Yerevan to host British Queen's Official Birthday celebrationJune 13, 2012 - 20:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 15, 7 pm, Cafesjian Center for the Arts will host a celebration of British Queen's Birthday. Every year, British Embassy Yerevan celebrates Queen's Official Birthday. This year, the celebration marks Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, with Norayr Makaryan to be the event’s honorary guest, as the only Armenian among 1200 soviet sailors on board of Sverdlov cruiser to have saluted the young queen. The celebration will feature screenings of archive films about Elizabeth II’s coronation and the navy march. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |