High Fest festival completes in Yerevan October 9, 2011 - 15:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - High Fest International Performing Arts Festival has completed in Armenia. During the closing ceremony, Festival president Arthur Ghukasyan thanked all for the attendance and handed over certificates to all participants, volunteers and media representatives who covered the event. PanARMENIAN.Net received 2 certificates for information support and coverage of the festival. The 9th High Fest International Performing Arts Festival was held in Yerevan from October 1 to 8. This year's event featured theatre companies and VIP guests from 16 countries (Russia, UK, France, USA, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Israel, Belgium, Kazakhstan, India, Japan, Singapore). Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |