  ARMENIAN PAINTER WORKS APPRECIATED IN LAS VEGASOctober 23, 2003 - 22:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Three works of Armenian photographer Rafael Hambartsumian were appreciated at a photo exhibition in Las Vegas. The author was awarded "Certificate of Merits" for photographs "After Operation" (81 points), portraits of actor Gurgen Janibekian and sculptor Yervand Kochar (80 points each). R. Hambartsumian's works have successfully been exhibited in New York, Pasadena and Washington before. Among the works that were highly evaluated are "Monument to the Armenian Genocide," "Aram Khachaturian" and others. It should be noted that R. Hambartsumian, 71, moved from Yerevan to Los Angeles a few years ago.  Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.   Partner news |  Latest news POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad  Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO.Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship.Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy.Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |
