Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan will leave for Georgia on February 23 for a two-day official visit at the invitation of his Georgian counterpart Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
Within the framework of the visit PM Karapetyan is expected to have meetings with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
A wide range of issues on the agenda of Armenian-Georgian cooperation will be discussed.
Armenia has sent 40 tons of humanitarian aid to Syria.
“This is the second time Armenia is sending aid to the friendly people of Syria upon the instruction of President Serzh Sargsyan,” Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan told reporters at the airport.
The cargo will be delivered in cooperation with Russia, the Minister said. “There was an offer from our Russian partners to combine efforts within the framework of the CSTO. Armenia responded to the proposal and initiated the delivery of this humanitarian aid,” Minister Sargsyan said.
He said the cargo includes consumer goods and food. He thanked the Russian side for providing cargo planes to transport the aid.
“This is important to as, as Armenia has felt the significance of international humanitarian aid on many occasions. This is especially important in case of the friendly people of Syria, considering that Syria opened its doors to Armenians, who fled the genocide in the Ottoman Empire a century ago,” Vigen Satgsyan said.
He voiced hope that peace would be reestablished in Syria as soon as possible. “Before that will try to support the people of Syria to the best of our abilities,” the Minister said.
The Minister added the aid would be equally distributed among all in need irrespective of nationality.
The plane has already landed in Syria.
Armenian Genocide documentary “The Children of Vank” will premiere at Istanbul’s Beyoglu Cinema on February 9, Ermenihaber.am reports.
The documentary is a story about Armenian family that survived the Dersim Massacre in 1938. All members of the family were driven away and lived in different cultures and beliefs.
Zeynep is a schoolteacher who lives in Izmir. In 2000s, she accidentally learns that her mother is an Armenian woman born in Dersim (Tunceli). Following the 1938 Massacre, she was given out for adoption and her name was changed to Fatma Kiremitci from AslihanKiremitciyan, her ethnic identity and belief changed to Turkish and Sunni.
She organizes a reunion with some of her mother’s relatives in the village that her mother lived. She traces the stories of her mother and tries to feel and appreciate what she lived in her childhood. Zeynep learns more about the village named Vank and its monastery.
The documentary was screened in Yerevan as part of the Golden Apricot Film Festival in 2016.
The Armenian National Committee of America-Western
Region’s (ANCA-WR) Education Committee announced earlier today the honorees of the 2017 Armenian Genocide Education Award. A diverse group of public school educators, the honorees, have shown exemplary use of technology, art, music, and/or theater in their lesson plans, while also empowering their students to apply in depth research on the specific topics within the context of the Armenian Genocide.
These extraordinary educators will be recognized on February 25, 2017, 11:00AM at the ANCA-WR Armenian Genocide Education Luncheon, at Dream Palace Banquet Hall in Glendale California.
“The ANCA-WR Education Committee was pleased with the overwhelming response to our request for nominations for this award. It is obvious many talented and dedicated educators see the importance of teaching the Armenian Genocide. We are convinced this award program will lead us to finding more outstanding educators in the years ahead. I would like to encourage every Armenian, who is the child, grandchild, or great grandchild of a Genocide survivor to attend the luncheon. It is time we thank those who teach our history,” noted Alice Petrossian, ANCA-WR Education Committee Chair.
The committee received countless nominations for educators across
California, who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to teach
about the Armenian genocide in the context of crimes against humanity within their classrooms.. The following 17 educators were selected to receive the Armenian Genocide Education Award:
Alicia Harris, Crescenta Valley High School
Brad de la Garza, Toll Middle School
Brent Beerman, Crescenta Valley High School
Christina Fahad, Burbank High School
Erin Perusse, El Camino High School
Frank Perez, San Benito High School
Gabor Kincses, San Fernando High School
Genely Chan, Pasadena High School
Grace Sheldon-Williams, Glendale High School
Heidi Suburu, Endeavour Elementary School
Kathi Chaplar Beerman, Crescenta Valley High School
Ken Rice, John Muir Middle School
Kevin Henry, Verdugo Hills High School
Mary Janzen, Emma Duncan Polytechnical High School
Mayte Hernandez, Pasadena High School
Peter Paccone, San Marino High School
William Jenkins, Pasadena High School
The committee plans to announce additional honorees in the coming week.
“Resources to help teach about the Armenian Genocide in public schools are not always readily available or offered by school districts for our teachers. We are proud to honor these model educators who took the initiative to obtain the resources and ensure that this significant part of both world and American history is passed on to the future generations,” said Elen Asatryan, ANCA-WR executive director. “The role of these educators is ever so important today as we forge ahead to continue our work with the CA Department of Education to incorporate the Armenian Genocide in textbooks,” added Asatryan.
