Preservation of cultural heritage in BSEC member states discussed in YerevanMarch 4, 2009 - 19:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 2-day round table discussions on preservation and reconstruction of historical monuments were launched in Yerevan today. On the first day of discussions, the representative of Greece, Doctor of Architecture and the Head of the European center of Byzantine and Post Byzantine monuments Eugenia Hadgitriponos introduced the pilot "Byzantine monuments and cultural heritage" project. Bulgarian delegate Dolya Jordanova presented a project entitled "Summer practical seminars on archeological sites in Bulgaria - opportunities for education of young people in the field of common cultural heritage preservation in the Black sea region".The round table discussions were organized by the RA Ministry of Culture within the framework of Armenia's rotating presidency in the BCES. Among the participants were representatives from Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Romania, Serbia and Georgia. 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 | 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |