Yerevan hosted 2009 State Award CeremonyJanuary 21, 2010 - 12:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 2009 State Culture Award Ceremony was held in the presidential residence on January 21. The literature award was bestowed on Vahagn Grigoryan for his "River of Time" novel. Music award was handed to Yervand Yerkanyan for his "Chronicon". Architecture awards were given to a group of architects (Stepan Nazaryan, Levon Christaphoryan. Hayk Ayvazyan, Vahandukht Yegheryan, Grima Hovsepyan, Albert Hayrapetyan and Grigor Azizyan) for projecting the new administrative building of Armenia's Defense Ministry. The authors of "History of Armenian Art" catalogue (Ararat Aghasaryan, Murad Asatryan, Vigen Ghazaryan and Hravard Hakobyan) also received state awards. 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 | Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. Armenia, India hold first defense consultations The meeting was attended by Indian Ambassador Nilakshi Saha Sinha and Defense Attaché Brigadier General Naveen Nijhawan. Civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan People demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation again blocked streets in Yerevan on May 15. |