Month: June 2022

Oscar winning director Terry George to be president of Golden Apricot 19th Yerevan IFF jury

 09:47, 8 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 8, ARMENPRESS. Irish screenwriter, director Terry George will be president of the Golden Apricot 19th Yerevan IFF International Feature Film competition jury, the Golden Apricot said in a statement.

“He was nominated for two Oscars: Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (1993; In the Name of the Father), and Best Writing, Original Screenplay (2004; Hotel Rwanda). In 2012, he received an Academy Award in the live-action short film category for The Shore.

Famous works include The Boxer, Some Mother's Son, and In the Name of the Father, Hotel Rwanda, other movies.

Terry George's films featured world movie stars such as Helen Mirren, Daniel Day-Lewis, Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Joaquin Phoenix and others.

In 2016, George directed the film "Promise" about the Armenian Genocide, starring Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, James Cromwell, Christian Bale, Angela Sarafyan and other actors”, the statement says.

The 19th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival will take place on July 10-17 this year. As always, this year, the International Film Festival will present to the public films from different countries of the world in the competition sections, as well as films from the most prestigious film festivals.

 10:01, 8 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 8, ARMENPRESS. President of the Constitutional Court of Armenia Arman Dilanyan met today with President of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission Claire Bazy Malaurie, who arrived in Armenia on a two-day official visit, Armenpress correspondent reports.

Welcoming Ms Claire Bazy Malaurie in Yerevan, Arman Dilanyan thanked her for accepting the invitation to visit Armenia.

“I want to once again congratulate you on your election as President of the Venice Commission. The continent of Europe is facing quite difficult times, and I hope we will be able to overcome these problems with your support. I want to specifically note that we attach great importance to our cooperation with the Council of Europe, to our partnership with the Venice Commission. We have old traditions of cooperation, they have been for decades. I hope under your presidency these ties will not only strengthen, but also a new impetus will be given to these relations”, Arman Dilanyan said in his welcoming remarks.

In her turn the President of the Venice Commission said that she is very happy to be in Armenia and highlighted this meeting especially after the coronavirus pandemic and the refreshing of the relations with a CoE member state.

 10:05, 8 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 8, ARMENPRESS. Member of the German Bundestag Till Mansmann says it is necessary to find a political solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

In an interview to ARMENPRESS, the Bundestag MP said Germany supports the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship in the negotiations over the NK conflict.

“As a member of the Minsk Group, Germany supports the efforts of the Minsk Group Co-Chairs in the negotiations for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, taking into account also the military clashes which started between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2020 and lasted until November. Germany believes that it is necessary to find a political solution to the conflict. Following the clashes Germany has provided a total of 2 million Euro humanitarian aid at the level of the International Committee of Red Cross”, the MP said.

Till Mansmann also commented on the ongoing dialogue between Armenia and Turkey aimed at the normalization of the relations, stating that the long-term goal must always be the peaceful coexistence. “No matter how hostile the relations between Armenia and Turkey are, we face a reality when both Armenia and Turkey become more interconnected in conditions of globalization. Armenia should remain open for development of peace and trade”, he said.

 10:18, 8 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 8, ARMENPRESS. In a new report adopted on June 7, the European Parliament urged Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide and respect its obligations to protect Armenian and other cultural heritage.

The report, adopted by 448 votes in favour, 67 against and 107 abstentions, also touched upon the recent efforts aimed at normalizing the relations between Armenia and Turkey. It says that the European Parliament “commends the recent rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia with regard to the decision to start bilateral contacts, the appointment of special representatives and the resumption of flights between the two countries”. The EP “considers this attempt a highly positive development which has a positive impact on prosperity and security in the region; encourages both sides to pursue these efforts with a view to fully normalizing their relations and calls for the EU to actively support this process”.

MEPs also encouraged Turkey to pave the way for genuine reconciliation between the Turkish and Armenian peoples, including settling the dispute of the Armenian Genocide, and to fully respect its obligations to protect Armenian and other cultural heritage. They expressed the hope that this may lead to a dynamic of normalization of relations in the South Caucasus.

The European Parliament encouraged Turkey, once again, to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

In the report, MEPs warned that in spite of Turkey’s repeated statements that it aims to become an EU member, over the past two years the country has consistently gone back on its commitments in relation to the accession process.

The report pointed to the continued deterioration of the human rights situation in Turkey.

MEPs also called on the Turkish government to handle Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership applications in good faith, to engage constructively in efforts to solve possible outstanding issues and to refrain from exerting any undue pressure in this process.

 10:22, 8 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 8, ARMENPRESS. Former Rector of the Yerevan State University Aram Simonyan has passed away at the age of 67, YSU PR manager Azniv Grigoryan confirmed the news to Armenpress.

Aram Simonyan was born in Goris on April 12, 1955.

He has served as YSU Rector from 2006 May to 2019 May.

Education

1977 – 1981: Moscow Institute of History of USSR AS, Postgraduate studies
1972 – 1977: Yerevan State University, Faculty of History
1961 – 1972: Secondary school

Work experience

From 2008, July 10: Director of Institute for Armenian Studies of YSU

From 2006, May: Rector of YSU
2000 – 2006: Vice-rector on educational activities
2005: Received professor’s degree
1995 – 2000: Head of YSU Educational Administration
1986 – 2000: Assistant of YSU chair of USSR History, Associate professor of the chair of Armenian History
2000: Defended doctoral thesis
1993 – 1995: YSU Academic Secretary
1983: Defended PhD thesis
1981 – 1983: Junior scientific associate of Armenian SSR AS Institute of History, then scientific associate

Scientific activities

He is the author of eighty scientific studies, three of which are monographs. The field of research includes history of the Armenian nation (in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century), especially historical statistics, industrial capital, as well as the issues of Artsakh and Zangezur history 1917-1921.
He was the supervisor of 6 defended PhD theses.
He took part in numerous international and republican symposiums. He was repeatedly invited in scientific-educational centers of Italy, Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, USA and a number of other countries, where he was engaged in scientific-educational activities.