Armenia participates in the 8th Thessaloniki Book FairMay 10, 2011 - 17:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia participated in the 8th Thessaloniki Book Fair with a separate pavilion. The Fair, which is organized by the National Book Center of Greece, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Helexpo and the Hellenic Federation of Publishers and Booksellers, constitutes a top-ranking event of commercial and cultural character for the sector of publishers, creators and book lovers. As part of the event, members of the RA delegation met with representatives of the Armenian community of Thessaloniki and presented books to the community’s library. 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 | 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. |