Fred Davtyan: number of New Year show viewers decreased this yearJanuary 8, 2010 - 18:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The number of New Year show viewers decreased this year, Stanislavski State Russian Drama Theatre director Fred Davtyan said.As he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, it's conditioned by Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan's prohibition on ticket sale in schools and kindergartens as swine flu prevention measure. "At the meeting with theater management, Gagik Beglaryan assured that our losses, caused by the return of 15-16 thousand tickets, will be refunded. At Mayor's request, we presented a report on expenditures but received no reply so far," Davtyan said. 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”. |