Armenia’s Areni to host wine festival on October 8 September 18, 2011 - 18:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s village Areni on October 8 will host Areni Wine Festival. This year the organizers promise participants more sorts of wine and a variety of competitions . Nune Manukyan, Areni Fest Foundation director told a PanARMENIAN reporter, that a competition, addressed to tourists, will be held within the festival, “In the competition called Armenia through your eyes” the attending tourists will present labels for wine, drawn by themselves. The best one will win a prize.” In addition, this year a separate competition of home-made wine will be held. The winner will be selected by the participants. At the same time the best wine factory will be selected by the professional jury, which includesf professional sommelier Serzh Ghukasyan, invited from France. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news | Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. Armenia says ready to extend nuclear plant’s lifetime by 10 years Armenia has taken necessary measures to extend the lifetime of its nuclear power plant until 2036. Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 |