 7 22.04.12 - "Yerevan World Book Capital" fireworks             Yerevan crowned as World Book Capital   April 23, 2012 - 12:55 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - On April 22, Yerevan was officially declared the World Book Capital 2012. The grand ceremony took place at Matenadaran, the museum of ancient manuscripts, with the mayor of World Book Capital 2011 Buenos Aires Mauricio Macri presenting the title to Yerevan’s mayor Taron Margaryan. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Catholicos of All Armenians His Holiness Karekin II, Prime Minister Tigran Sarsyan and other high-ranking officials including foreign delegations and representatives of diplomatic missions accredited in Armenia attended the ceremony. The event featured Argentine tango dancers, Armenia’s national dancing ensemble, national dancing group from Bangkok which will take over the Book Capital title in 2013. The festive ceremony ended with a 3D show and wonderful fireworks. In addition, a statue of a climbing man consisting of letters of 19 alphabets was installed in Mashtots Avenue in Yerevan.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
