We're nothing if not ambitious here at ArmeniaNow so let me try to go one better than Dickens and offer you a tale of three cities. Adapted for the cinema.

Scene one: Armenia 2020. A place of the imagination, constructed in 2003 by people who want to encourage consideration of the future and what it will take to make a better one.

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The rush for valuable metals continues in Armenia with new acts of vandalism.

On September 29 a statue measuring approximately 2.5 by 2 meters was stolen from a busy part of Yerevan's Nor Nork district. The statue, based on themes from Charent's poem "Demented Crowds" and sculpted in 1967 by the notable sculptor Sergey Baghdasaryan, is made of duralumin and this fragile work of art has probably been dismembered already.

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White doves bask in the last autumn rays of sun striking the cupola of the Katoghike Saint Astvatsatsin (Holy Mary) Church. Their tender cooing mixes with the candles burning in the churchyard imbuing everything around with inner peace.

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When three years ago the grade of chief specialist in Armenia's healthcare service was abolished by order of the former Minister of Health and 80 chief specialists dismissed, few thought that there would be a continuation of that story.

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For 30 years, the Armenian National Aesthetic Center has offered children a chance to turn their imaginings into art.

It was founded on the base of the Children's Art Gallery in 1970, at that time the only one in the world dedicated to exhibiting only children's art. Today this gallery has branches in six cities of Armenia, where 3,500 children make their first steps in the world of art, acquiring a rich knowledge of art history, literature, Biblical themes, and national art.

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Tennis (ATP Tour)

Sargis Sargsyan was runner-up at the St. Petersburg Open International Series Tournament taking place from October 20 to 26.

Sargsyan lost the final 4-6, 3-6 to third seed Gustavo Kuerten from Brazil, who won his 19th career title.

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