By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, September 1 — The expeditions in the ancient Armenian city Tigranakert turned out to be very lucrative as archeologists managed to make serious advances, Hamlet Petrosian, head of the Artsakh (Karabakh) expeditions of the Armenian Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, told journalists. According to five him prototypes of Irish High Crosses [...]
By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, August 26– A joint statement by one of the most famous Armenian musicians, Armenian duduk player Djivan Gasparyan and Turkish folk singer Yavuz Bingol, revealed that a concert scheduled to be given on September 1 in Istanbul, Turkey was cancelled. According to Hürriyet Daily News, Gasparyan said that the Organizing Committee [...]
By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, August 25– The legend of Armenian stage and screen Vladimir Msryan died on Tuesday at the age of 72. Msryan was reported to have been suffering from leukemia and died at the hospital. He underwent heart surgery five years ago. Armen Khandikyan, artistic director of the Yerevan State Drama Theater, whose leading actor [...]
By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, August 25–The organizers of the Golden Apricot International Film Festival in the Republic of Armenia are likely to bring an action against Turkey, since the country announced it was going to organize a film festival with the same name. On August 20, the Turkish newspaper Milliyet wrote that an international film festival [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, August 13 — August 12 will definitely be marked as one of the most impressive and greatest days on the calendars of numerous Armenian rock lovers. World-renowned rock-musician and frontman of System of a Down Serj Tankian finally rocked Yerevan on Thursday night. The concert was held at Yerevan Karen Demirchyan [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, August 12 — In Armenia the holiday of Navasard is celebrated on August 11. Members of the Unity of Armenian Aryans and the Unity of the Armenian nationalists visited the Temple of Garni on August 10 and there celebrated the holiday. “The holiday of Navasard — the Armenian ancient New Year, [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, August 9 — Ethnic Armenian, eco-activist and quintessential rock musician Serj Tankian from System of a Down, will give a concert in Yerevan on August 12. Since Tankian is actively engaged in nature protection, the Bicycle+ initiative group, jointly with a protection group for Teghut forest, will organize a grandiose welcome in Yerevan [...]
By Adonia Agayan “The renovations of the Tatev monastery, the pearl of the Armenian medieval architecture, are to be completed in 2013,” said Vanik Vardanyan, the Head of Tatev Revival project. According to him, the reconstruction will be launched in 2011. The overall cost of Tatev Revival project amounts to $45 million, of which $20 [...]
By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, July 22–An old cream extraction mechanism, dating from the 17th century, was found in the ancient Tatev Armenian monastery complex (built in the 9th-10th centuries) during reconstruction. Clay jars and specially polished stones for dairy production were also found near the mechanism. According to initial estimations, the creamery will be restored in October, [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, July 19 — The long-awaited first concert of Armenia-Turkey Youth Philharmonic Orchestra was finally held on July 16 in Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall, Istanbul. Sixty-five Armenian and Turkish musicians between the ages of 18-23 took part in it. The idea of this concert belongs to Nvard Andreasyan, an Istanbul-based Armenian [...]
