Painting Day children’s contest held in Yerevan zooOctober 27, 2014 - 17:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Organized by the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) in cooperation with VivaCell-MTS, the 7th Pan-Armenian Painting Day was held at the Yerevan Zoo, offering Armenian children to paint nature scenes for various prizes. The zoo visitors had the opportunity to enjoy music, art, dancing and numerous other festivities with family and friends. Games, contests, prizes, exhibitions, and special guests filled the day amidst hundreds of nature paintings. After the event, the best paintings were chosen for special exhibitions throughout several locations in Yerevan. The deadline for participating in the contest is Nov 30. The winners are selected by an independent jury and honored with awards, certificates, and prizes, which include bicycles, video cameras, and many more gifts provided by FPWC and its various partners. 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 | 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. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |