Tumanyan's 140th birthday celebrations to be held in Yerevan on Feb 19February 18, 2009 - 17:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The current week will be dedicated to Hovhannes Tumanyan , the great Armenian poet and writer. From Feb 16 to 23 open lessons, school events, quiz competitions dedicated to 140th birthday of the great writer will be held throughout Armenia. The main ceremonial celebrations are due on Jan 19. The day of celebration will start with the opening of a 2 day conference "Tumanyan's political Essays in modern parallels" in Charents Hall of Yerevan State University and "Tumanyan and the 21st century" in Northern University. In Dsegh village, the birthplace of Tumanyan, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will attend a gala opening of festivities cycle will take place, along with a traditional "A library on Wheels" program. The day of celebrations will end with a concert in Arno Babaganyan concert hall and gala ball in Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum House. 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |