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THREE ARMENIAN FILMS TO PARTICIPATE IN GEORGIAN "SESILI"
YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
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  • 2006-05-12 17:30:00

YEREVAN, MAY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Within the framework of the "Directors without Borders" program, three Armenian directors will participate in the "Sesili" youth film festival to take place in Tbilisi on May

VARTAN OSKANIAN: CILICIA VESSEL HAS PECULIARLY BECOME
ARMENIA'S SYMBOL
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  • 2006-05-11 18:20:00

YEREVAN, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On May 11, RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian received the crew of the Cilicia vessel led by writer and publicist Zori Balayan.

RECORD OF LONGEVITY ON STAGE IN ARMENIA BELONGS TO DRAMATIC
THEATER'S PERFORMANCE "TO FORGET HEROSTRATUS"
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  • 2006-05-11 18:15:00

YEREVAN, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Today the record of stage longevity in Armenia belongs to Grigory Gorin's performance "To Forget Herostratus" staged 30 years ago at Yerevan Hrachya Ghaplanian Dramatic Theater. The

CONCERT DEDICATED TO COMPOSER EDVARD MIRZOYAN'S 85th
ANNIVERSARY TO BE HELD ON MAY 14 IN YEREVAN
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  • 2006-05-11 17:30:00

YEREVAN, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Until the end of 2006, events dedicated to the 85th anniversary of composer, USSR People's Artist, laureate of state prizes Edvard Mirzoyan will be held in different

RA PRESIDENT WISHES SUCCESSFUL NAVIGATION TO "CILICIA"
VESSEL CREW
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  • 2006-05-11 17:00:00

YEREVAN, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. RA President Robert Kocharian received on May 11 members of the "Cilicia" vessel crew who will leave for London on May 14 to prepare

CD OF KOMITAS' "PATARAG" BY PERFORMANCE OF "HOVER" CHAMBER
CHOIR RELEASED IN GERMANY
  • Culture
  • 2006-05-11 16:10:00

YEREVAN, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of professor Hrant Khachatrian, by the order of the Flora Family Foundation of U.S. Stanford University, a disk of Komitas' "Patarag" ("Liturgy") by the

SERGE SARGSIAN AWARDS "CILICIA" VESSEL CREW WITH RA DEFENCE
MINISTRY'S "ADMIRAL ISAKOV" MEDAL
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  • 2006-05-11 15:20:00

YEREVAN, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. "Cilicia" Captian Karen Balayan and Seaman-Commissar Zori Balayan presented the process of organizing preparatory works for "Cilicia" vessel's navigation along rivers of the Russian Federation

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMER'S COMPETITION-FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN
SYUNIK FOR FIRST TIME
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  • 2006-05-11 15:00:00

KAPAN, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. The goal of the individual performers' first competition-festival after composer Garnik Khachatrian is keeping and spreading of people's musical instruments and people's song in Syunik. The Kapan

THEATER FIGURES MARK KIM ARZUMANIAN'S 80th BIRTH
ANNIVERSARY
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  • 2006-05-10 19:20:00

YEREVAN, MAY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The jubilee evening held on May 10 at the Theater Figures' Union of Armenia was dedicated to the 80th birth anniversary of RA Honored Art Figure,

ZORI BALAYAN INFORMS ARKADI GHUKASIAN ABOUT RE-START OF
REGULAR STAGE OF "CILICIA" SAILING VESSEL'S NAVIGATION
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  • 2006-05-10 16:30:00

STEPANAKERT, MAY 10, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. NKR President Arkadi Ghukasian received on May 9 writer and publicist Zori Balayan who informed about re-start of the regular stage of the "Cilicia"

DOCUMENTARIES OF TURKISH, IRANIAN AND RUSSIAN FILM MAKERS
TO BE DEMONSTRATED IN YEREVAN
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  • 2006-05-05 19:00:00

YEREVAN, MAY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Within the framework of the documentary film program "Film Makers Without Borders", the Golden Apricot cinema development fund and Art-film will show 3 Turkish documentaries, 2 Russian

GOVERNMENT ALLOCATES OVER 22 THOUSAND USD FOR HOLDING
CONTEST OF CELLISTS AFTER ARAM KHACHATRIAN
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  • 2006-05-04 20:50:00

YEREVAN, MAY 4, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. At the Government's May 4 sitting, 10 mln drams (over 22 thousand USD) was allocated to RA Ministry of Culture and Youth

RESOURCES FOR REVELATION AND VIDEOING AZERBAIJANI
CEMETERIES AND MONUMENTS IN ARMENIA AND ARTSAKH ALLOCATED
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  • 2006-05-04 19:10:00

YEREVAN, MAY 4, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. In accordance with the May 4 decision of RA Government, 2 mln 308 thousand drams (5100 USD) was allocated to RA Ministry of Culture

MOSCOW INCIDENT IS NOT CONNECTED WITH MY BEING ARMENIAN,
MIKAEL DOVLATIAN SAYS
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  • 2006-05-03 21:05:00

YEREVAN, MAY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. "The incident that happened to me in Moscow is not connected with my being Armenian. Such cases happen to Georgians, Azerbaijanis and people of other nationalities, too,"

RA MINISTER OF CULTURE PAYS TWO-DAY VISIT TO SYUNIK MARZ
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  • 2006-05-02 21:40:00

GORIS, MAY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Minister of Culture and Youth Issues Gevorg Gevorgian, accompanied by a group of art workers, paid a working visit to Syunik marz on April

IN ALL PROBABILITY, "YES EM" INTERNATIONAL FESTIVEL TO BE
ORGANIZED WITH TWO YEARS PERIODICITY FROM NOW ON
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  • 2006-05-02 11:45:00

YEREVAN, MAY 2, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The quality of the last year films presented to the "Yes Em" (I am) international youth festival was higher than this year. Film director

JUDY BADY CONVINCED THAT JOINT CONCERT OF ARMENIAN AND
AMERICAN JAZZ MUSICIANS WILL BE HARMONIOUS SYNTHESIS OF TWO ARTS
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  • 2006-04-27 16:40:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, NOYAN TAPAN. "I am very glad to be in Armenia. I had never been to this country before, but during a few days of my stay in Armenia

JIM TOROSIAN AND GEGHAM GRIGORIAN GIVEN SURB SAHAK - SURB
MESROP ORDERS
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  • 2006-04-27 14:30:00

ETCHMIADZIN, APRIL 27, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Karekin II Catholicos of All Armenians handed on April 22 at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin the "Surb Sahak - Surb Mesrop" order

TODAY YOUTH PREFERS TO LISTEN TO TASTELESS MUSIC, OPERA
SINGER CONSIDERS
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  • 2006-04-26 16:50:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 26, NOYAN TAPAN. "Today the youth prefers to listen to light music, therefore not only in Armenia, but also in Russia, in Europe and in U.S. tasteless music is propagandized

7th COMPETITION OF YOUNG PIANISTS AFTER ARNO BABAJANIAN TO
START IN YEREVAN ON APRIL 26
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  • 2006-04-26 16:00:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 26, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The 7th competition of young pianists after the distinguished Armenian composer and pianist Arno Babajanian will be held in Yerevan on April 26 -

DAYS OF JAZZ TO BE HELD IN ARMENIA ON APRIL 26-30, ON
INITIATIVE OF U.S. EMBASSY
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  • 2006-04-21 17:20:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The 5th festival "Days of Jazz" will be held on April 26-30 on the initiative of the U.S. Embassy to the RA. Concerts of Armenian and

ARMENIAN STATE DANCE EMSEMBLE ALREADY HAS ITS WEB-SIDE
  • Culture
  • 2006-04-19 19:10:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 19, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Armenian State Dance Ensemble already has its web-site, which presents the history of ensemble's foundation, its biography, the photos and biographies of

EDVARD MIRZOYAN: LIFE ITSELF DICTATES THAT "NATIONAL
GALLERY" FESTIVAL SHOULD BECOME TRADITIONAL
  • Culture
  • 2006-04-19 18:35:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The "National Gallery" second musical festival consisting of 8 series of concerts will start on April 20 in Yerevan. As festival founders Mariam Shahinian and Garik Nazarian

BOOK "CHARENTS AND ART" PRESENTS GREAT POET'S RELATIONS TO
ART AND HIS IMAGE IN ART
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  • 2006-04-19 16:00:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The presentation of the book "Charents and Art" by Robert Davtian took place on April 19. The book presents Charents' art activity, his relations to art and

EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO PROTECTION OF CULTURAL VALUES OPENS
IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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  • 2006-04-19 15:10:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 19, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On April 18, within the framework of the European Union -Armenia Cooperation Committee, an exhibitiom dedicated to protection of cultural values opened at the

