  Days of Armenian Culture "Germany and the Armenians" to be held November 6 - 27 in CologneNovember 5, 2009 - 19:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Days of Armenian Culture "Germany and the Armenians" will be held November 6 - 27 in Cologne (Germany) "Germany and the Armenians" the sixth year. This year Days of Armenian Culture will be timed to 140th anniversary of Komitas. The leader of the Armenian Church in Germany Garegin Begjanian will take part in the opening ceremony, the Komitas Choir will perform. Dogan Akanli, writer from Cologne will read a report on the events of 1915 and 1945 telling about parallels between the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust. Days of Armenian Culture will be finalized with a literary evening, during which a new book about the Armenian writer Charents will be presented. 40 000 Armenians now live in Germany. The largest Armenian community is located in, the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church is located in Cologne as well.   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 |  Related sections Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.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. |
