  National library hosts meeting with writer Danny Donikian July 9, 2010 - 16:56 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - On July 9, the National Library of Armenia hosted a meeting with French-Armenian writer and translator Danny Donikian. In addition to writing books, he has translated to French books by Hovhannes Tumanyan, Paruyr Sevak, Violet Grigoryan, Marine Petrosyan, Arpi Voskanyan and other writers from Armenia and Diaspora. Danny Donikian is a founder and editor of several known Armenian websites and blogs. Besides, he is an activist in the struggle for the Armenian Genocide recognition. He was the initiator of a flower laying ceremony to Komitas monument in France with a representative of Turkish intelligentsia, which has become an annual tradition. Donikian actively participates in Armenia's political life. He was а chronicler of local and presidential elections in Artsakh in 2006-2008, during which he was an observer of ONG Transpa-rency organization.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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.   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall  A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.€3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms.Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan.U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |
