Number of endangered cultural monuments grows in ArmeniaJuly 9, 2015 - 13:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The number of endangered cultural monuments increased over the past six months in Armenia. According to experts, the lack of protection zones is a top issue, which is a serious obstacle on the way of preservation of monuments. The current situation was discussed during a meeting on activities carried out by the Service for the Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum Reservations non-commercial state organization in Lori, Tavush, Vayots Dzor, Shirak, Syunik and Armavir provinces, Gladzor University historical-cultural museum-reserve, Arpi natural-historical reserve, Zvartnots historical-cultural museum-reserve, Zorac Qarer historical–cultural reserve. Chiefs of regional services and heads of branches delivered reports, presenting the previous months’ activities. They singled out the issue of housing conditions, mentioning that those problems have hampered a number of undertakings. Some museum reserves hosted more visitors in the first six months of 2015 against the same period in 2014. 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 | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |