Author: Janet Ekmekjian

Armenia opposition ‘I Have Honor’ bloc: Nomination for deputy parliamentary speaker will depend on result of talks

Janet Ekmekjian
News.am, Armenia
Armenia opposition 'I Have Honor' bloc: Nomination for deputy parliamentary speaker will depend on result of talks
23:16, 26.07.2021

The ‘I Have Honor’ bloc’s decision to nominate a candidate for deputy parliamentary speaker will depend on the outcome of consultations of the two opposition forces. This is what spokesperson of the opposition Homeland Party Sos Hakobyan said during a conversation with Armenian News-NEWS.am, touching upon elected deputy of Civil Contract Party Alen Simonyan’s statement that the opposition deputy parliamentary speaker must be from the ‘I Have Honor’ bloc.

“Such issues need to be solved through consultations held by the two opposition parties, not the authorities. The two opposition factions need to work together to solve such issues, not oppose each other,” he stated.

Azerbaijan sentences 13 more Armenian POWs to 6 years in prison

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YEREVAN, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS. A court in Baku has sentenced 13 more Armenian prisoners of war to 6 years in prison under sham charges, the Azerbaijani media report.

The Azerbaijani court completed the sham trial of the following Armenian POWs:

Rafik Karapetyan, Gurgen Goloyan, Hrayr Tadevosyan, Vagharshak Maloyan, Sasun Yeghiazaryan, Arsen Vardanyan, Vahagn Bakhrikyan, Sedrak Soghomonyan, Armen Dilanyan, Manuk Martonyan, Mels Ambardanyan, Andranik Mikayelyan and Felix Grigoryan.

On July 22 the Baku court has sentenced another 13 Armenian POWs to 6 years in prison.

Azerbaijan continues violating the provisions of the 2020 November 9 trilateral statement on the ceasefire in Nagorno Karabakh, in particular the point relating to the return of prisoners of war.

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Music: Catholicos Aram I awards “Knight of Cilicia” medal to Tigran Mansurian

Janet Ekmekjian
Panorama, Armenia
Feb 18 2019

His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, bestowed the “Knight of Cilicia” medal to world famous Armenian composer Tigran Mansurian on Sunday, after a Divine Liturgy, the Catholicosate's official website reported.

Before the conferring of the medal, Catholicos Aram I highlighted national values as the guarantee of people's survival, with each person contributing to the spread of those values in various ways.

Addressing Mansurian, His Holiness stressed the composer has dedicated his whole life to music, with his compositions having hit the stage both in Armenia and abroad.

“Your compositions conveyed the Armenian spirit, strong faith, deep sorrow and miraculous revival to our nation’s sons and foreigners,” His Holiness said.

Mansurian expressed his gratitude to Catholicos Aram I, adding the medal will encourage him to push ahead with his creative activity.