MINISTER OF CULTURE SUMMARIZED HER 100-DAY ACTIVITY
By Marieta Makarian

AZG Armenian Daily
04/10/2007

On October 2, RA Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosian summarized her
100-day activities in the new government and presented the forthcoming
programs.

"At last we could accomplish the monitoring program of the culture
field. Our coming issues will be directed to it. Firstly, it’s the
personnel policy, which is the most serious issue in the sphere of
culture. And the second issue is – to allocate the cultural life from
the capital to the provinces", announced the Minister.

Touching upon the issue of the cultural programs in the provinces she
mentioned that from the state budget of 2008 a special appropriation
is planned to carry out serious cultural works in the provinces.

Hasmik Poghosian informed that 8 wall-paintings of Minas Avetisayan
would be restored.

In autumn, cultural days will be held in Belarus, China, Italy,
and exhibitions of fine arts – in Bulgaria and United Arab Emirates.

Next year the Ministry of Culture will get 6 billion drams of
appropriation from the state budget, and also half billion drams –
to reconstruct 13 libraries in Yerevan and provinces.

Answering the questions of the journalists the Minister mentioned that
in 2008 it’s planned an additional appropriation for the All-Armenian
Event "One nation, one culture", and the format of it will be revised.

As good news, the Minister informed that in 2008 Public TV would get
an appropriation for shooting a performance once a month.