  NAGORNO KARABAKH STATE CHOIR AWARDED GOLD MEDAL AT BARCELONA FESTIVALOctober 11, 2003 - 19:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The state choir of Nagorno Karabakh was awarded the gold medal at "Europe and its songs" annual international festival held in Barcelona. The Armenian singers were honored such a high evaluation for performing the songs of Komitas, Armenian classical scholar. Azeris' strongly reacted to the event stating that "Nagorno Karabakh art and culture are the carriers of nationalistic policy". In the opinion of Azeri composer Javanshir Kuliyev, as Echo Baku newspaper writes, the initiators of the Barcelona festival "apparently did not have any idea about the geographical-political affiliation of the group that arrived from Stepanakert".  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 Armenian wrestlers win 3 medals at U20 European Championships  The Armenian team has won 3 medals at the U20 European Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships.Ameriabank, COAF pool efforts to develop beekeeping in Lori COAF and Ameriabank have presented their joint program Harvesting Nature’s Bounty.Putin to meet Erdogan, Aliyev on SCO sidelines Putin will hold meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.CSI urges IOC to ban Azerbaijan from Paris 2024 The organization said in a statement that there is no place for genocide at the Olympics. |
