Ruben Aharonyan: from now on we will meet more frequentlyMay 26, 2010 - 16:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ruben Aharoyan, violin player of the Borodin Quartet, expressed his gratitude to organizer of Prospects of the 21st Century festival Stepan Rostomyan for keeping the festival at a high level throughout its history. On May 26, the Borodin Quartet’s concert will finalize the spring concert program of the festival. For his part, Stepan Rostomyan said that the organizers of the festival intend to make Armenia a world cultural center. “We will succeed in it,” he said. “The fact that we were not in Armenia for six years suggests that something hampers cultural exchange among countries, but things tend to improve, so from now on we will meet more frequently,” Aharonyan noted. 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 | Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. |