Armenian representative becomes one of winners of OSCE-launched video contestNovember 5, 2009 - 20:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The winners of a video contest highlighting civil society in action were announced at the OSCE Permanent Council today.The contest was initiated and financed by the Permanent Mission of Germany to the OSCE, with the support of the Greek OSCE Chairmanship. The winners received a trip to Vienna to the OSCE.One of contest winners was Armenian representative Ani Harutyunyan with her film Just Because. Winners took part in Permanent Council's November 5 session. Thereafter, Gemran Ambassador Heiner Horsten handed certificates to finalists whose video films are displayed in OSCE exhibition dedicated to the anniversary of the Fall of Berlin Wall. On November 6, winners will attend a special anniversary event with former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Dimitris Droutsas, Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister and Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, and Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. 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. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. 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”. International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |