During few last years dozens of different festivals - musical, food, wine and many more - appeared in Armenia. It became a kind of a trend to celebrate that way the best that the country has. In 2017 FestivAr Association of Armenian Festivals was founded by a group of festival organizers to coordinate, promote, and support the sustainable development of sustainable festivals in Armenia. Today, FestivAr’s 19 members are responsible for 26 festivals across the country. Regional Post talked to Association’s Executive Director Lucineh Kassarjian about the importance of these festivals both for locals and tourists.

Earlier this year, the world celebrated the 95th anniversary of Sergei Parajanov, one of the greatest Armenian filmmakers, an artist who lived and worked in different parts of the Soviet Union and became a legend during his own lifetime. Today, his House Museum is a must-visit location in Yerevan, and in other parts of the world people are still watching his films and looking at his artworks. But do we really understand him? Program director of Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival Karen Avetisyan tries to explain Parajanov’s phenomena.

On March 19th, one year before the end of his term, the officially proclaimed “Leader of the Kazakh Nation” and their president for three decades, Nursultan Nazarbayev resigned. The news came as a surprise to most regional and international analysts and politicians. And while everybody was wondering who was going to replace him, he made it clear that the speaker of the Senate and his close ally, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, will act as the head of state until new elections are held next year. Hence, can we truly expect a fresh wave of changes in Kazakhstan soon, or is this just a staged transmission of power?

On February 2019, researchers Simon Maghakyan and Sarah Pickman published a report on the destruction of tens of thousands of medieval Armenian monuments in Azerbaijan. 89 medieval churches, 5,840 intricate cross-stones, and 22,000 tombstones are said to be destroyed by the Azerbaijani government. The original investigation in Hyperallergic art media outlet was followed by another article in The Guardian, which triggered international reaction. Regional Post spoke to Simon Maghakyan about the investigation.

Armenia Art Fair showcases the work of contemporary Armenian artists at home and abroad, as well as artists from countries of the post-Soviet bloc, Eurasia, and parts of the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

For two days Yerevan will celebrate the wine in the frames of annual Wine Days, on May 3-4.

2019 marks the 30-th anniversary of AIESEC in Armenia.

In early May for the first time ever, Yerevan will host Urvakan, the international festival of contemporary culture and new musical forms.

Artworks by more than seventy international artists were exhibited in Yerevan in frames of International Contemporary Art Exhibition: Armenia 2018

Armenia will host another Art Fair this year

Several celebrities told Regional Post why are opera and ballet so important for them.

Explore the newly opened artists' gallery in the mezzanine.

Director of Jules Massenet's "Manon" opera's new production talks about his experience in Armenia.