  Armenian Buddy Bear in Senate Square, Helsinki  September 8, 2010 - 12:32 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Buddy Bear can be found in Senate Square, Helsinki, as a part of United Buddy Bears exhibition traveling under motto “The Art of Tolerance”. The bears have been on the road since 2004, and Helsinki is their 20th stop. The exhibition comprises 142 individually painted bear sculptures, just over two meters tall. The author of the Armenian sculpture painted a tricolor on the bear’s neck and a tobacco pipe on the back of his head with the following inscription: “ The pipe of my Armenian grandfather, who lost his Life in the mountains.” The inscription on the belly of the bear reads “HAYASTAN’.   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 |  Related sections Latest 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. |
