French envoy visits Erebuni Fortress in YerevanJune 23, 2012 - 19:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 23, French ambassador to Armenia Henri Reynaud accompanied by Armenian Deputy Minister of Culture Arev Samuelyan and Embassy Advisor on Cultural and Cooperation Issues Jean-Paul Martin visited Erebuni Fortress in Yerevan. Armenian-French program on archaeological excavation, planned for 2012-2015, is financed by Erebuni Historical & Archaeological Museum-Reserve in partnership with France’s Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Culture. In conversation with the French envoy, RA Deputy Minister of Culture stressed the importance of Erebuni Fortress for Yerevan, underscoring the need to develop a new approach in presenting the archaeological monument to the public. The museum director Gagik Gyurjyan in turn noted that an exhibition titled “Erebuni before and now” is planned. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |