 International Arts Education Week ongoing in Armenia May 24, 2013 - 21:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - International Arts Education Week kicked off in Armenia on May 23 to run until June 1. In her annual address, Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova underscored the role of arts education in the whole world, noting the program as a unique event reporting the achievements in the field. The program will feature different events in Yerevan and provinces. It will kick off in the capital city, with the closing ceremony due on June 1 in Gyumri. International Arts Education Week was first held in 2012.   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 |  Latest news 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.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
