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ACTIVITIES OF ARMENIAN COMMUNITY HIGHLY VALUED IN ESTONIA AND LITHUANIA
14:42 28/03/2014 " REGION
Laine Randyarv, Vice-Speaker of the Riigikogu (the highest
representative and legislative body of the Republic of Estonia - Ed.)
on Wednesday held a meeting with journalists from Armenia and the
Armenian community of Estonia and expressed her appreciation to the
local Armenians for the high activity in the areas of social and
cultural life, reports Delfi.
According to the article about 2,000 Armenians live in Estonia. There
are 11 national-cultural societies there, which are aimed at preserving
the Armenian language, culture and traditions.
"Our Armenian community is differs with its cohesion and activity
in the cultural sphere. I am very grateful to the local Armenians
for organizing all sorts of social and cultural events, for the
restaurants with Armenian cuisine - all this promotes the international
communication within Estonia," Randyarv said.
According to her, the Armenians living in Estonia retain relations
with their historical homeland, and many of them preserve their
native language, which, regarding today's globalization processes,
is no longer taken for granted.
At the meeting the results of the Estonian-Armenian cultural event,
"See you in Tallinn", held last June in Tallinn, were discussed. The
event was attended by over a hundred Estonia cultural activists,
journalists and students from Armenia. There were concerts, theatrical
performances, exhibitions of contemporary art, and other cultural
events. The action was a return visit - in those days about 200
artists, entrepreneurs and journalists from Estonia had visited
Armenia.
Laine Randyarv, who also was directly involved in carrying out
the action and met the Armenians that arrived in the Riigikogu,
called the Armenian cultural days held in Estonia succeeded: "Public
diplomacy for the two small countries is a unique opportunity to
establish friendly relations. The"See you in Tallinn" event gave the
residents of Estonia an opportunity to get acquainted with Armenian
rich culture and history, as well as made it possible to have direct
interpersonal communication."
Laine Randyarv hoped that in the future many Estonian-Armenian joint
projects will come to life.
Delfi also reports that for the first time this year the Day of
National Communities will be celebrated in Lithuania.
According to Galina Mishkinene, the head of the Council of National
Communities, it is particularly important that national communities
in Lithuania demonstrated unity. The fact that this year, on May 21
the Day of National Communities will be celebrated for the first time
in Lithuania will promote this to.
She noted that unity is necessary in solving such problems as, for
example, the appearance of posters in Vilnius, telling the Azerbaijani
version of Aghdam events taken place in 1992.
"At the end of January - beginning of March, we received the statement
of the Armenian diaspora regarding the emergence of such posters.
Union of Armenians in Lithuania wrote us and the prosecutor's office
about this. We condemn such actions, spreading distrust and unilateral
information about these events among the residents," said Mishkinene.
Source: Panorama.am
14:42 28/03/2014 " REGION
Laine Randyarv, Vice-Speaker of the Riigikogu (the highest
representative and legislative body of the Republic of Estonia - Ed.)
on Wednesday held a meeting with journalists from Armenia and the
Armenian community of Estonia and expressed her appreciation to the
local Armenians for the high activity in the areas of social and
cultural life, reports Delfi.
According to the article about 2,000 Armenians live in Estonia. There
are 11 national-cultural societies there, which are aimed at preserving
the Armenian language, culture and traditions.
"Our Armenian community is differs with its cohesion and activity
in the cultural sphere. I am very grateful to the local Armenians
for organizing all sorts of social and cultural events, for the
restaurants with Armenian cuisine - all this promotes the international
communication within Estonia," Randyarv said.
According to her, the Armenians living in Estonia retain relations
with their historical homeland, and many of them preserve their
native language, which, regarding today's globalization processes,
is no longer taken for granted.
At the meeting the results of the Estonian-Armenian cultural event,
"See you in Tallinn", held last June in Tallinn, were discussed. The
event was attended by over a hundred Estonia cultural activists,
journalists and students from Armenia. There were concerts, theatrical
performances, exhibitions of contemporary art, and other cultural
events. The action was a return visit - in those days about 200
artists, entrepreneurs and journalists from Estonia had visited
Armenia.
Laine Randyarv, who also was directly involved in carrying out
the action and met the Armenians that arrived in the Riigikogu,
called the Armenian cultural days held in Estonia succeeded: "Public
diplomacy for the two small countries is a unique opportunity to
establish friendly relations. The"See you in Tallinn" event gave the
residents of Estonia an opportunity to get acquainted with Armenian
rich culture and history, as well as made it possible to have direct
interpersonal communication."
Laine Randyarv hoped that in the future many Estonian-Armenian joint
projects will come to life.
Delfi also reports that for the first time this year the Day of
National Communities will be celebrated in Lithuania.
According to Galina Mishkinene, the head of the Council of National
Communities, it is particularly important that national communities
in Lithuania demonstrated unity. The fact that this year, on May 21
the Day of National Communities will be celebrated for the first time
in Lithuania will promote this to.
She noted that unity is necessary in solving such problems as, for
example, the appearance of posters in Vilnius, telling the Azerbaijani
version of Aghdam events taken place in 1992.
"At the end of January - beginning of March, we received the statement
of the Armenian diaspora regarding the emergence of such posters.
Union of Armenians in Lithuania wrote us and the prosecutor's office
about this. We condemn such actions, spreading distrust and unilateral
information about these events among the residents," said Mishkinene.
Source: Panorama.am