On the second day of his official visit to Russia, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan laid a wreath at the Monument to Unknown Soldier, The Premier next called at the Holy Transfiguration Church of the New Nakhijevan and Russia Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
After the prayer of praise, Primate of the New Nakhijevan and Russia Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Reverend Father Yezras Archbishop Nersisyan addressed words of greeting and blessing to Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan and his delegation, wishing them fruitful work.
Describing the Prime Minister’s visit as historic, Yezras Archbishop Nersisyan stressed that Karen Karapetyan has an important role to play not only as a politician and senior official, but also as a benefactor.
At the end of the visit, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan toured the Prelacy headquarters.
Ex-Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan had a meeting with Vardan Oskanian, President of the Consolidation Party.
Issues related to the domestic and foreign policies, as well as he forthcoming parliamentary elections were discussed, Press Secretary for the Consolidation Party Aregnaz Manukyan informs.
At the invitation of Russian Premier Dmitry Medvedev, RA Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan will be off to the Russian Federation on January 24 for a two-day official visit.
During the visit, Karen Karapetian is scheduled to meet with RF Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow. The two heads of government will discuss the agenda of the Armenian-Russian cooperation.
The Prime Ministers of Armenia and Russia will also touch upon the joint efforts aimed at furthering integration in the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union, which in turn will contribute to the strengthening and deepening of the multifaceted Armenian-Russian cooperation.
President Barack Obama has awarded an emotional and surprised Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honour, the BBC reports.
Mr Obama praised his vice-president for his “faith in your fellow Americans, for your love of country and your lifetime of service”.
The award comes as both men prepare to leave office when Donald Trump is inaugurated on 20 January.
Mr Biden has said he plans to stay active in Democratic Party politics.
The medal was awarded with distinction, according to the New York Times.
That additional honour has been reserved in recent administrations for just a handful of recipients, including Pope John Paul II.
Mr Obama joked that the internet would have one last chance to mock the pair’s “bromance”.
The Museum for Islamic Art is hosting Dor Guez’s solo exhibition in Jerusalem. The project’s title, The Sick Man of Europe, quotes a term coined in the 19th century to describe the disintegrating Ottoman Empire, accoding to .
Using this term, Guez examines the culture and history of some of the nation states that have emerged from the Ottoman debris. He appropriates this metaphor by reconstructing “the sick man” as a historic figure. Each section of the project recounts the story of an individual who embodies a subject fallen victim to military conditions,
The exhibition is centered on a film in which Guez presents the story of Hagop, an Armenian composer whose family was expelled from Kütahya during World War I. Guez accompanies Hagop on his first visit to sacred sites in contemporary Armenia. Along the way we hear an archival conversation between Komitas and Suni, two renowned early Armenian composers. The two compare composing to a journey, and point out a connection between the art of composition and Armenian topography.
The exhibition also includes a series of photograms featuring ground plans of Armenian churches, ceramic objects from Kütahya that Guez traced and extracted from the museum’s collection, and showcases containing prints reproduced from glass slides, documenting the Ottoman army during WWI, among them, a slide showing Enver Pasha, one of the principal perpetrators of the Armenian genocide.
Jose Mourinho has advised Anthony Martial to follow the example of Henrikh Mkhitaryan to force his way into Manchester United’s starting line-up, Sky Sports reports.
Martial has found himself on the fringes of Mourinho’s first-team plans, having made four of his 11 Premier League appearances from the bench this season.
However, the United manager has no plans to sell the 21-year-old French striker who has been linked with a loan move away from Old Trafford next month.
Mourinho said: “Anthony is very, very young. People forget that and last season Manchester United played completely differently. He was basically playing up front.
“The team had lots of passive ball possession, just waiting to put it into space for Anthony to go and score a goal. This season is more difficult. He needs a little bit of time to improve.”
Armenian Mkhitaryan initially struggled to earn first-team opportunities this campaign but is now thriving, scoring three goals in his last three games including a goal of the season contender in the Boxing Day win over Sunderland.
Mourinho added: “Every player is different. I had this season a situation that was more difficult than Anthony – Mkhitaryan.
“Mkhitaryan was completely open and understood the difference between me and other coaches he had.
“There is a difference between the demands of the Premier League and the Ukrainian League, or the Bundesliga – a completely different philosophy of play.
“And he worked a lot without playing, but he worked a lot to try to reach the level.”