Suicide: how to prevent


About one million people in the world commit suicide every year. The rate in Armenia is not high compared to many countries, but it is worrying. In 2018, there were 500 suicide attempts in Armenia, 108 of which were fatal. What prevention programs are there in Armenia and how effective are they?

 

 

Criminal subculture. how to overcome


The draft law on amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code was approved by the government. The draft law criminalizes carrying, spreading, creating and leading a criminal subculture, involving in those groups, applying to a person with the highest status of criminal hierarchy. At the same time, there is an incentive norm for the participant who will reveal such a grouping or will contribute to the disruption of its activities. What are the roots of the criminal subculture and how can it be overcome? Sociologist Gayane Hovakimyan and cultural anthropologist Aghasi Tadjosyan are discussing.

 

 

The invisible heroes of art


The story of the salvation of a painting by Martiros Saryan.

New strategy of education and science. Part 16


We are discussing the new strategy of science and education with education expert Serob Khachatryan.

Criminal subculture in penitentiaries


The substantiation of the bill criminalizing the criminal subculture states: "Involvement in the criminal environment in the current legislation, or adhering to the criminal subculture and spreading it as criminal acts are not intended, as a result of which it is not possible to fully and decisively prevent these vicious phenomena. " Arpine Sargsyan, Head of the Penitentiary Policy Development Department of the Ministry of Justice, and Gevorg Simonyan, Deputy Head of Armavir Penitentiary, talk about the practice of implementing the bill.
 
 
 

How to promote repatriation?


Armenia will have a law on repatriation. The return of the intellectual potential of the Diaspora to the country is one of the primary goals. What processes should be stimulated in the country to establish a new quality of relations with the Diaspora? Hamazasp Danielyan, MP of the NA "My Step" faction, Suzanna Barseghyan, researcher are discussing.

Jazz improvisations


Jazz music becomes complete through improvisation. What is improvisation, how is it done in jazz?

Rabindranath Tagore


This "Encyclopedia" film tells the biography of world-famous Indian poet and teacher Rabindranath Tagore.

 

 

Alexander Demyanenko


"It will be a mystery to me that Shurik is so public," Alexander Demyanenko admitted. "I did not play that role, I just appeared in the required scenes." That's a basic problem for an actor. " Demyanenko was known as Shurik. He suffered from it all his life. The actor's dream was to play dramatic, profound characters. The audience greeted the actor with joy, but he was even more disappointed. However, in art, especially in cinema, the most difficult thing is to laugh. Today, Alexander Demyanenko is considered an artist who can stand next to the great comedians of the last century.

 

Opportunity for new Armenia-Diaspora relations


In everyday speech, there is a constant regret about the Armenian Diaspora, which is of great strategic importance compared to Azerbaijan's oil: the financial, economic, intellectual, social and human resources of the Diaspora are not fully used. They can become a powerful force if a more systematic approach is shown. What studies on the Diaspora are being conducted in Armenia? Are those studies sufficient to develop a new policy towards the Diaspora?

 

 

New strategy of education and science. Part 15


We are discussing the new strategy of science and education with writer, publicist Vahan Zanoyan.

The foundation of the Seminary. Catholicos George IV


The famous students and teachers of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The founder of the Seminary is George IV, Catholicos of Constantinople.