International Arts Education Week ongoing in ArmeniaMay 24, 2013 - 21:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - International Arts Education Week kicked off in Armenia on May 23 to run until June 1. In her annual address, Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova underscored the role of arts education in the whole world, noting the program as a unique event reporting the achievements in the field. The program will feature different events in Yerevan and provinces. It will kick off in the capital city, with the closing ceremony due on June 1 in Gyumri. International Arts Education Week was first held in 2012. 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |