Festival of beards to be held in Armenia September 8, 2017 - 16:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A festival of beards will be held in Armenia, director of Areni Fest Foundation Nune Manukyan told a press conference on Friday, September 8. According to her, the decision to hold such an event was made spontaneously. While no exact date has been set and no venue has been chosen yet, the festival will most likely be held in 2018. During the festival, contests for the longest, shortest and funniest beards will be organized. Manukyan did not exclude the possibility of inviting bearded famous people to participate in the event. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. 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 Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. 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. |