Upcoming news for 12.04.2016

YEREVAN, APRIL 12, ARMENPRESS. “Armenpress” presents on the air of “LRATVAKAN” radio all that you will read, hear and see in today’s news.

Today, on April 12, Minister of Economy Artsvik Minasyan will visit the “Meridian” Free Economic Zone and a number of diamond companies in Nor Hachn. The Minister will review the activities of the “Meridian” Free Economic Zone, after which a meeting will representatives of companies involved in “Meridian” will take place, focusing on issues concerning the sphere. Meetings with diamond company representatives are also scheduled.

“Nobel Days in Yerevan” kicks off. Five Nobel laureates are already in Yerevan. Who are they and what scientific achievements have they made? Details about the event and the laureates will be presented today. The Nobel Laureates will deliver lectures and will visit the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the Matenadaran, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute and other places.

The opening of the German Economic Union is scheduled to take place on April 12 in Armenia. Since 2013 the Union operates a branch office in Yerevan, and today the opening of its headquarters will take place. It aim is to assist commercial relations between Germany and present the German economic interests in Armenia and Georgia.

The tour of St. Petersburg’s state ballet theater kicks off in Yerevan. Details will be presented during a press conference today.

Expert on Iranian studies Armen Israyelyan, Expert on Turkish studies Levon Hovsepyan, and expert on Georgian studies Alik Eroyants will present the positions of Iran, Turkey and Georgia regarding the provocative actions of Azerbaijan in the Nagorno Karabakh line of contact. Founder and commander of the special reconnaissance detachment Vova Vardanov will speak about the Azerbaijani attacks. Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan will present his observations about the Armenian actions.

Remarkable findings were made in Yeghvard in connection with the Syunik looters. The items include Urartu era bronze statues and others. Director of the Archeology and Ethnography Institute Pavel Avetisyan and deputy director of the Scientific-Research Center of Historic-Cultural Heritage Hakob Simonyan will speak about the findings and their value.

The Union of Painters of Armenia is organizing an exhibition of paintings of 1960-1980 80 best paintings of their archives. Money raised during the event will be allocated to Nagorno Karabakh.

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