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Albania Expands Free Visa Privileges

2011-06-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Albania's thougtful people

In news from Albania, the government there has temporarily lifted all visa requirements for travelers from Azerbaijan. For visits of up to 90 days, citizens there can travel to Albania at their leisure. This follows news that Albania allowed similar privileges to other countries.

Tags: Albania Tourism, Albania tourists, Albania Travel, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Russia restrictions, Russia visa, Russian visas, taiwan, travel, Ukraine, visa, visa free travel, visa restrictions

The Places of the East: Alexander Spendiaryan

2011-01-27 by Phil Butler

Inside the Alexander Spendiaryan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

The Alexander Spendiaryan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater is located in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. It takes its name in honor of Alexander Spendiaryan, an Armenian composer who wrote the opera Almast. This opera was the first one that was performed at the complex. The facility did not take on this name until 1938, five years following its official opening.

Tags: Alexander Spendiaryan, Almast, Armenia, Armenia theater, Armenia tourism, Armenian Ballet, Armenian Opera, Ballet Theater, Eastern Europe, famous places, Gayane, opera & ballet, Opera House, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake, Yerevan

Armenia: Where Sandaramet Made Her Wines

2011-01-16 by Mihaela Lica Butler

The winery consists of fermentation vats, a wine press, storage jars, pottery shards, drinking cups and bowls.

The Areni-1 winery is a 6,100-year-old winery that discovered in a cave in the village of Areni in the Vayots Dzor province of the Republic of Armenia.

Tags: areni wine festival, Armenia, winery

Eastern Europe Digital Engagement 2010 – Armenia

2010-12-22 by Phil Butler

Garni Temple dating to the third Century BC

From Ararat to Ani, surrounded by the Caucasus, Armenia holds touristic secrets so many will never learn of. A place of ancient and recent wonder, from her ruined Hittite archeology to post Soviet modernization, the country has so much to offer. Unfortunately the Welcome to Armenia website conveys very little of that country, and that people’s nature. Digital brands are as important as conventional ones where travel is concerned.

Tags: ancient civilizations, Ani, archaeology, Armenia, Armenian tourism, Hittite Empire, Hittites, Mt. Araratt, Noah, Noah's Ark, Onnik Krikorian, Turkey

Armenia Revives Tatev, the 9th Century Jewel

2010-10-29 by Mihaela Lica Butler

The Monastery of Tatev is one of the most important religious centers in the country.

The new Tatev Revival programme, a public-private partnership initiative implemented by the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia, hopes to make Tatev a favorite destination in the country.

Tags: Armenia, Gazavan, Monastery of Tatev, Tatev Revival, Wings of Tatev

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