutics. Around 50 companies from Armenia, Russia and Belarus participate in the exhibition.
"Health of each person is a great value and the basis of our economic development is the health of our population. The progress we see in the pharmaceutics and medical services sphere inspires us," Armenian deputy health minister Tatoul Hakobian said at the opening of the exhibition. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, June 28, Armenpress: A film dedicated to the Turkish-Armenian journalist, chief editor of "Agos" newspaper Hrant Dink "Eternal Flight: Hrant Dink" will be ready by July 10.
Director of the film Hrant Hakobian told Armenpress that at present film editing works are being carried out. The film was to be ready by late May but it was postponed as the brother of the chief editor Yervand Dink promised the film director to provide additional materials. | | Full Story |
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Yerevan, June 27, Armenpress: "Saint Armenia" exhibition held in Louver within the framework of Year of Armenia in France will be presented in Armenia's History Museum in August-October.
Armenian deputy minister of culture Gagik Gyurjian told Armenpress that 212 samples have already been brought to Armenia (including 31 cross-stones). | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, June 12, Noyan Tapan. With the support of RA Ministry of Culture, the Speghani choir, laureate of international competitions, was recognized "the best choir" and received a diploma at the 10th International Festival of Chamber Choirs held on May 25-30 in Marktoberdorf (Germany). As Sarina Avtandilian, choir's Art Director and conductor, reported at the June 12 press conference, at the festival the choir was included among the best 13 choirs of the world.
S. Avtandilian said that the choir had also took part in the European Festival of Youth Choirs held on May 15-20 in the city of Basel, Switzerland. "Conductors of various nationalities admired choir's performance. Straight after our performance in Marktoberdorf we received invitations to perform on tours in a number of European cities," the choir head said. | | Full Story |
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| Glendale, CA - June 9 - More than 800 people rallied together on Saturday, June 9 for the Second Annual "Walk of Life" 5k/10k Walkathon at the Glendale High School Moyse Stadium to support the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) in its critical life-saving mission. In addition, more than 100 registered to join as donors of bone marrow stem cells. The walkathon was organized to raise public awareness of the role played by the ABMDR, to expand the existing database of volunteer bone marrow stem cell donors, and raise funds to cover tissue-typing expenses.
The event began with a prayer led by His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America, and Father Vasken Atmajian, representing Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America. Dr. Frieda Jordan, president of the ABMDR welcomed the crowd with a brief message: "We are delighted with the overwhelming participation of the community in this, our second annual 'Walk of Life' walkathon", she said. "Each one of you carries a torch; you're all beacons of hope, hope to all those waiting for a match, waiting for their chance to live, and waiting for their chance to walk. Thanks for coming. Let's get going. We have miles to walk. We have work to do. We have lives to save."
Participants walked or ran their 5 or 10 K in the stadium, while many crowded the recruitment booth to register as bone marrow stem cell donors. Many of the participants walked in support of cancer survivors or of cancer patients, and in memory of cancer victims. They walked for Arlene and Natalie, they walked for Lar and Patrick, and they walked for Biurad. They walked to celebrate the survivors, to support the patients, to remember and honor the victims.
At the conclusion of the walk, Taleen Khatchadourian, Chairperson of the walkathon committee, thanked the participants, and stressed the crucial role of the sponsors and organizations "whose backing and support made this a resounding success, and greatly enhanced our ability to continue our life-saving mission." She recognized the major sponsorship of Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, as well as the corporate sponsorships of Cal National Bank, City of Glendale Water and Power, Closet World, Design By Naz Exclusive Jewelry, Eric Garcetti, President LA City Council (District 13), Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Horizon 24 Hour Armenian TV, Next Day Color Printing, Print On All Promotional Products, St Joseph Hospital. She also recognized the endorsement of Glendale Unified School District, and the participation of the Armenian Relief Society, Homenetmen, Artists for Kids, Armenian American Nurses Association, and CSUN ASA.
VIPs present who took to the stage were Congressman Adam Schiff who remarked on "AMBDR's exemplary work in raising awareness in the Armenian community about joining bone marrow registries" and State Assemblyman Paul Krekorian, who congratulated the ABMDR for its "critical work that has a direct impact on the lives of so many individuals". Also present were Glendale City Council Member Frank Quintero and Glendale City Clerk Ardashes Kassakhian. Artists for Kids and Elon presented Dr. Jordan with a check of $5,0000, proceeds from the May 29 concert by Elon given to benefit the ABMDR.
The event ended with a live and lively performance by the very popular Nersig Ispiryan, whose upbeat songs captured and reflected the energy of the day, and instantly transformed those present from tired walkers into fervent dancers.
The Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry thanks all participants and encourages all Armenians to call and join the registry with the hope of saving another life. The registration process is very simple and non-intrusive and only takes a few minutes. ABMDR is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and welcomes donations of any size which are tax-deductible. For further information please visit www.abmdr.am. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, June 06 /Azg/ The Open Society Institute and AIESEC youth organization initiated "Youth for Tolerance" program, recently. The event is aimed to increasing the tolerance to other nations among the youth. Many participants from Iran, Georgia, Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia arrived in Armenia to represent their events and seminars, as well as the cultural traditions from their countries here. The events within the framework of the program touch upon such aspects as the history, religion, traditions and cultural heritage. The program is aimed to change and improve the attitude to some cultural traditions and nations. It will also help unfold a dialogue among the nations and increase the tolerance to other nations in the society. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, May 30 /Armenpress/ The International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) has inaugurated today a resource center in Yerevan. It will be operating as an affiliation of its Armenian branch. The resource center is furnished with the state-of-the-art equipment and is supposed to become a venue of different seminars and gatherings of Armenian researchers.
ISTC Deputy Executive Director, Laura Schmidt Williams, said Armenia is the first country that will have the resource center operating alongside its branch.
President of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences Radik Martirosian said the ISTC work in Armenia has a very positive effect on scientific researches. He said the resource center will be very instrumental in terms of teaching Armenian researchers new skills. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, May 23. /Arka/. The international scientific practical conference "Armenian communities at the modern stage: survival, adaptation, perspectives" will be held in Yerevan on July 19-20.
The scientific-educational "Noravank" Fund said that the development of information and communication technologies, transparency of borders and migration flows have significantly increased the issues of national originality, culture and traditions.
"These processes should be treated as a challenge to all the Armenians. These new developments sometimes make the traditional mechanisms of maintaining national originality disputable and give birth to new methods of preserving the Armenians. The necessity of elaborating mechanisms of Armenia-Diaspora cooperation is becoming more topical if taking into account that the last scientific conference on this issue was conducted in 1987," the Fund's statement said. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, May 21, Noyan Tapan - Hakobian Hasmik. Events dedicated to the Last Bell will be held at 12:00, May 25, at Yerevan's comprehensive schools. As Yerevan Deputy Mayor Kamo Areyan stated at the May 21 press conference, a concert dedicated to the Last Bell will be held on that day in Freedom Square. Variety singers, dance groups will take part in the concert. In his words, instructions have been given to RA Police, prefects' offices, Ambulance service to maintain public order properly on that day in Yerevan. | | Full Story |
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May 14, 2007, ATP, Hollywood, CA--Young Armenian-Americans came forward once again to volunteer their time and energy in support of Armenia Tree Project (ATP). When Hovannes Donelyan and his friends in the rock group the Mercenaries heard about ATP's effort to plant a forest in memory of the slain writer Hrant Dink, they contacted our Watertown office and offered to help.
