18:50,
YEREVAN, 22 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. The European Union discusses the issue of imposing new sanctions on Russia on the occasion of continuation of military actions in Ukraine. As ARMENPRESS reports, according to Russian TASS, Secretary of State at the French Foreign Ministry Clément Beaune announced.
Earlier High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell had informed that the European Union is ready to impose new sanctions against Russia.
An event dedicated to the 44th anniversary of UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) was held at the Lebanon peacekeeping mission headquarters on Tuesday.
Armenia Defense Ministry’s press service informed that the event was attended by the Armenian military who are deployed as part of the peacekeeping mission.
As the world began shutting down in March 2020, pianists around the globe had to make the agonising decision to cancel all performance dates until further notice. Covid wreaked havoc right across the music industry, forcing venues to close and drying up many performers’ main sources of income. But one thing that kept many piano lovers sane was the emergence of regular online live performances from our favourite pianists.
Within days, the likes of Igor Levit, Boris Giltburg and Dominic Ferris were giving weekly performances on their social channels. The concept caught like wild fire.
The likes of Angela Hewitt, The Lang Lang International Music Foundation, the Kanneh-Mason family and Eleonor Bindman among countless others started to join in. Soon enough, we were spoilt for choice when it came to piano entertainment.
Two years on and the majority have stopped the regular live streams as venues have reopened again, but one pianist who has continued is Kariné Poghosyan. The Armenian-American concert pianist has been streaming weekly for the entire two years.
This Friday, she will stream her 100th performance since the pandemic began. It’s quite a feat.
“On the Wednesday of the first week of lockdown in New York [in 2020], I timidly posted a question on my Facebook page,” she explains. “Since all my concerts had been cancelled and we all had nowhere to go, I asked if anyone would be interested in a Facebook Live ‘Mini Concert’ on Friday night. I felt so shy about it that I was genuinely planning on coming back in a few hours and just deleting the post. To my surprise, by that time there had already been a couple of dozen excited replies. Then after that first one on March 20, 2020, viewers kept asking for more and more, and it turned into a weekly series!”
Kariné says that the most beautiful thing about the two-year journey has been the connections she has been able to make and witness over her livestreams. “Relatives stuck on different continents would re-connect during the livestream, strangers would meet and become friends,” she explains.
“I even had a viewer, whose good friend had heard me perform the Mussorgsky ‘Pictures’ in Italy and who was now ill. [They] asked me if I could play the Mussorgsky as a special note of encouragement to him. I did play it and then asked the viewers to put their prayers and good wishes in the comments, and within seconds, there was an outpouring of love for this man on the other side of the world from me – it was just extraordinary. If there was ever a question about just how incredibly essential music is to maintaining our common humanity, my series I hope will help answer that.”
“The most beautiful thing has been the real-time connection with listeners from all over the world, all coming together at the same time each week to bond over great music.”
Will she carry on past 100?
“I have loved this medium so much that I will definitely do more livestreams, though not on such a regular basis. However, as things are opening up and in-person concerts return, I will look for every opportunity to incorporate live-streaming, so as to share the experience with those who cannot be there physically.”
Kariné has recently been signed by Navona Records, where she will record her next album of works by Grieg, Coleridge Taylor, and Liszt. She has also started an exciting undertaking on her Patreon page. Patreon subscribers will be able to access a monthly virtual recital series titled “Musical Time Travels!” It will include 12 full solo programmes from various historical periods in 12 months, with a global audience of patrons tuning in on Zoom.
Select upcoming in-person performances include solo recitals at Carnegie Hall, Ehrbar Saal in Vienna and the Soraya Performing Arts center in Northridge, California, as well as concerti performances with Wallingford Symphony and Evanston Symphony Orchestras. You can keep up to date with Kariné here.
13:17,
YEREVAN, MARCH 21, ARMENPRESS. Two servicemen are under arrest amid an ongoing investigation into the death of Private Albert Siroyan.
Both suspects are comrades of the victim serving in the same military base.
One of them is arrested on suspicion of violating the code of conduct by humiliations, hazing or other violent actions (Paragraph 1, Article 359). The other suspect is arrested on abuse of power, negligence committed by an officer on duty (Paragraph 1, Article 375).
Private Siroyan’s body was found on March 16 in his military position. The body had a gunshot wound which according to authorities was inflicted by Siroyan’s service rifle. Military investigators said they’ve launched a criminal case on Article 360.1 Paragraph 2/3 of the Criminal Code, indicating that they have reasons to believe that Private Siroyan’s death was suicide and co-servicemen are suspected in unintentional abetment to suicide.
13:27,
YEREVAN, MARCH 21, ARMENPRESS. The official launch of events being organized within the framework of the La Francophonie days was held at the Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Armenia’s membership to the International Organization of La Francophonie.
The event was attended by representatives of Francophonie cultural, scientific and education spheres, the Embassy of France in Armenia and the distinguished graduates of the University.
Rector of the University Karine Harutyunyan said these events are very important for the students learning French in the university. “Currently nearly 500 students study French in the university as a first and second language. And, of course, the university must initiate, implement and be actively engaged in the Francophonie events”, the rector said.
The university also plans to carry out a number of events on the La Francophonie days.
The rector said the university continues cooperating and implementing a number of programs within the La Francophonie framework.
15:52,
YEREVAN, MARCH 21, ARMENPRESS. Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan said today that Azerbaijan is holding in captivity 38 persons, 3 of whom are civilians.
“Armenian prisoners of war and civilians are still illegally held in Azerbaijan. And Armenia continues raising the issue of the immediate return of Armenian POWs, hostages and other persons held in Azerbaijan at different international formats. Azerbaijan is still holding 38 persons – POW, hostage and persons held in another status. 3 out of 38 are civilians. It’s worth noting that 2 out of these 38 have been captured before the November 9″, the FM said at the session of the parliamentary standing committee on foreign affairs.
The issue has been included to the agenda of the PACE autumn session on 2021 April 19, as well as the decision on applying ECHR interim measures in Azerbaijan is still in force.
On May 20, 2021, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the immediate release and return of Armenian captives.
The FM also recalled the 2021 December 7 decisions of the UN’s International Court of Justice, where through the use of urgent measures the Court obliged Azerbaijan to prevent inciting racial hatred and discrimination targeting ethnic Armenians, to take necessary measures to prevent and punish the acts of vandalism and desecration directed against the Armenian cultural heritage.
The minister said the statement of the Azerbaijani culture minister that a commission must be set up to deal with the “restoration of Aghvan cultural monuments” makes urgent sending a UNESCO mission to Nagorno Karabakh. And the Armenian side is now holding negotiations on this direction.
16:48,
YEREVAN, MARCH 21, ARMENPRESS. Within the framework of the European Commission’s Team Europe initiative, Portugal handed over the first batch of Pfizer vaccines to Armenia.
200,070 doses of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 were delivered. Another batch consisting of an equal amount of doses will be delivered in early April.
“We are grateful to Poland for its coordinating role and we are very happy that this process is entirely EU funded,” EU Ambassador to Armenia Andrea Wiktorin said.
She added that the EU is ready to provide more, but this requires the Armenian government to officially make such request.
First Deputy Minister of Healthcare Lena Nanushyan thanked the partners for supporting Armenia in these difficult times not only with providing vaccines but also with technical support.
Saudi Arabia denies reports of US Secretary of State visit in near future
10:37,
YEREVAN, MARCH 19, ARMENPRESS. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia denied the media reports according to which US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is going to visit the Kingdom in the near future, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reports.
Earlier some media outlets reported citing the US, Israeli and Palestine sources that Blinken plans to visit Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Israel in late March.
Match Preview :
Norway vs Armenia match is going to be held on 29-th March.
It’s a very interesting football match at International Friendly.
They will try to show us their best skills, combinations and tactics to win this match.
The favorite team is Norway, but Armenia try to show us their best game and win this match.
Last Matches:
LAST MATCHES: ARMENIA
14.11.21WC Armenia Germany1 4
11.11.21WC Armenia North Macedonia0 5
11.10.21WC Romania Armenia1 0
08.10.21WC Iceland Armenia1 1
08.09.21WC Armenia Liechtenstein1 1
HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHES
06.10.01WC Armenia Norway1 4
02.09.00WC Norway Armenia0 0
Norway vs Armenia – Prediction of LiveonScore:
1. Norway win.
2. over 2.5 goal
THE FACTS
When is Armenia vs Montenegro taking place? Armenia vs Montenegro will take place on Thursday 24th March, 2022 at 16:00 (UK)
Where is Armenia vs Montenegro taking place? Armenia vs Montenegro will take place at Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht in Yerevan, Armenia
Where can I get tickets for Armenia vs Montenegro? Ticket information for Armenia vs Montenegro can be found on official national team websites
What TV channel is Armenia vs Montenegro on in the UK? Armenia vs Montenegro will not be televised live in the UK
Where can I stream Armenia vs Montenegro in the UK? Armenia vs Montenegro cannot be streamed live in the UK
THE PREDICTION
Armenia’s 2021 was nearly oh so special. They began their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification with three successive victories in March before collapsing out of the top two and missing out on a playoff place. Montenegro come into this on the back of a 2-1 defeat at home to Turkey in November to continue a poor finish to their qualification campaign. The visitors managed just three wins with two of those coming against Gibraltar. Both teams scoring looks a good bet for this one.