London Armenian Street Festival held in KensingtonJuly 18, 2016 - 11:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Street Festival 2016 was held at St Sarkis church of London on Sunday, July 17, Aravot reports. The Festival is an annual celebration of Armenian culture and heritage that takes place in Kensington/Chelsea. The family-oriented event each year features Armenian cuisine, live street entertainment, special guests and vendors, and a concert at the church. This is the 6th edition of the festival attended by the Armenian community members, British officials and a number of other guests. “We seek to gather the British-Armenian community around their identity, their culture and history, their heritage,” Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Great Britain Bishop Hovakim Manukyan said. “The youth’s involvement is of special importance, and this year’s event is unique as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Armenia’s independence.” Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |