Writers' Union of Armenia intends to establish literary media foundationDecember 23, 2009 - 17:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chairman of Writers' Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan expressed satisfaction with programs implemented in 2009. "Writers' Union of Armenia has set two goals: to establish international relations and bridge the gap between the literary world and readership. To achieve these goals we have signed cooperation agreements with Writers' Union in 10 different countries, have organized meetings with readers in the capitals of several European states. Days of Armenian literature in Russia and Georgia have already become traditional," Levon Ananyan said. According to him, Writers' Union of Armenia attaches great importance to establishing the new center for literary propaganda, which will help to bridge the gap between the literary world and readers. In order to bring to life another project of the Literary Media Foundation Writers' Union of Armenia sent written requests to 10 Armenian businessmen in Armenia and Russia. "If we manage to attract funds we will try to raise not only the quality of Literary Gazette, but other literary media in Armenia," chairman of Writers' Union of Armenia promised. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |