Yerevan hosts ceremonial opening of "Armenia 2009 Winter Festival"December 17, 2009 - 18:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today, December 17, Yerevan hosted a concert program dated to ceremonial opening of "Armenia 2009 Winter Festival" to last till January 6. ' I hope the festival will become a good tradition and color the live of Armenians in cold winter days. I'm sure the initiative will provide collaboration opportunity with festival organizers- Kanachastan NGO,'' Yerevan Mayor Hagik Beglaryans' statement said. As Kanachastan NGO director, Raffi Niziblyan informed, the festival will feature a number of events, including New Year trees' exhibit in Lovers Park, winter march, holiday games and national dishes' exhibition. "Armenia 2009 Winter Festival", held for the third time, was organized with the assistance of RA Economy and Culture Ministries, Yerevan Mayor's Office, Bogossian Gardens foundation, and festival co-organizer, Deem Communications. 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 | 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. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |