Armenia's festival of beards gets a new 2018 dateNovember 9, 2017 - 14:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The festival of beards in Armenia initially slated for September 8, 2018 will instead be held in July of next year. Director of Areni Fest Foundation Nune Manukyan had earlier told PanARMENIAN.Net that the date might slightly be changed. Other details have not been disclosed, the venue hasn't been chosen yet either. During the festival, contests for the longest, shortest and funniest beards will be organized. Manukyan said earlier that the decision to hold such an event was made spontaneously. She did not exclude the possibility of inviting bearded famous people to participate in the event. 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. |