  Armenia's festival of beards gets a new 2018 date November 9, 2017 - 14:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The festival of beards in Armenia initially slated for September 8, 2018 will instead be held in July of next year. Director of Areni Fest Foundation Nune Manukyan had earlier told PanARMENIAN.Net that the date might slightly be changed. Other details have not been disclosed, the venue hasn't been chosen yet either. During the festival, contests for the longest, shortest and funniest beards will be organized. Manukyan said earlier that the decision to hold such an event was made spontaneously. She 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 |  Latest news 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 ArmeniaHenrikh 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.Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |
