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The Spouse of the Prime Minister of Armenia, Anna Hokobyan, chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of “My Step” and “City of Smile” Charitable Foundations will be the Honorary Chairwoman of the Impact Humanity Television and Film Festival (IHTFF), ARMENPRESS was informed from IHTFF Office. “It is a great honor for me to become pa...

September 17, 2019 - 18:01 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - In what is easily a record-setting five-year deal, HBO Max has secured the exclusive domestic streaming rights to "The Big Bang Theory". As part of the deal with Warner Bros. Television, the multicamera comedy, created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, has also extended its syndicatio...

On the occasion of the upcoming 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on April 24th, 2020, the Chime of the Century Charity Foundation is planning to organize a mass concert at the commemoration event in the Tsitsernakaberd memorial involving 105 musicians. A symbolic number of 105 grand pianos will be brought to the Tsitse...

September 17, 2019 - 14:13 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - System of a Down’s Serj Tankian has provided an update on the all-important question for the band's fans -- will they ever see new music from SOAD? The last album was 2005’s Hypnotize. “The status has not changed,” Tankian said in an interview with Billboard. “We tour. We do show...

Famous Armenian painter Martiros Saryan was honored with a star in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The artist’s star was installed on the Alley of Stars days ago, Don-TR reported. Around 5,000 people voted for the installation of Martiros Saryan’s star in the Russian city. Saryan was born to an Armenian family in Nor Nakhijevan (now ...

Within the framework of the 150th birthday anniversary of renowned Armenian composer Komitas the Little Singers of Armenia choir will hold a concert tour in Lithuania and Germany from September 19 to October 2. The choir has been invited to perform concerts in Vilnius, Kaunas, Trakai Island, Molėtai, Berlin, Halle and Leipzig,...

The foundation of a new temple has been discovered at the Erebuni Fortress in Yerevan by a joint Armenian-French expedition team, bringing the number of temples at the site to three, which in turn enables to label it as a “cultural-historical complex”. A gravel ground mosaic existed in front of one of the temples, which makes sc...

September 16, 2019 - 11:29 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - System Of A Down have announced a new concert in Findland on June 25, 2020. "We are excited to announce the first of many shows in Europe next year. First up is our return to Finland for @ProvinssiFest on the 25th of June," the band said in a tweet. Though no albums have been rel...

Karina Ignatyan will represent Armenia at the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The singer collected 138 points based on the results of the voting of international professional jury, international jury of children and TV viewers. She will perform Colours Of Your Dream at the contest. Junior Eurovision 2019 will be held in...

Armenian-American filmmaker Garin Hovhannisian’s “I Am Not Alone” documentary about the 2018 Armenian Velvet Revolution has received a prize at the Toronto International Film Festival, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Facebook. “Garin Hovhannisian’s “I Am Not Alone” film received the first prize (capturing the 2nd...