IF BUILDING OF WRITERS' UNION OF ARMENIA IS SOLD, I'LL
RESIGN, UNION CHAIRMAN STATES
  • Culture
  • 2006-04-19 12:30:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 19, NOYAN TAPAN. "The 3rd All-Armenian Conference of writers was held in Beirut at the high level. We can surely say that these conferences give possibility to world-spread Armenian writers

ARF YOUNG MEMBERS DRAW ATTENTION TO ISSUE OF PROTECTION OF
ARMENIAN MONUMENTS IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES
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  • 2006-04-19 11:50:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 19, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The open-air three-days photo exhibition untitled "Cultural Genocide" is dedicated to the former and present state of the Armenian monuments, monasteries and churches in

ARF "NIKOL AGHBALIAN" STUDENT'S UNION ORGANIZES EXHIBITION
DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN MONUMENTS IN NEIGHBORING STATES
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  • 2006-04-19 11:20:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 19, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The ARF Dashnaktsutiun "Nikol Aghbalian" students' union organizes three-days exhibition dedicated to the historical-cultural monuments which are in the structure of neighboring states at present.

"NATIONAL GALLERY" SECOND MUSICAL FESTIVAL TO START ON
APRIL 20 IN YEREVAN
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  • 2006-04-18 17:35:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The "National Gallery" second musical festival will be held from April 20 to June 15. Such world-famous musician-performers as Vardan Mamikonian (France), Sergei Babayan (Russia), Svetlana Navasardian

AMBASSADOR OF LEBANON TO ARMENIA PROPOSED TO PUBLISH VOLUME
DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN-LEBANESE RELATIONS
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  • 2006-04-14 12:07:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 14, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Armenian-Lebanese relations in the sphere of culture were discussed at the April 13 meeting of Gevorg Gevorgian, the RA Minister of Culture and

DISTINGUISHED FILM MAKER ARA VAHUNI PASSES AWAY
  • Culture
  • 2006-04-13 21:10:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 13, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Early April 13 distinguished Armenian script writer, film director, writer Ara Vahuni, 68 passed away of an incurable disease.

RA MINISTER OF CULTURE EXPRESSES READINESS FOR HOLDING DAYS
OF CULTURE OF SYRIA IN ARMENIA
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  • 2006-04-13 12:30:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 13, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. They are impressed in Syria and even today remembers the days of the Armenian culture held in 2004, and now as well, in

"ARMENIAN NAVY BAND'S" VICTORY IS ONE OF WHOLE ARMENIAN
PEOPLE, ARMENIAN MANAGER OF GROUP EMPHASIZES
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  • 2006-04-12 17:15:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 12, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The "Armenian Navy Band" headed by Arto Tuncboyaciyan was awarded the most honourary "World Music Award" prize of the BBC radio company's authoritative music

RESTORERS' SCHOOL TO BE FOUNDED IN ARMENIA WITH ITALIAN
SPECIALISTS' ASSISTANCE
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  • 2006-04-12 13:33:00

YEREVAN. APRIL 12, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Government of Italy allocated in 2006 35 thousand evros and the Embassy of Italy to Armenia - 29.5 thousand evros for keeping and

THIRD ALL-ARMENIAN CONFERENCE OF WRITERS TAKES PLACE IN
ANTELIAS
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  • 2006-04-11 14:30:00

ANTELIAS, APRIL 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Under the patronage of Aram I Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, about 150 writers from Armenia, Artsakh, Javakhk as well as colonies

VAHE SHAHVERDIAN: METAKSIA HAS BEEN AND WILL REMAIN
BEAUTIFUL FAIRY-TALE AND UNIQUE CHARM OF ARMENIAN THEATER
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  • 2006-04-10 19:10:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 10, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. "Metaksia has been and will remain the beautiful fairy-tale and the unique charm of the Armenian theater. I don't know and can't say when

GOAL OF ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IMPLEMENTED IN ARTSAKH IS
RE-SETTLEMENT OF LIBERATED TERRITORIES WITH ARMENIANS AND
KEEPING THEM ARMENIAN
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  • 2006-04-05 15:50:00

YEREVAN, APTIL 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The goal of the archeological excavations implemented during the last one year in three places of Artsakh, in historic Tigranakert (Martakert region), in

150 WRITERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIRD ALL ARMENIAN WRITERS'
FORUM TO TAKE PLACE IN BEIRUT ON APRIL 6-9
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  • 2006-04-04 12:00:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 4, NOYAN TAPAN. About 150 writers of Armenia, Artsakh, Javakhk as well as colonies of Diaspora will participate in the 3rd All-Armenian Writers' Forum to take place in Beirut on

EXHIBITION OF ARMENIAN ARTISTS' WORKS OPENED IN SAINT
PETERSBURG
  • Culture
  • 2006-04-03 12:32:00

SAINT PETERSBURG, APRIL 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Within the framework of the Year of Armenia in Russia and the 15th anniversary of the RA independence, an exhibition of Armenian artists living in Petersburg

GEVORG GEVORGIAN: ARMENIA APPROACHES ISSUE OF NATIONAL
MINORITIES WITH ALL RESPONSIBILITY
  • Culture
  • 2006-04-03 11:55:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Gevorg Gevorgian, the RA Minister of Culture and Youth Issues received on March 30 the Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention for the Protection

SHUSHAN PETROSIAN: CURRENT ARMENIAN ART OF SINGING CAN BE
GIVEN "SATISFACTORY" MARK
  • Culture
  • 2006-02-28 20:00:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. "There is a strong cultural potential today in Armenia but we don't know how to use and develop it," singer Shushan Petrosian stated at

OPERA ART AND THEATRICAL ART ALSO TO ADD TO DIRECTIONS OF
ARMENIAN-BULGARIAN CULTURAL COOPERATION BECOME TRADITIONAL
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  • 2006-02-28 17:35:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. Stefan Valev Dimitrov, the Ambassador of Bulgaria to Armenia passed the congratulation message of Professor Stefan Danailov, the Minister of Culture of Bulgaria at the February 28

THIS YEAR 95th ANNIVERSARY OF ALAN HOVHANNES TO BE MARKED
IN ARMENIA, USA AND A NUMBER OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
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  • 2006-02-28 15:20:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Composer Alan Hovhannes, one of the talented sons of the Armenian nation, isn't so much known in Armenia, while his name is known all

EGYPTIAN FILM PRODUCERS INTERESTED IN POSSIBILITY OF MAKING
FILMINGS IN ARMENIA
  • Culture
  • 2006-02-27 19:00:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Problems of Armenian-Egyptian cooperation in the cultural sphere were discussed on February 26, during the meeting between Abla Mohammad Abdelrahman, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to

HAROUTIUN KHACHATRIAN'S "POET'S RETURN" RECOGNIZED ONE OF
BEST THREE FILMS AT ROTTERDAM FILM FESTIVAL
  • Culture
  • 2006-02-24 19:50:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Film director Haroutiun Khachatrian's "Poet's Return" documentary was recognized one of the best three films at the Rotterdam 35th International Film Festival, it was

WRITERS' UNION OF ARMENIA AND AGBU PREPARE FOR PUBLICATION
ENGLISH THREE-VOLUME WORK OF MODERN ARMENIAN POETRY, PROSE AND
DRAMATURGY
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  • 2006-02-24 16:35:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Writers' Union of Armenia together with the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) prepares for publication an English three-volume work dedicated to modern Armenian

RF PEOPLE'S ARTIST, PIANIST VLADIMIR OVCHINNIKOV'S AND
GERMAN CONDUCTOR PIERRE-DOMINIK PONEL'S CONCERT TO BE HELD IN
YEREVAN
  • Culture
  • 2006-02-24 15:05:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24, NOYAN TAPAN. RF People's Artist, pianist Vladimir Ovchinnikov's and German conductor Pierre-Dominik Ponel's concert will be held on March 3 at Yerevan Aram Khachatrian concert hall. As it was

PROGRAM OF THIRD ALL-ARMENIAN CONFERENCE OF WRITERS TO BE
HELD IN BEIRUT IN APRIL IS RATHER FULL
  • Culture
  • 2006-02-23 16:25:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. 150 writers from different colonies of Diaspora and about 50 writers from Armenia, Artsakh and Javakhk will participate in the third All-Armenian Conference of

ZORI BALAYAN: UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL POETRY OF VAHAGN DAVTIAN
IS ALWAYS MODERN
  • Culture
  • 2006-02-22 19:15:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 21, on the day of the 10th death anniversary of Vahagn Davtian, representatives of the Union of Writers of Armenia, intellectuals, admirers of the writer's

2006-2009 ARMENIAN-IRANIAN COOPERATION DIRECTIONS IN SPHERE
OF CULTURE OUTLINED DURING TEHRAN MEETING
  • Culture
  • 2006-02-21 16:10:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Issues connected with the preservation of the cultural inheritance of Armenia and Iran and the further cooperation in that sphere were discussed during the