By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, January 23 — Christian-Muslim conference on the Christian presence and witness in the Middle East will take place at the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias from January 24-28, 2012, the press service of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia reports. The conference will deal with issues and [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN. January 20 — Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia sent a letter to legendary rock musician, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi on January 19. The letter says: “Dear Mr. Iommi, Here in the Republic of Armenia we think about you. We know your spirit is strong as ever, and we [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, January 18 — As soon as Azerbaijan won Eurovision 2011 Song Contest various talks on whether Armenia will take part in the contest or not started circling around. Some were strongly for Armenia’s participation, others were against it. And now things have become clearer because in the end Armenia will partake [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, January 13 – On January 12 world famous musician Goran Bregovic arrived in Yerevan on the invitation of regional development and competition foundation “Century” to take part in a charity event aimed at providing assistance. Goran Bregovic visited the Republic of Armenia for the second time. His visit was organized by [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, January 12 — One of Armenian churches the Church of the Holy Seal (Surb Nshan Church) in Tbilisi, Georgia suffered fire on the night of January 9. While the fire was being put out, the south-eastern pillar of the church fell. As the press-office of the Ministry of Culture of the [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, January 12 — On Al Jazeera English TV channel Suzanne Hardalyan’s movie “Grandma Tattoo” will be broadcasted on January 11-18. The movie is produced and directed by Hardalyan and is dedicated to the Armenian Genocide. As Hardalyan states, she had the idea of making a movie about the Rwanda genocide victims [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, January 11 — Upon the invitation of the RA Culture Ministry Italian experts made a detailed measurement of all monument placements included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites of the Sanahin Monastery Complex located in the northern part of the Republic of Armenia. The partial restoration and strengthening of [...]