President Sargsyan: Tonino Guerra was Armenia’s good friendMarch 21, 2012 - 20:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan extended condolences on the death of the prominent Italian poet, writer and screenwriter Tonino Guerra. “We lost a renowned culture worker, whose works spread joy, admiration and kindness not only in native Italy, but all over the world,” the President’s telegram reads. Serzh Sargsyan also dwelt on Guerra’s visits to Armenia, and relations between him and the Armenian people. “This Italian genius was a good friend of Armenia and the Armenian people,” he noted. “On behalf of the Armenian nation, I express my deepest condolences to you, your family and the whole Italian nation. It’s a big and painful loss. Tonino Guerra’s genius works that the eternal values are the only consolation left,” Presidential message to Tonino Guerra’s family reads. Legendary Italian poet, writer and screenwriter Tonino Guerra died in Italy on Wednesday, March 21 at the age of 92, Adriano del Asta, RIA Novosti reported. Guerra, who wrote more than 100 screenplays, worked with such filmmakers as Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Andrey Tarkovsky, Francesco Rosi and Theodoros Angelopoulos. Among the films he wrote or co-wrote are L'avventura, Red Desert, Blow-Up, Zabriskie Point, Amarcord, Nostalghia, Landscapes of the Mist and Exquisite Corpses. He earned Oscar nominations for Amarcord, Blow-Up and Casanova 70. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |