France might host Karot festival next timeSeptember 11, 2010 - 15:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On September 11, Speaker of the Armenian parliament Hovik Abrahamyan met with founder of Karot Armenian festival, Chairman of the Armenian Culture Development Fund Metso Igityan. During the meeting, Igityan noted that Karot festival recently organized in Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh has been positively estimated by Armenian and foreign art men and connoisseurs of art. He added that festival successfully fulfills its mission aimed at dissemination of the Armenian culture at an international level. The two men also discussed the possibility of organizing Karot festival in France next time, as Hovik Abrahamyan made such an offer to world-known actor Gérard Depardieu. Mr. Abrahamyan expressed readiness to support the festival’s organization process. Metso Igityan handed over souvenirs to the RA NA Speaker on behalf of the Armenian Culture Development Fund, the RA NA press service reported. 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 | Court in Azerbaijan extends former Karabakh leader’s arrest by 5 months The Binagadi District Court in Azerbaijan has granted the prosecutor’s petition to extend the arrest of Arkady Ghukasyan. Ucom General Director joins High-Tech Development Panel Discussion The discussion was titled "The Role of International Corporations and Investors as Catalysts for Development of High-Tech Ecosystem." U.S. still believes “peace is possible” between Armenia, Azerbaijan The United States continues to believe that peace is possible between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vedant Patel says. Dozens detained as antigovernment protest continue in Armenia At least 63 people demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation were detained on May 14 as they blocked streets in Yerevan. |