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    PRIME MINISTER TIGRAN SARKISIAN DONATES ONE MILLION DRAMS TO FUND RAISING MARATHON

    / ARKA /
    May 2, 2011
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, May 2, /ARKA/. Armenian prime minister Tigran Sarkisian
    donated last week one million Drams (about $2,700) to a fund raising
    campaign organized by the Union of Writers of Armenia as part of the
    second literary marathon called 'I am a Friend of Books.'

    The tele-marathon was shown by Shant TV and was also available for
    Armenians across the globe through Armenian Public TV's satellite
    broadcasting.

    Chairing a Cabinet session last Thursday Tigran Sarkisian urged
    government members to take active part in the marathon.

    "Writers asked all to take active part in this important event. I urge
    heads of government departments and divisions to take active part in
    it,' he said, emphasizing the event in the context of celebrating
    the 500-th anniversary of printing in Armenia to be marked in 2012
    and UNESCO's decision to declare Yerevan World Book Capital.

    The results of the marathon will be announced on May 3 at a news
    conference.

    The first Armenian book was published by Hakob Meghapart in 1512 in
    Venice, Italy. The book was called Urbatagirq, "Friday Book." The first
    Armenian printing house in Armenia was established in Etchmiadzin in
    1771.




    From: A. Papazian
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