UAE to Implement Large Scale Projects in Armenia
During his visit to the United Arab Emirates, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian discussed the possibility of large-scale investments in wind energy, in particular, the construction of a new 500-megawatt plant. President Sarkissian noted that Armenia has considerable potential for clean energy resources. The Emirati company Masdar has already begun “Ayg-1” project for the construction of […]
Armenia to Start Construction of New Nuclear Power Units
Rosatom and the management of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant have signed an agreement to look into the possible building of new Russian-designed nuclear power units on the site of the current plant at Metsamor in Armenia. Armenia has long been in discussions with Russia about replacing Metsamor, which comprises two Russian-built 376 MWe VVER […]
First Armenian Film Preserved in New York’s Museum of Modern Art
The newly printed 35 mm copies of the restored three short films by prominent filmmaker Sergei Parajanov – “Hakob Hovnatanyan” (Armenia, 1967), “Kyiv Frescos” (Ukraine, 1966) and “Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme” (Georgia, 1985) – have been donated to the Museum of Modern Art․On this occasion, on January 19 and 20, MoMA presented to the […]
Digitizing Armenian Linguistic Heritage
AUA’s AGBU Papazian Library has announced the launch of a project titled Digitizing Armenian Linguistic Heritage (DALiH): Armenian Multivariational Corpus and Data Processing.The Digital Library of Classical Armenian Literature (Digilib) of AUA will support the project by providing digitized texts in Classical Armenian and Western Armenian and by digitizing other relevant materials.Funded by the French […]
Paris To Name A Place In Honor of Hrant Dink
The City of Paris will name a place after the slain Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, Deputy Mayor Arnaud Ngatcha has announced.“The City of Paris will pay tribute to him by naming a place in his honor in the 13th arrondissement,” Ngatcha informed in a Twitter post on the 15th anniversary of Dink’s assassination.As editor-in-chief of […]
Turkey’s Koç University Ends Book Contract Over Armenian Genocide Term
Turkey’s Koç University has terminated a contract to publish a book on Ottoman history due to the authors’ use of the term Armenian Genocide, editor Onur Inal informs. The university requested the removal or rephrasing of the expression, and terminated the contract when İnal and his co-editor Yavuz Köse refused, according to the historian. “We […]
Armenia Will Have 6 Participants at The Winter Olympics
Armenia is scheduled to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.Armenia’s team will consist of six athletes competiting in three sports; Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and figure skating.Alpine skier Harutyun Harutyunyan, cross-country skiers Mikayel Mikayelyan, Katya Galstyan, Angelina Muradyan and figureskating dance couple Tina Karapetyan & Simon […]
The Armenian Artist Who Put Egypt’s Golden Age In The Spotlight
For many in the art world, artist Chant Avedissian is known for his nostalgic stencil paintings of Egypt’s Golden Age. In 2013, his series Icons of the Nile (1991-2010) set a record for the highest price for a piece by a living contemporary Arab artist when it sold for more than $1.5 million at Sotheby’s Doha.Armenian folkloric dance traditions, […]
$70,000 Donated to Dzovinar Village in Armenia
Dr. Neshan Tabibian, his son and daughter-in-law Dr. Hagop and Anilga Tabibian have donated $70,000 to start new initiatives in the village of Dzovinar, Armenia.Through this new donation, the Tabibian family has embarked on a program to support new small businesses and a computer training program in the village.The newly renovated Christian Education Community Center […]
