  5000 people to attend barbecue fest in Akhtala August 24, 2011 - 13:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Around 5000 people will attend the annual barbecue festival to be organized by “Maintenance and Development of Armenian Culinary Traditions” NGO with the assistance of the RA Economy Ministry in the town of Akhtala, Lori province on Armenia, on September 18. “The barbecue festival aims to raise public awareness of the Armenians cuisine at international level,” NGO chairman Sedrak Mamulyan said. For his part, head of the tourism and territorial development department at the RA Economy Ministry Mekhak Apresyan said that the event will help boost Armenia’s attractiveness for tourists. Armenian parliament and government members, public figures as well as well-known Moscow-based actor Armen Jigarkhanyan and IBF, WBA and WBC champion Vic Darchinyan are expected to participate.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia  The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