Hovannes and his friends in the California-based bands Onesidezero, Red Snow, Mercenaries (name changed to 24 Black), Vokee, Medagh, and Full Force Rising all came together to raise funds for the Hrant Dink Memorial Forest, by donating the proceeds of a benefit concert held on April 24 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood to ATP. | | Full Story |
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 May 2, 2007, /PanARMENIAN.Net/ After a 3-week delay the exhibit on Rwandan genocide opened in the UN. The delay was caused by Turkey, which insisted on changes to be made in the exposition dedicated to the killings of Armenians during World War I. Originally, the Armenian Genocide sector was represented the following way: "After the World War I, during which 1.5 million Armenians were killed, Polish human rights activist Rafael Lemkin called on the League of Nations to acknowledge the barbarian crimes as international," a representative of Aegis Trust said. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, April 26 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ On April 27 the solemn opening ceremony of "Joint Tendency - 2007" maneuvers will be held in the RA Defense Ministry's Military Aviation Institute after A. Hamperiants. Armenian Defense Minister Mikael Haroutyunyan and U.S. Charge d'affaires Anthony Godfrey will participate in the ceremony. Press Secretary of the RA Defense Minister colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan told the PanARMENIAN.Net the aim of maneuvers that are being carried out by United States' European Headquarters in the framework of "Partnership for Peace" program, is to test and documentary prove cooperation of multinational strategic and tactic systems. Delegations from Croatia, France, Russia, Georgia and the United States will arrive in Armenia to participate in maneuvers. | | Full Story |
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| Arles, April 18, /Noyan Tapan - Armenians Today/ Ambassador of Armenia to France Eduard Nalbandian, Bouches-du-Rhone Governor Jean-Noel Guerini, Provence Alpes Cote de Azur Regional Council Chairman Michael Vozel and Arles Mayor Herve Schiavetti opened on April 13 the exhibition entitled "At the Foot of Ararat Mountain: Wonders of Antique Armenia" at the Antique Arles and Provence Museum. Noyan Tapan was informed about it by the RA Foreign Ministry's Press and Information Department.
The exhibition consists of four parts where about 150 exhibits brought from Armenia present the Armenian people's cultural roots (from the 7th century B.C. to the 10th century), Urartu (10th-6th B.C.), post-Urartu (6-4th B.C.) and pre-Christian periods. The exhibits are brought from the History Museum of Armenia, Erebuni and Sardarapat Museums as well as from the Culture House of Goris and Aharonian collection (Paris). | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, April 17, Noyan Tapan. The year of 2007 was stated the year of show of Armenian films in Germany. More than two dozens of Armenian films from Hamo Beknazarian's films to works of directors of the modern period will be shown in different cities and regions of Germany during the year. The first show of Armenian films will take place on May 5-9 in Berlin.
As film director Haroutiun Khachatrian mentioned in the interview to the Noyan Tapan correspondent, a big delegation formed of Armenian directors, Armenologists and historians, with participation of who the conference entitled "The Armenian Cinematography and Genocide" will be held, will also leave for Berlin during those days. | | Full Story |
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Yerevan, April 10. /Arka/. The conference "Competitiveness of Tourism in Armenia" will be held in Yerevan on April 11-12, 2007, lead specialist of CAPS (Competitive Armenian Private Sector) for tourism Alan Saffery told reporters in Yerevan on Monday.
According to him, results of surveys conducted by CAPS employees will be presented at the conference. The surveys demonstrate concrete indicators of this sector and contain practical approaches to objectives of its development. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, March 20, Noyan Tapan - Armenians Today. The Ukrainian side is ready to extend cooperation with Armenia in the sphere of education. Henceforth Armenian students and post-graduate students will study at Ukrainian universities not only within the framework of interstate contract, but also as a result of newly established cooperation between institutions of higher education. Olexander Bozhko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Armenia, stated this during the March 20 meeting with students, professors and lecturers of V. Brusov State Linguistic University. | | Full Story |
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Yerevan, March 19, Armenpress: American University of Armenia (AUA) announced on March 17 an open house giving the applicants an opportunity to get acquainted with the details of entrance exams. Deans and students of different faculties presented to the applicants the terms of studying, the rules and the curriculum of the departments, the advantages and prospects.
Dean of the Jurisprudence Department Thomas Samuelian said that every year 25-30 students enter the department and added that the number of applicants is increasing annually. According to him, they include such subjects in the curriculum of the faculty which present to the students the juridical principles and institutions worldwide. The students also fulfill their curriculum by their own research works, assignments etc. | | Full Story |
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 March 15, 2007, ArmeniaLiberty.org, By Emil Danielyan - Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosian said on Thursday that she has received and will likely accept a Turkish government invitation to attend the inauguration of a newly renovated 10th century Armenian church in what is now southeastern Turkey.
The Akhtamar church, one of the finest surviving monuments of medieval Armenian architecture, will again open its doors after a $1.5 million restoration ordered and paid for by the government in Ankara. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other Turkish officials are expected to attend the ceremony, scheduled for March 29, along with nearly 300 guests. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, Mar. 9, 2007 /Armenpress/ A cohort of senior officials and military officers of NATO are due in Armenia next week to open a Week of NATO in Armenia, a set of events designed to popularize primarily the organization in Armenia, especially among its young generation. The week will kick of on March 12 and will run through March 16.
