Anna Barseghyan awarded with Best Author of New Millennium medalNovember 8, 2010 - 21:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Poetess Anna Barseghyan was awarded with Best Author of the New Millennium medal of the Russian Union of Writers (RUW) and founders of Russia’s Golden Pen national literary prize. Besides, she was awarded with Griboyedov Literary Prize, Yerkramas paper of Armenians of Russia reported. Currently, it is the only prize, which is awarded to writers irrespective of the place of their residence and citizenship. 2000 applications of writers from 32 countries were received in 2010. Anna Barseghyan submitted tales in verse, lyric poetry and translations to the jury. The Central House of Writers in Moscow hosted the awarding ceremony. 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 | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |