New postage stamp celebrates Armenian animated filmsDecember 28, 2018 - 18:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A postage stamp dedicated to the theme “Children’s philately. Armenian cartoons” was cancelled and put into circulation by HayPost CJSC on Friday, December 28. With nominal value of AMD 100, the stamp was designed by Vahagn Mkrtchyan and printed in Cartor printing house in France with the print-run of 40 000 pcs. The piece depicts the poster of the Armenian animated film “Anahit” which was created by Sahakyants Animation Studio in 2014 on the base of a homonymous fairy tale by the Armenian writer Ghazaros Aghayan. The postage stamp was cancelled by the Deputy Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies Armen Arzumanyan, co-founder of Sahakyants Animation Studio David Sahakyants, Acting Chief Executive Officer of HayPost CJSC Haik Avagyan, President of the Union of Philatelists Hayk Musayelyan. 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 | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |