  Paintings by Armenian artists disappeared from Artashat Cultural CenterAugust 11, 2009 - 12:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Three painting - «Summer Night» (Tsolak Azizyan), «Baking Lavash» (Grigor Aghasyan) and «Earth» (Gaspello Gasparyan) - are reported to be missing from Artashat Cultural Center after Charles Aznavur. They were among the 190 canvases temporarily handed over to the center by RA Culture Ministry.Director of Artashat Cultural Center proved to be negligent of his direct duties, RA Police press service reports. Failure to ensure security control resulted in the loss of 3 paintings which had a total cost of AMD 580 thousand. Missing canvases are currently being searched.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news 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.“Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”.Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan.U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |
