Armenian Genocide memorial flowers get a second life April 27, 2016 - 16:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On Wednesday, April 27 the traditional Flower Gathering event took place at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex on the initiative of the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets. Since 2010, FPWC’s General Partner VivaCell-MTS has been supporting the Flower Gathering activities. The initiative combines the idea of giving a new lease of life to the flowers and the environmental mission that promotes recycling. The flowers laid at the Genocide Memorial on April 24 are gathered, their stems are removed from the petals. The stems are then used for composting the soil in the Genocide Memorial Park, while the petals are recycled into handmade paper, further used for making certificates or postcards. “In the last few years, this initiative has become the natural continuation of April 24,” FPWC Founder Ruben Khachatryan noted. “The idea of the Flower Gathering has been very consonant with people’s expectations, meeting an especially wide response among youth.” “This event symbolizes positive changes, optimism, and revival,” said VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian. “It is important to remember the past, but it is just as important to move forward and create new values, become even stronger and have a more conscious attitude towards ourselves and the environment.” Hundreds of representatives of non-governmental and international organizations, private and public sector representatives, schoolchildren and students, ambassadors and officials participated in the event. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. EU still discussing funding Armenia through European Peace Facility Discussions continue in the EU on providing Armenia with funds from the European Peace Facility, Vassilis Maragos says. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |