After being “dark” for 18 months for reconstruction work, Yerevan 's Sundukyan Theater has opened its doors again with a delayed 80 th birthday celebration.

The city's main dramatic stage actually marked its anniversary in 2002 but the extent of the repairs meant that it could not be open for the occasion.

Its history began, according to records, on July 16, 1921 when the newly Soviet Armenian government adopted a resolution declaring that the Armenian people cannot live without state theatre.

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A new exhibition of paintings has opened at the Akanat art gallery, tracing what it calls “trends of development of abstractionism in Armenia ”.

“It's true that some paintings are sold but first of all these exhibitions are of cultural importance as they present the history of Armenian abstractionism,” says the director of the art gallery, Ani Sukiasyan.

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Edik Babayan's eyes glisten as he talks about his homeland, the Hadrut region of Nagorno Karabakh. His voice begins to tremble as he recalls the hardships of the days of war and his fellow soldiers.

“Honesty, right-mindedness and generosity are distinguishing features of residents of Hadrut, however, they arise when their national dignity is trampled. For many years they have been depressed at the fact that their human rights for living on their own land have been violated,” he says.

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Armenia ended its participation at the Cyprus Eight International Tournament with a win over rivals Georgia.

It recorded a 2-0 victory at the Makarion Athletic Center in Nicosia on February 21. The Karamyan brothers scored one each to secure seventh place for Armenia in the eight-team tournament.

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