ANNIVERSARY YEAR TO BE FULL OF FESTIVITIES

Today is the 130th anniversary of writer publicist Vahan Tekeyan. On the occasion, the Tekeyan Cultural Union of Yerevan will organize a number of events in the course of 2008, Ruben Mirzakhanyan, director of Tekeyan Cultural Union, told reporters today. ''Tekeyan Union will continue annuals events this year. They will simply have the logic of dedication to the famous writer,'' Mirzakhanyan said. In his words, in March Tekeyan Theater will stage Perch Zeituntsyan's ''In the mirror.''

In summer Tekeyan Union will accept young people and pupils from all countries where Tekeyan centers function. They will take part in the construction works in the cultural establishments under the name of Tekeyan.