Picture gallery robber turned himself inApril 2, 2009 - 23:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On Mar. 31, Manvel V., aged 39, turned himself in to Hrazdan Police Department. He admitted to having stolen 18 pictures by great Armenian artists from RA National Picture Gallery Hrazdan Subsidiary. On the night of 30/31 March, Manvel V., having broken the gallery window, stole 18 pictures by Ayvazovski, Gevorg Bashindgaghyan, Mariam Aslamazyan, Panos Terlemezyan, Martiros Saryan, Suren Safaryan, Hamayak Hakobyan, Stepan Aghadganyan, Sedrak Arakelyan and Khatchatur Yesayan."The investigation is conducted on a state level and the culprit will get his comeuppance," Manager of RA National Picture Gallery Hrazdan Subsidiary told a PanARMENIAN.NET reporter. RA National Picture Gallery Hrazdan Subsidiary compiled an exposition of 101 works of painters and sculptors during 70 years of its existence. 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. |