Author: Badalian Vardan

Armenia’s Sona Rubenyan wins Audience Award at New Wave contest

July 28, 2014 – 15:00 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian singer Sona Rubenyan won the 6th place with
220 points as well as the Audience Award at the 13th New Wave
international contest in Jurmala, Latvia.

“Thank you for supporting me every minute and gifting me this
victory,” she said in a Facebook post, addressing her fans. “I am sure
I was the only participants with such a huge army of supporters.”

Rubenyan was born in Yerevan in 1993. She graduated from Yerevan
Komitas State Conservatory and participated in a number of Armenian TV
projects.

Georgia’s Nutsa Buzaladze won the contest, followed by Ukraine’s
representatives Victoria Petrik and Vyacheslav Rybikov, who finished
2nd and 3rd respectively.

First publication of “Encyclopedia of Armenian Music” is being prepared

16:11, 28 July, 2014

YEREVAN, JULY 28, ARMENPRESS. The Ministry of Culture of the Republic
of Armenia has undertaken creation and publication of “Encyclopedia of
Armenian Music”. As “Armenpress” was informed from the Department of
Public Relations of the Ministry of Culture, the publication of the
encyclopedia is exclusive, as, so far, there has been no such
comprehensive edition in our country.

For this purpose, by Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan’s order, a
committee was created, comprised of distinguished musicologists,
representatives of the Armenian Encyclopedia publishing house, the
Institute of Arts of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia,
Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, Union of Composers and
Musicologists of Armenia, Armenian Choral Society.

On July 26, the Ministry of Culture organized the first sitting of the
committee, during which the project of the Armenian Encyclopedia
publishing house was introduced, as well as exchange of ideas and
discussion on the suggestions and current organizational issues was
held.

Residents of Nurnus village cannot afford to buy fuel (video)

16:45 | July 28,2014 | Regions

Nurnus, a village in Armenia’s Kotayk region which is known for
abundant harvest, cannot boast with its plentiful harvest this year.
Severe colds and frosts of April destroyed the entire crop in the
village.

The Babayan family, whose income mainly comes from apricot sale, are
faced with numerous problems. They cannot even afford to buy fuel for
the winter months.

ARMENIE
Élections en Turquie : Un expert affirme que les Arméniens favorables
au candidat kurde à la présidentielle

Lors des prochaines élections présidentielles en Turquie les Arméniens
vont probablement soutenir un candidat kurde, mais certains votes de
la communauté arménienne iront à l’actuel premier ministre.

Le 10 Août, les premières élections présidentielles nationales auront
lieu en Turquie et le président du parti Justice et Développement, le
Premier ministre turc, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, aura face à lui un
représentant commun des deux grands partis d’opposition – le parti du
peuple républicain et le Parti du mouvement national, Ekmeleddin
Ihsanoglu , ainsi qu’un représentant des forces kurdes le chef du
Parti démocratique Selahetdin Demirtas.

Selon le turcologue Gevorg Petrosyan, le favori pour remporter les
élections sera le Premier ministre Erdogan et son principal concurrent
sera Ihsanoglu. Le turcologue ne considère pas Demirtas comme un
candidat sérieux.

En Turquie, un pays avec une population de 77 millions d’habitants,
les 5000 à 60000 membres de la communauté arménienne ne sera pas un
facteur important, néanmoins, d’après les médias, nous pouvons
supposer que Demirtas bénéficie d’une forte popularité parmi la
communauté arménienne, Erdogan est également en concurrence avec lui,
parce que les organisations arméniennes, les structures ont des liens
étroits avec le gouvernement.

“En général, nous devons mentionner le fait que pendant le mandat
d’Erdogan certaines mesures positives ont été prises en faveur de la
communauté arménienne. Demirtas est un favori car il est Kurde, qu’il
a construit sa carrière politique sur la base des relations avec les
minorités ethniques, religieuses, et qu’il fonde également sa campagne
électorale sur la base des relations entre les Arméniens et les autres
minorités ethniques.

Ihsanoglu est un nouveau nom, c’est une nouvelle personnalité
politique et les partis politiques qu’ils l’ont choisi ont un esprit
anti-arménien et c’est pourquoi il aura moins de soutien de la part de
la communauté arménienne, ” a dit le turcologue.

Selon Petrossian, Ihsanoglu est un défenseur de la politique de déni
turc ; il parle des Arméniens que lorsqu’il est questionné à ce propos
alors que Demirtas a basé sa campagne sur un discours sur les
Arméniens et le génocide arménien.

Cependant, Petrossian a déclaré qu’avec ce changement de gouvernement,
nous ne devrions pas attendre beaucoup de changement.

Selon le turcologue, l’État doit subir des changements globaux à sa
base, ce qui touche à l’admission du génocide.

GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN

ArmeniaNow

lundi 28 juillet 2014,
Stéphane (c)armenews.com

The Sheboygan Press
July 26 2014

Kohler students participate in History Day competition

Kohler seventh-graders Chloe Bohn, Emma Egbert, Rachel Proudman and
Cecelia Zielke became the second group of Kohler students to compete
in the national level of the National History Day competition on June
15-19.

The girls’ project was a group website titled “The Armenian Holocaust:
The Untold Story.”

National History Day is a year-long project in which students in
middle school and high school work in groups or individually to create
a historical project that is tied to an annual theme. Nearly 3,000
students — both nationally and internationally — competed at the
national level this year.

More than 50 Kohler Middle School students participated in the
northeast regional contest on April 5, and 16 of those students then
were selected to compete in the state competition on May 3.

Armenia’s borderline villages must be armed

12:27 * 27.07.14

Armenia’s ex-premier Hrant Bagratyan believes the issue of arming
Armenia’s borderline villages to be a controversial one.

He left the following message on his Facebook page:

“Armenia’s authorities are reportedly objecting to the idea. I would
like to cite the following idea from my army program, which I
presented at the 2013 presidential election.

“Residents of Armenia’s borderline villages need to be armed and have
to perform certain military duties on a permanent basis. They must be
paid monthly, with the salary to be raised in case of hostilities.”

NKR president visits Kotalak village

12:56 * 27.07.14

President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Bako Sahakyan
visisted on Sunday the Kolatak village of the Martakert region and
took part in a ceremony of founding a new dwelling district to be
built for the Defense Army servicemen.

The Head of the State expressed gratitude to philanthropist Hayk
Maghakelyan for sponsoring such an important program qualifying one of
the best manifestations of the Motherland-Diaspora ties, which would
have a positive contribution to strengthening the defense capacity of
Artsakh and improving living conditions of its citizens.

Defense minister of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan, NKR
defense minister Movses Hakobyan and other officials were present at
the event.

Armenian News – Tert.am

Albert Boyajian’s dream was to perform in Armenia (video)

16:30 | July 25,2014 | Culture

Each time before performing in front of a large audience, I give the
name of my homeland, says Albert Boyajian, a Lebanese-based percussion
expert of Armenian origin.

The talented performer and percussionist has been dancing since 5. He
has danced in a number of prestigious dance groups, and then started
playing drums.

Before Albert Boyajian could realize his cherished dream to perform in
his homeland, young signer Srbuhi Sargsyan admired the Armenian
audience at the Yans club with her unique and unmatched voice.

Communiqué de Presse
Soutien aux Chrétiens d’Irak à Notre-Dame

La situation des chrétiens d’Irak s’aggrave de jour en jour. Peu de
temps après le lancement de l’ultimatum par Abou Bakr Al-Baghdadi, le
calife autoproclamé et le marquage de toutes les maisons chrétiennes
de la lettre arabe > qui ont provoqué la fuite des dernières
familles chrétiennes, l’Etat islamique (anciennement EIIL), qui
contrôle la ville de Mossoul et les trente églises qu’elle abrite,
vient d’ordonner l’excision de toutes les femmes gées de 11 à 46 ans.

Les chrétiens d’Irak n’ont jamais été aussi inquiets qu’aujourd’hui et
supplient les femmes et hommes de bonne volonté à entendre, partout
dans le monde, leur cri de souffrance. L’opinion publique française
doit se mobiliser immédiatement pour venir en aide à cette population
assyro-chaldéenne autochtone, fragilisée et affaiblie, victime, selon
Ban Ki-moon, le secrétaire général des Nations unies, d’un véritable >, a souligné S. B.
Raphaël 1e Louis Sako lors d’un office spécial dans l’est de Baghdad,
en présence de 200 musulmans solidaires des chrétiens d’Orient.

Peoria Journal Star, MA
July 24 2014

Ex-BU star Leblebijian helps Lugnuts beat Chiefs, 3-2

By Dave Eminian
of the Journal Star

PEORIA — Jason Leblebijian celebrated a homecoming, and a victory for
the second straight night when his Lansing Lugnuts snatched a Midwest
League game away from the Peoria Chiefs on Thursday.

The Chiefs took a two-run, shutout lead into the ninth inning and were
one out away from victory when their wheels fell off and they instead
absorbed a 3-2 loss before 4,114 at Dozer Park.

Leblebijian, the former Bradley University player and now Lansing
shortstop, lingered in the Lugnuts dugout afterward, embracing friends
from the grandstand.

“It’s unbelievable, to see all my friends and former coaches here
these last two nights,” said the first-generation American from an
Armenian family in Arlington Heights. “I think about all the time I’ve
spent on this field, working, learning the game, preparing to be a
pro. And now I’m here as a pro, and it’s so much fun.”

It was fun for the Chiefs, too, for 8 2/3 innings.

Peoria second baseman Richy Pedroza made three dazzling defensive
plays, Vaughn Bryan had a single, double and triple, and lefty starter
Chase Brookshire delivered a terrific 93-pitch outing, scattering 7
hits and notching four strikeouts over seven shutout innings.

But the Chiefs collapsed in the ninth, as Lansing tagged relievers
Steve Sabatino and Josh Lucas for three runs — including the tying
and go-ahead runs when shortstop Cesar Valera threw away a two-out
grounder by Justin Atkinson.

Leblebijian, meanwhile, picked up a single in four trips to help
Lansing’s cause.

The 6-foot-1, 195-pounder was Toronto’s 25th-round pick in the 2012
MLB Draft. Now a third-year pro in his first full season of Class-A
ball, he is hitting .230 with three homers.

“Offensively, I still have things to work on, not satisfied and not
where I want to be yet,” said Leblebijian, 23, who is a year short of
a BU degree in organizational communication. “This is my first full
year at this level, and it’s a grind. You learn how to prepare, and
work through situations.”

Bradley has had 17 players drafted by Major League teams — and two
more signed as free agents — since Dozer Park opened in 2002.

Leblebijian is the fifth former Bradley Bradley University player to
appear at Dozer Park as a pro — and the fourth to play at Dozer as
both a collegian and a pro.

He was a two-time, honorable mention All-Missouri Valley Conference
selection in 2010 and 2011. His BU career included 55 games at Dozer
Park, where he hit .284 with two homers.

“The last two nights, I was pretty amped up the first inning or two,”
Leblebijian said. “But I settled down quickly, I have a real comfort
zone in this park.

“And it sure has been fun to see everyone.”