Topic: UNESCO

ECHMIADZIN (Panorama.am) — The conference on International Religious Freedom and Peace, convened at the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin in Armenia on September 9-10, brought a special focus to the promotion of freedom of religion and[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Caretaker minister of education, science, culture and sport of Armenia Vahram Dumanyan has sent a letter to the UNESCO Director General, expressing his concerns over the actions being carried out by Azerbaijan in[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — A number of Armenian cultural and spiritual monuments have come under the Azerbaijani control as a result of the recent war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh: these monuments are of special importance for[...]

NEW YORK — It was five years ago that I visited the crowning glory of Artsakh, the Dadivank Monastery. Inside the almost bare church, except for fresco paintings and numerous Armenian inscriptions, was an elderly woman lighting a candle.[...]

PARIS — Armenia and Artsakh face an existential threat the likes of which they have not encountered since independence in 1991. Philippe Raffi Kalfayan, a regular contributor to the opinion section of the Armenian Mirror-Spectator and an[...]

By Carlotta Gall ISTANBUL (New York Times, AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree on Friday, July 10, ordering Hagia Sophia to be opened for Muslim prayers, an action likely to provoke international furor around a World[...]

PARIS — Accompanied by his spouse Anna Hakobyan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan arrived in France on a working to attend the Second Paris Peace Conference and the 40th United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization[...]

PARIS (PanARMENIAN.Net) — Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley will be granted an Enhanced Protection status by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), according to a decision adopted[...]