Deputy foreign minister Arman Kirakosian said today the Week of NATO will be started by the Armenian North-Atlantic Association with lectures at educational institutions outside the capital city Yerevan and in Yerevan about the organization's structure, its objectives and goals. | | Full Story |
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| Mar. 5, 2007 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian-American community joined together at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 4, 2007, in New York City's St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral for a memorial and requiem service honoring the life and work of Hrant Dink, the courageous Armenian-Turkish journalist assassinated outside the office of his newspaper, Agos, in Istanbul on Friday, January 19, 2007. The service was organized by the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of America and the Armenian Missionary Association. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, Mar. 2, 2007 /Armenpress/ A group of young people, Turks and Armenians, from the American University of Istanbul organized a concert on February 28 to remember and pay tribute to Hrant Dink, a Turkish-Armenian journalist who was killed on January 19 outside the office of his bilingual Agos.
Sarkis Serobian, an editor of Agos told Armenpress the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul and Turkish Armenians will join together on Sunday, March 4, 2007 for a joint memorial and requiem service honoring the life and work of Hrant Dink. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, Mar. 1, 2007 /Noyan Tapan/ The Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets in the Republic of Armenia jointly with the Sun Child NGO will organize the first nature protection festival in the region on April 1-15 in Dilijan. As it was mentioned in the report submitted to Noyan Tapan, the motto of the festival under the title Sun Child is "For children, with active participation of children."
The goal of the festival is to draw public attention to nature protection problems in the region, to create a neutral cooperation field leaving out regional conflicts and tension, which will contribute to seeking of new and efficient solutions. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, Feb. 24, 2007 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian accepted the French delegation at the head of French Minister-Delegate for Regional Development Christian Estrosi. At the meeting the RA FM expressed hope the results of the visit will be productive for both sides. Vartan Oskanian underlined France's contribution to excellent realization of measures in the framework of the Year of Armenian in France. In his part Christian Estrosi briefly introduced the Armenian FM to the goals of his visit to Yerevan. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, Feb. 22, 2007 /Armenpress/ Armenian ambassador to Great Britain Vahe Gabrielian met on February 20 at the UK House of Commons with representatives of both Houses and prominent members of the Armenian community in the UK. The event was organized by Armenia Solidarity group and supported by the London-based Nor Seroundi Dzain (New Generation's Vice) Magazine.
The Armenian foreign ministry said the meeting was dedicated to two motions submitted to the parliament suggesting debates on Turkish blockade of Armenia and Armenian Genocide. | | Full Story |
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 Feb. 21, 2007 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Reconstruction of Saint Cross on Akhtamar island is of political and economic importance, Samvel Karapetian, historian and chairman of Era NGO said in Yerevan. The opening ceremony of the church will take place April 14, 2007.
"Saint Cross is a church that Turks did not dare to demolish event at the times of mass destruction of churches at the territory of Western Armenia. Thanks to its world fame the church was saved from vandalism. Now it's being reconstructed. | | Full Story |
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| Feb. 20, 2007 /AZG/ In the exhibition hall of the Saint Raphael Archeology Museum takes place the "500 Thousand Years' History in the Highlands of Armenia" exhibition, which represents the material and spiritual culture from the very beginning of Paleolith to the I-IV centuries A.D. 300 artifacts from about 30 archeological sites of the Armenian Shirak region are gathered in Saint Raphael.
"Armenia is the Lost Paradise, spread at the foot of Mount Ararat, a part of which is demonstrated now in Saint Raphael," said on a press conference before the exhibition's opening Francois de Clairfontaine, French archeologist. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, Feb. 19, 2007 /Armenpress/ Hundreds of Armenians went today to Yerablour cemetery on a Yerevan outskirt to commemorate the third anniversary of a tragic death of Armenian army officer Gurgen Margarian who was hacked to death by an Azeri office Ramil Safarov three years ago in Budapest.
The commemoration was organized by Gurgen Margarian NGO together with a regional chapter of the Republican Party in Achapnyak district of Yerevan and Armenian defense ministry. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, February 16, 2007 /Noyan Tapan/. RA President Robert Kocharian will leave on four-day official visit for France on February 17.
A meeting of Presidents Robert Kocharian and Jacques Chirac will take place in Paris. The RA President will also have meetings with Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, Senate President Christian Poncelet, National Assembly Speaker Jean-Louis Debre.
As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA President's Press Office, Robert Kocharian and First Lady Bella Kocharian will be present at the "Charles Aznavour and Friends" concert which will take place in the Opera Garnier of Paris. | | Full Story |
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 January 31, 2007, ArmeniaLIberty.org, By Narine Ghalechian and Ruben Meloyan - About a hundred student activists staged on Wednesday a rare demonstration outside the Russian embassy in Yerevan to protest continuing racially motivated attacks on Armenians in Russia.
Chanting "No to Russian fascism," the protesters, most of them members of the student wing of a small Armenian party, demanded that Russian authorities crack down on neo-Nazi skinheads widely blamed for endemic violence against darker-skinned people living in Russia. | | Full Story |
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 Ankara, January 18, Armenpress: Akhtamar Church, situated on Akhtamar Island on Van Lake near the eastern Turkish city of Van, will be opened on April 11th, Turkish news agencies reported.
The church was renovated with the cooperation of Van Governor's Office and Culture and Tourism Ministry of Turkey. Akhtamar Church was constructed by Armenian architect Manuel between 915 and 921 A.D. under the supervision of King Gagik I.
Among the important pieces of Armenian architecture, the church draws attraction with its stone workmanship and the relieves on its walls. | | Full Story |
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 Paris, January 12, Armenpress: An exhibition titled Armenia: Fifteen Years of Independence, opened in the French town of Sain Rafael. It will be on display until the end of February. The exhibition has on display around 100 photographs taken by Armenia's ten most prominent photographers telling about how Armenia was being established as an independent and sovereign state- from the national liberation war in Nagorno-Karabakh, sever energy crisis to stability and peaceful development of today.
The exhibition initiated by Armenpress news agency, was already displayed in Moscow as part of the Year of Armenia in Russia. | | Full Story |
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 January 12, 2007, /PanArmenian.Net/ "Screamers", the gripping documentary about the multi-platinum, Grammy-award winning band "System Of A Down's" campaign to end the cycle of genocide, will be screened before a Congressional audience on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, January 17th, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). "Screamers is about exposing the denial of all genocide, Armenia, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda, the Iraqi Kurds and the current horror in Darfur," said Garapedian. "It is about making sure the same critical message George Clooney and Don Cheadle are 'screaming' about is heard, that these atrocities 'never happen again.' | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, January 11, Noyan Tapan. By the decision of the Armenian government, the jubilees of 10 prominent Armenian statesmen, scientists and artists will be celebrated at state level in 2007. NT correspondent was informed from the Art Department of the RA Ministry of Culture and Youth Issues that this year the following jubilees will be celebrated: the 150th anniversary of painter Gevorg Bashinjaghian, the 100th anniversary of painter Garzu, the 125th anniversary of scientist Levon Orbeli, the 100th anniversary of scientist Norayr Sisakian, the 150th anniversary of actress Siranuysh, the 80th anniversary of filmmaker Frunze Dovlatian, the 75th anniversary of statesman Karen Demirchian, the 50th anniversary of statesman Monte Melkonian, the 150th anniversary of Gusan Sheram and the 100th anniversary of composer Aram Satian. | | Full Story |
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 January 10, 2007, /PanArmenian.Net/ The Columbia University Armenian Club and Advocates For Armenia, with the support of the Armenian Center at Columbia University and AGBU, presents an Armenian Students' summit: Armenia's Development: The Students' Role at Columbia University on February 3rd and 4th, 2007. During this two-day summit, students will be informed about the current state of development and challenges in the IT, tourism and health-care sectors of Armenia. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, January 8, Armenpress: "Priestess,' the latest film shot by one of the leading Armenian film directors, Vigen Chaldranian, will be premiered on January 25 in Chinese Theater cinema house in Glendale, California, USA.
The film will be screened also by cinema houses in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. | | Full Story |
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second Armenia - Diaspora Conference took place
in Yerevan, May 27-28 for the purpose of further
developing and deepening Armenia - Diaspora
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