YEREVAN-The Yerevan office of British Council is ten years old.

As the UK Ambassador to Armenia Catherine Leach mentioned even though British Council is independent from the other foreign office organizations it conducts the same mission but through culture and art.

 According to her, during the last ten years 600 English language teachers underwent trainings and 1500 people were involved in English teaching programs.

NA/NE media also has award become a tradition. The names of this year’s winners will be known on February 10th. This year the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens will be celebrated and Armenia is also getting ready for the event. The 10th British film festival will take place. This time it is dedicated to the Olympic Games of 2012, to the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens and to human rights.