Traditional flower gathering held at Armenian Genocide memorialApril 27, 2019 - 15:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - AGBU Scouts of Armenia in collaboration with the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets and the participation of VivaCell-MTS volunteering team, held their traditional flower gathering event at Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex. The activities continued through the next day, April 28. The initiative combines the idea of giving a new lease of life to the flowers that people have placed at the monument dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. It also has an environmental mission that promotes recycling. The flowers are gathered and their stems are removed from the petals. The stems are used to derive compost, and the petals to make handmade recycled paper. The compost is used for the treatment of the soil in the Genocide Memorial Park, while the paper is used to make certificates or postcards. The event was attended by representatives of non-governmental and international organizations, private and public sector representatives, schoolchildren and students, ambassadors and officials. 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 | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |