A case of poisoning was registered in Chochkan village, Lori region. All members (5) of the family were hospitalized. The patients had the same symptoms.
After examining them at the Alaverdi Medical Center, doctors came to the conclusion that the cause of poisoning could be meat.
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The Michigan Governor’s Genocide Studies Council will pursue developing a curriculum to educate students about the genocide through starvation of the Ukrainian population in the early 1930s.
Council Coordinator Judith Kovach said it will embark on developing lessons about the Ukrainian genocide once the council approves curricula for the Holocaust and the Armenia Genocide at its Jan. 9 meeting at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills.
“It will happen,” Kovach said.
Inclusion of the Ukrainian genocide, known as the “Holodomor,” in school lessons has been pushed recently by local Ukrainian-Americans as part of an overall national effort over the past 15 years to bring more attention to it. Establishment of a Holodomor memorial, advocated by U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, was dedicated in Washington, D.C., in 2015. Last month, the Michigan lawmakers last month passed a resolution recognizing the Holodomor introduced by state Sen. Steve Bieda of Warren and state reps. Patrick Green of Warren and Martin Howrylak. Other states have recognized it.
“That is wonderful,” said Marie Zarycky of Warren, one of Ukrainian activists, of Kovach’s comments. “It is important because we don’t want this to happen again. We have to call attention to all wrongdoing against humanity, and we have to name them.”
Kovach, a psychologist, agreed.
“We want the curriculum to help children not be bystanders but stand up to genocide,” she said. “It goes beyond a history lesson and really teaches children how to use this information for moral development.”
The Holodomor resulted in the death by famine of 3 million to 5 million Ukrainians under Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin to break the resistance to Soviet totalitarian rule and destroy Ukraine as a nation.
Zarycky, a member of the Holodomor Remembrance Committee of the Detroit Regional Council of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, and other metro-Detroit activists have been pushing for the inclusion and attending meetings of the council, which was created by Gov. Rick Snyder in 2016. They have been somewhat frustrated by the council’s response and noted that all 15 council members are associated with the Holocaust or Armenian genocide.
But Kovach said the council wants to first approve the curricula for the Holocaust and Armenian genocide before working on the Holodomor’s lesson plan. She noted the council’s members are volunteers and have limited time to devote.
Education about the extermination of 6 million Jews during World War II and Armenian Genocide from 1915 to 1917 was required in Michigan schools beginning in September under a new state law though a formal lesson plan wasn’t approved, Kovach explained.
She said the council ultimately wants to develop curriculum for not only the Holodomor but for genocides in Rwanda, Cambodia and Bosnia. The council has a termination date of next August, but Kovach said members plan to continue through another mechanism, perhaps as a nonprofit organization.
Vera Andrushkiw, president of the Detroit Regional Council of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, said the Holodomor didn’t get a great deal of attention in the years immediate following because Stalin and Russia was a crucial U.S. ally during World War II and Ukraine remained part of the Soviet Union until its dismantling.
“There was an in-born fear in people living in the Ukraine,” she said. “They refused to talk about it.”
She noted that while the Holocaust has been the subject of many books and films, the Holodomor has not, although a movie called, “Bitter Harvest,” and a book called, “Red Famine Stalin’s War on Ukraine” by Anne Applebaum, were released this year.
Young Armenian wrestlers are taking part in the U23 World Championships hosted by Poland from 21 to 26 November.
According to the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, five Greco-Roman wrestlers represent Armenia in the championship – Taron Dumoyan (59 kg), Karen Aslanyan (66 kg), Armen Hakobyan (71 kg), Sargis Kocharyan (80 kg) and Gegham Torgomyan (85 kg).
Armen Hakobyan and Gegham Torgomyan have already finished their performances, while Taron Dumoyan, Karen Aslanyan and Sargis Kocharyan are set to begin competing today.
The Armenian U23 Greco-Roman wrestling team is led by coach Edward Sahakyan.
Armenian freestyle wrestlers Gevorg Tadevosyan (57 kg), Ghazar Hambardzumyan (61 kg), Khachatur Papikyan and Hrayr Alikhanyan (74 kg) will begin competing tomorrow. The team is led by head coach Habetnak Kurghinyan.
The Armenian men’s team lost to Azerbaijan 1.5-2.5 at the sixth round of European Team Chess Championships underway in Crete, Greece.
According to the National Olympic Committee, Armenia’s leader Levon Aronian beat Azerbaijani player Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Gabriel Sargsyan drew his game, while Sergey Movsisyan and Hrant Melkumyan suffered a defeat.
The Armenian women’s team beat Hungary 3-1, with Elina Danielyan and Maria Kursova securing the team’s victory.
Sputnik News Service November 1, 2017 Wednesday 10:24 AM UTC Armenia Ready to Squeeze Other Tomato Suppliers Out of Russian Market - President YEREVAN, November 1 (Sputnik) - Armenia is ready to compete with other suppliers of tomatoes on the Russian market and even push them out, the country's President Serzh Sargsyan told Sputnik in an interview. "Certainly," he said in response to a question on whether Armenia was ready to push well-known tomato producers out of the Russian market. According to Spayka, Armenia's largest fruit and vegetable producer, the export of greenhouse tomatoes from Armenia to Russia increased to 30,000 tons per year in 2016-2017. "You see, when there are problems for one [country], sometimes it opens opportunities for others. These are what we used last year, and Russia is also developing this industry [growing tomatoes], but the market is so big that the increase in the number of players here will not hurt anyone, it will only benefit," the Armenian president said. On January 1, 2016, Russia imposed an embargo on the supply of a number of products from Turkey in response to the downing of the Russian Su-24 aircraft in Syria by Turkey. The ban on the delivery of tomatoes from Turkey to Russia was the longest, lasting 1 year and 10 months. On Monday, Russia's food quality watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor allowed imports of tomatoes from three Turkish enterprises previously inspected by the Russian agency to resume from November 1.
BY ASSADOUR GUZELIAN
LONDON, England – On Friday, October 20 and Saturday, October 21 at The Questors Theatre in London, The London Armenian Opera presented Alexander Arutunian’s “Sayat Nova” opera in semi-stage format.
In the program, the director, Seta White, gives basic biographical information on ashugh (minstrel) Sayat Nova, and makes certain observations about Arutunian’s opera.
“Alexander Arutunian’s opera, “Sayat Nova,” opens a window into the extraordinary world of eponymous celebrated 18th century troubadour. In this opera, facts are extracted from Sayat Nova’s life, with a healthy dose of artistic license, neatly composed to enable us to follow his journey. We move from the market place in Tbilisi, where he honed his craft, to his days as a minstrel at the court of King Heraclius II, where he fell in love with the King’s sister, Princess Anna, and to the final years of his life as a monk at Haghpat Monastery in Armenia. Arutunian rather cleverly threads in seven of Sayat Nova’s songs to support the drama as it folds.”
It has been the intention of the director to “set the opera in a more contemporary period.”
This is understandable when one considers the difficulties to overcome in staging an opera depicting 18th century events and characters. The fact that the theatre did not have the basic facilities for staging Sayat Nova or any opera in full-stage format, for that matter, is irrelevant. The important consideration is that the LAO does not have the financial resources to cover the cost of such a production.
In any case, most of the music lovers were admirers of Sayat Nova and had come to the theatre with the intention of listening to good music, particularly his songs. They got more than they bargained for. The soloists, all of whom are acclaimed professionals, sung impeccably both individually and with the 21 member orchestra and 17 member choir, masterfully conducted by Levon Parikian. All contributed in creating a mesmerizing musical atmosphere.
The audience tremendously enjoyed outstanding performances by Berj Karazian, Sayat Nova, Honored Artist of Armenia, Anais Heghoyan, Princess Anna, Aris Nadirian, ashugh and Prince, Arshak Kuzikian, Bazarbashi and King.
Aris Nadirian and Arshak Kuzikian successfully played dual roles, Ashugh/Prince and Bazarbashi/King respectively.
Shake Major Chilingirian, an outstanding choreographer and dancer, as in the past, on this occasion also delighted the audience with her beautiful performance as the court dancer.
The Projection Designer, Natalia Sookias earned the admiration of the audience for creating impressive stage effects.
It is obvious that without the participation of great artists like Aris Nadirian, Levon Parikian, Seta White, Berj Karazian, Anais Heghoyan, Arshak kuzikian, Shake Major Chilingirian and Natalia Sookias such an outstanding production could not be realised. However, let us not forget the contribution of many others, particularly the tireless efforts of committee members of the LAO, headed by David Stephan, the Chairman.
We wholeheartedly congratulate the LAO for presenting a very high quality production of the “Sayat Nova” opera, which won the hearts of music and poetry lovers. Let us not forget that Sayat Nova, besides being a musician, is also a great poet.
Euronews has failed even to mention the refugee crisis that happened in Azerbaijan in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Novruz Mammadov, assistant to the president for foreign policy issues, head of department, tweeted Oct. 23.
“Several days ago Euronews called events in Myanmar “one of the greatest refugee crises of modern times”. This is absolutely correct. Yet as a TV channel that positions itself as Europe’s most-watched, balanced, neutral, independent and fair- Euronews – has failed even to mention the refugee crisis that happened in Azerbaijan in the late 1980s and early 1990s (over one million people),” he wrote.
Armenia broke out a lengthy war against Azerbaijan laying territorial claims on its South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions.
Due to the ethnic cleansing policy carried out by Armenia and the Armenian occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions of Azerbaijan, the number of refugees and internally displaced persons hit more than 1.2 million.
With a population of over 9.8 million, Azerbaijan is among the countries carrying the highest IDP caseload in the world in per capita terms.
TRADITION AND FAITH—At left, Deacon Razmig Krumian uses incense during a Sunday service for the Armenian Apostolic Church of Ventura County on Oct. 8 at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Thousand Oaks. Above, The Rev. Arshag Khatchadourian gets the altar table ready. In addition to Sunday services, the church offers Armenian language classes and cultural education.
For the past decade, local Armenians have gathered to worship in the Conejo Valley. The Armenian Apostolic Church of Ventura County holds services on the second and fourth Sundays of each month at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Thousand Oaks.
In addition to Sunday services, the church offers Armenian language classes and cultural education.
After 10 years at St. Patrick’s, the congregation is looking to build their own place of worship. To help raise funds toward that goal, the church is hosting a 10th anniversary celebration Sun., Oct. 22 at North Ranch Country Club. The gala, sponsored by the church’s Ladies’ Society, will feature a live band, dinner and a silent auction.
The Rev. Arshag Khachadoorian said the church is on a mission to keep Armenian culture alive after the Turkish genocide in the early 20th century left 1.5 million Armenians dead and millions more scattered across the globe as political refugees.
“ Many times the enemy thought by eliminating the nation, they would eliminate the church. They were wrong,” he said. “We don’t raise our children with hatred, but we educate them to remember what happened to pass it on to future generations.”
Nora Sahagian, the co-chair of the Ladies’ Society, said it doesn’t matter where or when one prays to God. For her, praying alongside other Armenians has special significance.
“After the genocide, our families were evacuated from their homes and they resettled in foreign countries,” she said. “Armenians have a desire to be together.”
Sahagian said the congregation includes 350 families from West Hills to Santa Barbara.
“There are more Armenian families, but we are still looking to find them,” she said.
Without the church in Thousand Oaks, Sahagian said, area Armenians would have to travel to the San Fernando Valley or Glendale, where there is a large Armenian population, to attend services.
“It’s nice to get together and visit with each other,” she said. “It forms a home for us.”
Arlene Saryan Alexander is vice chair of the Ladies’ Society. She credited the church with helping her two sons grow deeper roots in their culture.
“Thanks to the church, my two boys grew up exposed to their Armenian religious traditions, culture, language and heritage,” she said. “I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to raise them in an Armenian church community close to home.”
For Khachadoorian, it is only the beginning for the decades old congregation.
“We are very proud of our younger generation and the older generation who keep the fire, the cultural fire, going,” he said.
Tickets to the anniversary celebration, which will take place at 5 p.m. Sun., Oct. 22 at North Ranch Country Club are available for a $75 donation for children under 14 and a $100 donation for all others. For reservations or information, email Saryan Alexander at .
Armenpress News Agency , Armenia Wednesday Nagorno Karabakh conflict is not geopolitical –senior Armenian lawmaker YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS. Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of Armenian parliament Armen Ashotyan received on October 11 MaimoHenriksson, Head of the Department for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Foreign Ministry of Finland. As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the National Assembly of Armenia, greeting the guest, Armen Ashotyan highlighted the works aimed at fostering cooperation between the parliaments of Armenia and Finland, particularly, the activation of inter-committee cooperation. During the meeting the sides also referred to Armenia’s foreign policy agenda, particularly Armenia-EU relations. In this context the Eastern Partnership format was highlighted as a platform for developing global economic ties. The sides also touched upon the new Comprehensive agreement to be signed between Armenia and the EU in November in the sidelines of the Eastern Partnership summit. Referring to Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the sides highlighted the role of the OSCE Minsk Group as the only mediation mission for the settlement of the conflict. Armen Ashotyan also noted that Nagorno Karabakh issue is not a geopolitical one. During the meeting the sides also discussed Armenia’s social-economic development issues, the achievements in the humanitarian sphere and cooperation prospects. At the end of the meeting the sides highlighted the activation of mutual visits.