12 culture news headlines from 6 countries in September

The latest arts and culture news from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

Armenia

A concert dedicated to Armenia’s independence will be held in Vienna. On 25 October, the ethnographic ensemble “Shoghakn” will give a concert in Vienna with the support of the Armenia’s Ministry of Culture. The concert will be dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Armenia and establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Armenia. Ministry of Culture of Armenia

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Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani music festival was held in France. A festival of Azerbaijani music was held in the city of Mulhouse, France, Azertac news agency reports. Ayaz Qojayev, representative of Azerbaijan's Embassy, hailed “diversity” of Azerbaijani culture, traditions of multiculturalism and tolerance in the country. He said 2016 was announced a year of multiculturalism in Azerbaijan and praised the role of President Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva in Azerbaijan`s becoming a venue of international dialogue of cultures and religions. Azertac

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Twinning Advisor met employees of Azerbaijan Scientific and Methodological Centre. Italian expert Alessandro Bianchi, Resident Twinning Advisor in Azerbaijan, met employees of the Scientific and Methodological Centre for Cultural Studies of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, according to Azertac news agency. They discussed cooperation prospects and agreed to work together in a number of areas. Azertac

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Belarus

Sviatlana Alexievich heads longlist for UK's top nonfiction award. Nobel laureate Sviatlana Alexievich has been longlisted for the UK’s most prestigious award for nonfiction writing for her collage of voices from the collapsing USSR, “Secondhand Time,” Eurobelarus writes. The £30,000 Baillie Gifford prize sets Belarusian author among diverse contenders, ranging from a memoir of living as an animal to a history of genetics. Eurobelarus

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Five wooden churches in Brest Oblast are proposed for UNESCO Heritage List. Five wooden churches in Brest Oblast are proposed for inclusion into the UNESCO World Heritage List, BelTA learned from Vyacheslav Garbuzov, Deputy Head of the Ideology, Culture and Youth Affairs Department of the Brest Oblast Executive Committee. The nomination file is scheduled for submission to the World Heritage Committee by 2020. Plans have been made to include the Belarusian wooden churches in the wooden architecture protection nomination that already features architectural monuments of Poland and Slovakia. BelTA

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Georgia

France’s Leuville estate returned to Georgia after 89 years. Members of the Georgian government and descendants of the 1918-1921 Georgian government in exile signed papers handing the Leuville chateau and its territory to Georgia, Agenda.ge writes. Signing of the agreement ended the 25-year long handover process of the 4.5ha estate located near Paris where the first government of Georgia settled in exile after fleeing Georgia's Soviet occupation in 1921. Agenda.ge

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Georgian films about wine were honored at film festival in France. 2016 Oenovideo International Grape and Wine Film Festival in Paris that brings together wine culture with cinema awarded three of its principal prizes to two Georgian filmmakers, Agenda.ge reports. 103 films from 12 countries were submitted to the festival in total. Films shortlisted for the official selection came from Canada, Georgia, Slovenia and France. Agenda.ge

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Moldova

An exhibition dedicated to European Heritage Days opened in Chisinau. A photo exhibition “Chisinau Doors: openness to the future” opened at the Square of the Stephan the Great Monument on 27 September, Moldova’s Ministry of Culture informs. The event is organized by the Ministry of Culture and it is dedicated to European Heritage Days 2016. Selection of photos highlights aspects of the cultural heritage of Chisinau highlighting the influence that the architectural trends from the past century had on buildings décor and especially on doors. Ministry of Culture of Moldova

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Chisinau hosted the 15th Ethno Jazz Festival. On September 16, Serghei Lunchevici National Philharmonics hosted the official opening of the 15th Ethno Jazz Festival, Moldpres news agency reports. Culture Minister Monica Babuc, the U.S. Ambassador to Moldova James Pettit visited the event. The festival lasted until 18 September and brought together bands and musicians from 14 countries in the program. Moldpres

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Ukraine

Creative Europe programme issued a new call for proposals on cooperation projects. Ukrainian office of Creative Europe programme issued a call for proposals on sub-programme scheme “Support for European cooperation projects,” Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture informs. The call is open for both smaller scale and larger scale cooperation projects. Ministry of Culture of Ukraine

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Poets from Europe arrived in Chernivtsi to take part in Babi Yar tragedy-dedicated event. This year`sMeridian Czernowitz poetry festival was dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Babi Yar massacres, Ukraine Today writes. Poets gathered in the Jewish Cemetery in the city of Chernivtsi in Western Ukraine and read their poems amid the graves. Most of the poets admitted they don`t want to focus on the past, but rather on what the world has learned from its mistakes. Ukraine Today

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Ukraine returns Dutch paintings stolen in 2005. Ukraine has returned five Dutch paintings, dating back to the 17-18 centuries, to the Netherlands, Ukraine Today reports. They were stolen from a museum in the town of Horn in 2005 and more than ten years later were recovered in Ukraine by SBU. “What we see are the masterpieces by the famous Dutch painters that should please the eye of all mankind, but not just some villains”, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko stressed. Ukraine Today

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