  Armenian elite singers’ “star” payment postponed, paper says March 3, 2012 - 10:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian elite singers are mourning. Following the French Senate’s adoption of the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, series of concerts were expected to be held in Yerevan in honor of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy. However, the Constitutional Council’s ruling the bill as unconstitutional resulted in cancellation of the concerts, Zhoghovurd paper reports. “Sorry that it so happened. Anyway, we're not to blame,” the event organizers told the singers, adding they can get the so-called “star” payment during the pre-election concerts of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA).   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 |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.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. |
