Books & Arts

They had planned to organize a press conference with Anastasia on Tuesday evening, but it started later. Journalists had been waiting for her more than one hour. Not one of the organizers came there to tell people the reason why Anastasia was late. As soon as the journalists decided to leave the hall, someone that …

Film directors, producers and lawyers used to gather in Tbilisi a couple of times, participated in seminars, took lessons for cinematography and discuss their projects. The independent jury was prepared to finance tapings of films that won during the contest. Davit Matevosyan participated in the seminar and decided to make a short, artistic film and …

The Pantheon of Yerevan named after Komitas has been reconstructed only once (in 1968). A monument is going to be installed in the Pantheon where they will write the names of our relatives and friends from other countries. There will also be a new wall put up with the purpose of memory jugs, which will …

Yesterday the authorized bodies instituted legal proceedings in connection with making fire in the Armenian culture building in Pjatigorsk. On November 13 a group of people threw a bottle with gas into the building and made fire there. According to the police department of Piatigorsk this crime might be made by extremists’ groups of young …

It has already been one month since the photos of photographer Yan Artus-Bertran (from France, but was born in Poland), which are taken from helicopters, are shown in Yerevan. This photo collection is expresses the beauty of our planet. Usually the photos of Yan Artus-Bertran are shown in open air, twenty four hours a day …

Artashes Emin is a translator by profession and is the Ambassador to Canada in Armenia. “Canada is a good, peaceful country; it has many resources and is on the right path in politics. The country has socialism elements-education and medicine are free,” says poet Gevorg Emin’s son who seems to be someone that is peaceful …

George Kasabyan’s life is very interesting. He was born in Aleppo, then got an education of engineer, worked as an aircraft designer then he moved to Canada, got a new specialization and worked there as computer programmer. Mr. George is a very self-confident person. Probably the first two phases of his life taught him to …

Polish photographer and video operator Ireneush Sirenak lives and works in Denmark. He accepted the invitation of the culture minister of Denmark and founded a photo studio there. He performs the orders of the royal family of Denmark and makes films about Margaret Queen and Benedict Princess. In the royal garden he takes photos of …

All four members of the famous American rock group “System of a Down” are of Armenian descent. They play aggressive neo-metal music on stage, but in real life they are very subtle and openhearted philosophers. It is impossible to connect their music with any other style. It is an incredible mixture which attracts everyone. People …

Yesterday the RA regional management body head Hovik Abrahamyan had a meeting with the head of Sharjah bank Varoujan Nergizyan. They discussed issues concerning relations between separate regions of the two countries, several projects implementation in the region of Tavoush (especially the reconstruction program of Haghartsin church and the road leading to the church) and …