Armenia and Karabakh Travel Guide gets prestigious awardJune 13, 2014 - 10:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Independent Book Publishers’ Association (IBPA) has awarded a silver medal to author Matthew Karanian’s “Armenia and Karabakh: The Stone Garden Travel Guide” in the category of best travel book for 2014, Asbarez reports. The book award, which is known to the publishing industry as a Benjamin Franklin Award, or “Bennie,” is among the most prestigious national awards for independent book publishers. The competition recognizes excellence in book editorial content and design. This silver medal awarded to “Armenia and Karabakh” by the IBPA is the book’s second major award of the year. The book was recently recognized by Writer’s Digest Magazine as one of the “Best Reference Guides” published in the past year. A complete list of book award winners is available online at www.ibpa-online.org. The publisher’s association recognized four travel books for excellence this year. The other travel books that received awards are titles about Costa Rica, the Canyon Lands of the American Southwest, and Washington State. Karanian was traveling in Western Armenia doing research for a future book when the award was announced. He said he considers the award to be an acknowledgement of the merits of Armenia, as well as of his book. “Awards such as these help to give Armenia and Artsakh the recognition that they deserve,” among Armenians and non-Armenians alike. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Pashinyan’s spokesperson denies intention to visit Baku for COP29 Pashinyan’s agenda doesn’t include a trip to Baku for the COP29 conference, his press secretary Nazeli Baghdasaryan has said. Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. |