20:00, 2 August 2022
YEREVAN, AUGUST 2, ARMENPRESS. On August 2, at 6:59 p.m., the National Crisis Management Center received information that explosive devices have been installed in Yerevan City Hall, all metro stations, “Zvartnots” International Airport, 19 Baghramyan St., as well as in all important military and civilian facilities.
As ARMENPRESS was informed from the Ministry of the Emergency Situations of Armenia, rescue service units have departed for all the mentioned addresses.
19:10, 3 August 2022
YEREVAN, AUGUST 3, ARMENPRESS. The Polish Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is “extremely concerned about reports of armed incidents and casualties in the South Caucasus”, ARMENPRESS reports the Chairmanship of the OSCE Poland announced this on its official Twitter page.
“We call on Armenia and Azerbaijan to take all necessary measures to bring de-escalation and resume dialogue. We remain committed to support all efforts aimed at consolidating peace in the region,” the Polish presidency said in a statement.
The tension in Nagorno-Karabakh started on August 1, when, according to the Artsakh Defense Army, Azerbaijani units resorted to provocation in a number of parts of the northern and northwestern border zone of the Artsakh Republic starting at 09:00 in the morning, trying to cross the contact line. As a result of the Azerbaijani provocation, the serviceman Albert Bakhshiyan was injured. Aggressive actions of the Azerbaijani side continued in the following days. On August 3, around 3:00 p.m., Azerbaijani units launched a new attack in the northwestern direction of the contact line, using attack drones, as a result of which two servicemen of the Artsakh Defense Army were killed, and 14 more servicemen were wounded in various degrees.
19:27, 1 August 2022
YEREVAN, AUGUST 1, ARMENPRESS. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that there can be no winners in a nuclear war and it should never be unleashed. ARMENPRESS reports Ria Novosti informs that the Russian Federation follows the letter and spirit of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
“Our obligations under the bilateral agreements signed with the USA on the reduction and limitation of relevant armaments have been fully fulfilled. We believe that there can be no winners in a nuclear war and that it should never be unleashed. We stand for equal and indivisible security for all members of the world community,” said Vladimir Putin.
A mine exploded in Turkey during demining activities on the border with Armenia, the wounded was taken to hospital.
According to Karsolay, the explosion occurred in the coastal area of Arpacay in Kars.
An employee of the company conducting demining was injured. Earlier it was reported that Turkey had begun demining this section of the border.
13:28,
YEREVAN, JULY 18, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov is in Brussels on an official visit.
According to Azeri media reports FM Bayramov will have a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, among others.
The meeting will be closed for media, according to a statement released by NATO.
His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, has expressed concern over the recent developments in Armenia.
“In particular, the developments concerning the Armenian-Turkish negotiations and the ban on ARF Bureau member Mourad Papazian’s entry to Armenia are disturbing,” he said in a Facebook post on Friday.
“Such developments can negatively affect relations between Armenia and the Diaspora. Clear and complete information must be provided to the public,” Catholicos Aram I said.
The Armenian Series of The Press at California State University, Fresno announced the publication of its sixteenth volume, “A Woman of the World: Armen Ohanian, the “Dancer of Shamakha,” by Vartan Matiossian and Artsvi Bakhchinyan.
“A Woman of the World” is a fascinating chronicle of the life of dancer and author Armen Ohanian (1888-1976). She was a well-educated woman born in an Armenian family in the Caucasus and fluent in half a dozen languages – truly a “Woman of the World,” who lived through times and places as diverse as the Russian Caucasus, the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, the Belle Époque in France, the Roaring Twenties in the United States, the early Soviet Union, and ended her days in Mexico after living an eventful life cloaked in mystery.
Ohanian bridged multiple cultures as an actress in the Caucasus, a theater director in Persia, a writer in France, and a translator in Mexico. Above all she was an acclaimed dancer from Asia to Africa, from Europe to America with the monikers “dancer of Shamakha” and “the Persian dancer.” Mounting on a wave of Near and Far Eastern dances sweeping the West, she belonged to a category of dancers that conceived of choreographies nurtured by their culture of origin.
Ohanian became a model for painters and sculptors, and many famous contemporaries left testimony of her in their correspondence, memoirs, and reminiscences. Her life across borders, languages, and cultures—she wrote in four languages, Armenian, Russian, French, and Spanish, and her works were published in no less than fourteen countries—highlights some of the elements that are intertwined with the concept of diaspora: transnationalism, multilingualism, multiculturalism, and a multifaceted understanding of homeland.
This collaborative project has brought into fruition two decades of research, with a preliminary book in Armenian (2007) that now has doubled in scope and wealth of information. Using an enormous variety of archival and printed sources in many languages, the authors offer in this 450-page biography new insights into Oriental dance, cultural studies, gender studies, diaspora studies, and other subjects to scholars and readers in general.
Vartan Matiossian is a historian and literary scholar with a broad range of interests in Armenian classical and modern culture. He has published extensively in Armenian, Spanish, and English, including eight books, almost two dozen translations, and several edited volumes. He is currently the Executive Director of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Church in New York.
Artsvi Bakhchinyan is a scholar specializing in the history of the Armenian Diaspora and culture, as well as a writer and translator. He is the author, editor, and translator of some twenty books, and a frequent contributor to journals and periodicals in Armenian, Russian, and English. He is a researcher at the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (Yerevan).
The Armenian Series at California State University, Fresno was established through the generous support of the M. Victoria Karagozian Kazan and Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Endowment. Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian is the general editor of the series.
“A Woman of the World: Armen Ohanian, the “Dancer of Shemakha,” is available at Abril Books, at the NAASR bookstore, or at the Armenian Prelacy Bookstore.
ARARAT Museum on Thursday hosted famous Oscar-winning director Terry George in the frames of the 19th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival.
Terry George is the Jury President of this year’s film festival and in the list of his notable works are such films as “The Promise”, “Hotel Rwanda” any many others.
During his visit, Terry George got acquainted with the history of legendary Armenian brandy, secrets of its creation, the creative searches and innovative approaches of the brandy masters.
The film director also visited the Treasury of ARARAT Museum, where a unique collection of ARARAT brandies is kept. On behalf of the Yerevan Brandy Company, Terry George was presented with ARARAT Charles Aznavour Signature Blend brandy.
“To be presented with Charles Aznavour Signature Blend is a great honour. Charles Aznavour is a great hero of mine, a great hero of Armenia and I will save this for very special occasions,” noted Terry George.
12:09,
YEREVAN, JULY 13, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory letter to Prime Minister of Montenegro Dritan Abazović on the occasion of Statehood Day, the PM’s Office said.
The letter reads as follows,
“Your Excellency,
On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Armenia and myself, I warmly congratulate you and the friendly people of Montenegro on the occasion of Statehood Day, wishing your country and people peace and progress.
Armenia highly values the development of friendly relations with Montenegro and is determined to strengthen cooperation in all areas of mutual interest for the benefit of the peoples of Armenia and Montenegro. I also attach great importance to the re-establishment of partnership between the municipal authorities of Yerevan and Podgorica.
I am confident that with joint efforts we will manage to further enrich and strengthen our bilateral agenda, which will be greatly facilitated also by high-level mutual visits.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration”.