Days of Armenian Culture "Germany and the Armenians" to be held November 6 - 27 in CologneNovember 5, 2009 - 19:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Days of Armenian Culture "Germany and the Armenians" will be held November 6 - 27 in Cologne (Germany) "Germany and the Armenians" the sixth year. This year Days of Armenian Culture will be timed to 140th anniversary of Komitas. The leader of the Armenian Church in Germany Garegin Begjanian will take part in the opening ceremony, the Komitas Choir will perform. Dogan Akanli, writer from Cologne will read a report on the events of 1915 and 1945 telling about parallels between the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust. Days of Armenian Culture will be finalized with a literary evening, during which a new book about the Armenian writer Charents will be presented. 40 000 Armenians now live in Germany. The largest Armenian community is located in, the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church is located in Cologne as well. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |