Armenia to host Japanese film festivalNovember 1, 2012 - 19:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will host Japanese film festival from November 2-6. “The screenings, organized by Japan’s embassy in Yerevan, Hikari Armenian-Japanese Scientific Educational Cultural Center and RA Ministry of Culture, will be held for the second time this year,” Hikari Center director said. As Karine Piliposyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Japanese film festival 2011 was organized in partnership with Japan’s embassy in Yerevan. Both Yerevan and Gyumri will host free film screenings. 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 | 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 skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: 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”. |