Krasnodar ensemble Druzhba gets 10 awards in Czech Republic
The Druzhba ensemble of Krasnodar has attended the Blooming Czech Republic Festival, Yuga.ru reports.The festival was held in Teplice at the congress hall of Prague. The Russian ensemble won 10 awards. Soloer Jeanna Vodopyanova won the Classical Dance Award, Veronica Fridinskaya won second place in the People’s Dance nomination, Maria Nakonechnaya took third position in the Variety Dance nomination.Freedom House calls Georgia most liberal state for press in region
Freedom House has composed a rating of world freedom of press. Armenia came 149th on the list, entering the section of non-free press countries, together with Pakistan and Angola, News.am reports.Azerbaijan and Russia take 172nd position, together with Zimbabwe. Iran, Belarus, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have even worse ratings.Georgia has the best rating in the region, being 111th on the list, having a partly free press. Turkey shares 117th position with 4 other states.
Spring holiday Nowruz has been celebrated in Moscow
Nawruz (or Nowruz), the holiday of vernal equinox, celebrated as the beginning of the new year of the astronomical solar calendar by Iranian and Turkic peoples, has been celebrated today in Moscow . The press service of the Mayor and the government of Moscow noted: "This is a significant urban social event that traditionally attracts the attention of Muscovites of various nationalities."Tamara Gverdtsiteli performs in North America
Georgian and Russian singer Tamara Gverdtsiteli recently performed four concerts in the USA and Canada, with The New York Times publishing an article devoted to her.
Analyst Vlasov calls for impartial view on deportation repercussions
The International Multimedia Press Center of RIA Novosti and Vestnik Kavkaza are co-hosting a round-table conference entitled “Deportation: how to preserve memory of history” to mark the anniversary of deportation of Chechens, Ingushetians, Crimean Tatars, Karachayans and other peoples.
History of post-Soviet countries needs serious consideration - expert
Today Vestnik Kavkaza hosted a conference devoted to the 20th anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy. Member of the Moscow State Institute for Foreign Affairs Leonid Gusyev took part in the event.Kiev rejects monument to Stolypin made in Russia
The city government of Kiev spoke against installing a Russian-made monument to a tsarist statesman in the Ukrainian capital, RIA-Novosti reports.The gift was proposed by the Russian Minister of Culture, Alexander Avdeyev, in an attempt to commemorate Pyotr Stolypin in connection with the anniversary of his death. Stolypin was shot dead by an assassin in Kiev in 1911.
