Culture & sport

People's Artist Norayr Mehrabyan dies at 85

Culture & sport. Photo: Arm culture / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
Photo: Arm culture / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

People's Artist of Armenia, ballet master and founder of the Barekamutyun State Ensemble Norayr Mehrabyan has died at the age of 85. According to the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, a government funeral commission will be set up by decision of the Prime Minister. In a message of condolence, Nikol Pashinyan said that Mehrabyan's contribution to the development of Armenian dance art is invaluable.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Panorama13:11Opposition

Pro-government 6 / 6 First: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer), 30 min later
Balanced 9 / 14 First: Infocom, 12 min later
Opposition 18 / 21 First: Panorama, 13:11

Foreign outlets: 1, first: Sputnik Armenia, 13:48

Timeline as a list
  1. Panorama (Opposition)
  2. Tert.am (Opposition)
  3. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  4. 24news.am (Opposition)
  5. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  6. Infocom (Balanced)
  7. News.am (Opposition)
  8. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  9. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  10. Mediahub (Opposition)
  11. Aravot (Balanced)
  12. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  13. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  14. Hraparak (Opposition)
  15. 1in.am (Balanced)
  16. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  17. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  18. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  19. Ararat News (Balanced)
  20. Hayeli (Opposition)
  21. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  22. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  23. CivilNet (Balanced)
  24. Factor (Balanced)
  25. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  26. Iravunk (Opposition)
  27. FreeNews (Pro-government)
  28. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  29. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  30. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  31. Golos Armenii (Opposition)
  32. Politik.am (Opposition)
  33. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  34. Azg (Opposition)

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