Ukraine recovers Tintoretto, Rubens works stolen from Italy museumMay 12, 2016 - 12:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Ukrainian authorities say they have recovered 17 paintings - worth more than €17m ($18m) - that were stolen from an Italian museum in 2015, BBC News reports. They say border guards found the works of art hidden in plastic bags in the southern Odessa region, near the border with Moldova. President Petro Poroshenko said it was a "brilliant operation", which showed Ukraine's fight against art smuggling. The paintings include works by Tintoretto and Rubens. They were stolen from Verona's Castelvecchio museum in November 2015. Three masked armed men entered the building after it closed for the day and just before the alarm system was activated. They quickly overpowered a security guard and a cashier, before escaping with the paintings in a car. Last month, 13 suspects were arrested in Italy and Moldova, the Italian authorities said. President Poroshenko said Italian art experts would now be invited to Ukraine to authenticate the paintings and formalise their handover. Photo: AP 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 | “By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. 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. |