Forty Days of Musa Dagh performance to be staged in KarabakhMay 21, 2011 - 13:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 21, President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met with a group of cultural workers and actors who arrived from the Republic of Armenia and the USA to organize a literal-musical performance drawing on Franz Werfel’s “The Forty Days of Musa Dagh” novel. At the meeting the President stressed the importance of joint efforts of Armenia, Artsakh and the Diaspora for mass coverage of the pan-national events, as well as increasing ionternational community's awareness of the history of the Armenian people. Minister of culture and youth affairs Narine Aghabalyan and head of the NKR Writers' Union Vardan Hakobyan partook in the meeting, the Central Information Department at Artsakh President' Office reported. 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 | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |