High Fest festival completes in Yerevan October 9, 2011 - 15:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - High Fest International Performing Arts Festival has completed in Armenia. During the closing ceremony, Festival president Arthur Ghukasyan thanked all for the attendance and handed over certificates to all participants, volunteers and media representatives who covered the event. PanARMENIAN.Net received 2 certificates for information support and coverage of the festival. The 9th High Fest International Performing Arts Festival was held in Yerevan from October 1 to 8. This year's event featured theatre companies and VIP guests from 16 countries (Russia, UK, France, USA, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Israel, Belgium, Kazakhstan, India, Japan, Singapore). 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 | Azerbaijan yet to respond to Armenia’s proposal to probe ceasefire violations Azerbaijan has not yet responded to Armenia’s proposal to create a mechanism for investigating ceasefire violations, Armen Grigoryan has said. Yerevan says received 10th draft of peace treaty proposals from Baku Armen Grigoryan has revealed that Armenia has received the 10th package of peace treaty proposals from Azerbaijan. Armenia, Germany discuss ties, South Caucasus peace process Armenian lawmakers met with the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Tobias Lindner. EU, EAEU are incompatible, Russia tells Armenia The arrival of extra-regional players in Armenia “will have consequences,” Russian Deputy PM Alexei Overchuk has said. |