YSU History Department celebrates 2150th anniversary of King Tigran the GreatMay 13, 2010 - 18:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - This year, Armenia is celebrating 2150th anniversary of King Tigran the Great. To mark the event, YSU History Department organized 3-day screening of popular science films. The films will feature Armenian history and cultural heritage in the time of Tigran the Great. On May 13, YSU hosted a screening of From Rock Paintings to Alphabet documentary, drawing on ancient Armenian scripts, hieroglyphics and modern alphabet. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |