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Published on April 16, 2012
VEM RADIO'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY
- On April 15, the 10th anniversary of Vem Radio was solemnly celebrated at Komitas Chamber Music Hall in Yerevan.
Vem Radio (FM 101.6 in Yerevan, www.vem.am) has dedicated itself to enriching the airwaves with programs that lift the spirit, spread the joy of music and promote civil discourse.
Vem Radio is on air 24/7, broadcasting Armenian and world classical music, cultural and spiritual programs.
Around 300 guests - representatives of clergy, art, culture and business - took part in the celebration. Among the guests were also numerous friends and benefactors of Vem Radio. The Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II had passed along their congratulations to Vem Radio.
During the concert following the official ceremony, Vem Radio received congratulations from the best choirs, soloists and performers - Vem's cultural partners.
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Today in Armenian history- 1879 Death in Moscow (Russia) of Stepanos Nazaryan, editor of the "Aurora Borealis". He was born in 1812.
- 1918 The "Messenger Book" daily is published in Tbilissi (Georgia): the first Soviet newspaper in Armenian.
- 1923 The Soviet of People's Committee of the Armenian SSR creates the State Cinema of Soviet Armenia (HayFilm).
- 1953 Academician Hrachia Atcharyan (linguist) dies in Yerevan. He was born in 1876.
- 1958 Death of composer Vagharshak Srvandztian.
- 1959 The Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet confirms the new Education Policy of Armenia.
- 1984 The US House of Representatives accepts a resolution (number 247) requesting that the Government announce that 1985 04 24 be designated a "National Day of Commemoration of Man's Inhumanity to Man".
- 1984 The Permanent People's Tribunal recognized the Armenian Genocide.
- 1998 An international seminar took place in the Sorbonne (Paris) on the Armenian Genocide. It was organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party and financed by the See of Cilicia.
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