Author: Albert Nalbandian

Armenian Ambassador to Tehran Artashes Tumanyan called bilateral relations between Tehran and Yerevan as “historical,” calling for efforts to strengthen the ties in all spheres, economy in particular, reports. 

 

 

 

The bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial will be submitted to the French Senate in a few days, Mayor of the French city of Alfortville, Vice-Chairman of the Armenia-France Friendship Group at the French Senate Luc Carvounas told a press conference today.

Mr. Carvounas hopes they will find a common ground with forces standing against the adoption of the bill. “I assure I’ve voted in favor of the bill before. We have had good relations with Armenia for a long time and have worked on issued of Armenian Genocide. I don’t think we’ll deviate from the path.

Speaking about the Turkish-Azerbaijani lobby, the Senator said “they are working actively, but are unable to prevent the work of the parliamentarians.”

Luc Carvounas heads a French delegation that has arrived in Armenia to participate in the events dedicated to the 25^th anniversary of independence.

The delegation has also visited Artsakh and held a meeting with NKR President Bako Sahakyan.

Senator Carvounas first visited Armenia with a delegation headed by French President Francois Hollande on the Armenian Genocide centennial.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan needs to play more at Manchester United and in his correct position. That is the view of Arsenal legend and pundit Ian Wright, the reports.

Mkhitaryan has been used as a winger in his short United career but Wright believes he needs to play in his preferred central position.

“I’d like to see Henrikh Mkhitaryan play because he was so good at Borussia Dortmund,” he told .

“He has come in and he hasn’t played.

“What should have happened with Henrikh Mkhitaryan is that when he has come on, he should have come on in the position that he’s used to.

“Simply because that’s where he has done his best work.”

Mkhitaryan joined United from Borussia Dortmund for £26m in the summer.

But the Armenia international has started just one of his four Premier League appearances to date.

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev is in a hotel of Turkish Izmir under medical surveillance, Anadolu Agency reports.

Because of health problems, the Kyrgyz leader had to cancel a working trip to New York, where he was due to have taken part in debates at a session of the UN General Assembly.

He felt unwell at the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, where he made a stopover on the way to the US. He had a medical exam right at the airport, and Turkish medics said the president had symptoms of heart problems necessitating a thorough medical examination.

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– A Turkish government-appointed trustee to the Municipality of Derik in the Kurdish province of Mardin removed the Armenian language from a multilingual signboard on the municipal building.

The Municipality’s sign used to be in Kurdish, Turkish, and Armenian before the weekend government seizure.

Derik is a population center of 20,000 people whose municipality, alongside 27 others mostly in the Kurdish region, was seized with a decree by the Turkish government on Sunday.

Before the early 20th century Armenian Genocide during the last years of the Ottoman Empire, Derik had a sizeable Armenian population, according to the Derik Municipality website.

The government appointed the town’s sub-governor as a trustee to run municipal affairs.

The elected mayor Sabahat Cetinkaya, who received 65 percent of votes in her hometown in the 2014 local elections, was arrested in February 2016 and subsequently removed from her post by the Interior Ministry.

Charged with accusations of terrorism, Cetinkaya of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) remains in detention to this day.

Earlier this week, another government-appointed trustee removed a bilingual Turkish and Kurdish signboard, leaving only the Turkish name on the Giyadin Municipality in the province of Agiri.

After strong reactions from the public, Kurdish was reinstalled upon an order by Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu.

The Gebeshian- an element performed by Armenian gymnast Houry Gebeshian on uneven bars at Rio Olympics – has been named after her.

The element represents a hecht mount with a 360 degree turn with repulsion off the low bar to the high bar.

In Rio, Gebeshian became the first female gymnast to represent Armenia at an Olympic Games.

In Rio in August, the FIG Technical Committees approved four new elements — two in Men’s and two in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics — to be named for the gymnasts who performed them. All four elements were successfully performed during the 2016 Olympic Games and will be published in their respective Code of Points.

It is a way of achieving immortality in Gymnastics: the gymnast who has an original skill named after them in the Code of Points assures that his or her name will live on in the sport, years after they have taken their final bows on the international stage.

Donald Trump has secured the Republican nomination for US president on day two of the Republican National Convention, the BBC reports.

The House Speaker, Paul Ryan, urged delegates to unite behind Mr Trump, a day after splits in the party were evident as the convention opened.

The Trump campaign also faces on Monday was plagiarised.

Mr Trump is expected to accept the nomination on Thursday.

His children played a prominent role on Tuesday, standing with the New York delegation as he was declared winner and delivering remarks.

 

 

 

Henrikh Mkhitaryan will travel to China with Manchester United for Tour 2016 as preparations for the new campaign continue.

According to United’s official website, the Reds kicked off the pre-season fixtures on Saturday with a useful 2-0 away win over Wigan Athletic in Mourinho’s first game in charge.

Next up for United are two International Champions Cup matches against Borussia Dortmund in Shanghai (22 July) and Manchester City in Beijing (25 July). A further tour match will follow the week-long excursion to China – the Reds will face Galatasaray, in Gothenburg, Sweden on 30 July.

Jose Mourinho has announced the 25-man travelling squad for Tour 2016: David De Gea, Sergio Romero, Sam Johnstone, Eric Bailly, Daley Blind, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Phil Jones, Paddy McNair, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling, Axel Tuanzebe, Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera, Adnan Januzaj, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Memphis Depay, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Andreas Pereira, Ashley Young, Will Keane, Marcus Rashford, Wayne Rooney.

 

 

 

“The Last Inhabitant,” a film directed by Jivan Avetisyan premiered within the framework of the 13th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival today.

The film tracks the events of 1988-1989 and shows how the Sumgait massacre affected the human destinies.

“The Last Inhabitant” is about an Armenian village that was forcibly emptied of its residents. Abgar, the film’s main character, stays behind all alone in a gradually shrinking enemy ring. He is waiting for his daughter, who became a witness to her husband’s murder by an angry mob and was hospitalized with a mental disorder.

An Azerbaijani named Ibrahim promises to find and return Abgar’s daughters, but demands that the latter work on the construction of a mosque.

A few days later, Ibrahim finds the girl, named Yurga, in one of the psychiatric hospitals of Baku and brings her to Abgar.

The film stars world-renowned Iranian actor Homayoun Ershadi, Sandra Daukšaitė, Armenian actors Sos Janibekyan, Aleksander Khachatryan, Naira Muradyan, Anne Bedian, Babken Chobanyan.

The music scored by System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian is performed by the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hover State Chamber Choir.

“Henrikh Mkhitaryan is a fantastic player,” Manchester United boss Jose Mourinh  told United’s official website.

“Henrikh is a real team player with great skill, vision and also has a good eye for goal,”  Mourinho said.

“I am delighted he has chosen to sign for United.

“I believe he will make an impact on the team very quickly as his style of play is suited to the Premier League.

“We are all looking forward to working with him,” the coach said.