Author: Maghakian Mike

Sports: Jose Mourinho explains Henrikh Mkhitaryan half-time substitution during Manchester United’s victory over Derby

Maghakian Mike
The Mirror, UK
Jan 6 2018

The Armenian has not scored for United since September and has completed 90 minutes just twice all season

By Liam Blackburn
  • 12:20, 6 JAN 2018

Henrikh Mkhitaryan received an apology from Jose Mourinho having been taken off at half-time against Derby, the Manchester United manager has revealed.

The Armenian’s latest opportunity to impress lasted just 45 minutes as Mourinho hooked the midfielder for Romelu Lukaku following a goalless opening half where Mkhitaryan looked bereft of confidence.

At one point he sailed a cross way over its intended target and also misplaced a simple pass to groans from around Old Trafford.

Mkhitaryan has not scored for United since September and has completed 90 minutes just twice all season, yet Mourinho was apologetic when explaining his half-time withdrawal in a game his side went on to win 2-0.

“(It was) unfair. Unfair,” he said.

“And I told that at half-time. I didn’t like what I did. Unfair. He didn’t deserve it.

“He was playing well, he was not playing bad. He had a couple of missed possessions but he was playing well, he was giving (a) good dynamic to the team.

“My feeling was just that (Marcus) Rashford is not going to score a goal. In the moment he’s not going to score a goal. And because of that I’m not going to lose time and I’m going to play Romelu.

“And then I had to sacrifice a player and it was Micki the one that I sacrificed.

“But it’s something that I normally don’t do. I did at half-time. I apologised to him in front of the people because he didn’t deserve (it).”

Sports: Inter Milan can’t afford Henrikh Mkhitaryan – Spalletti

Maghakian Mike
Panorama, Armenia
Jan 5 2018

Inter Milan will not be making a bid for Manchester United’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan or Javier Pastore of Paris Saint-Germain during the January transfer window because they cannot afford either, according to their coach Luciano Spalletti.

ESP reported, at a press conference on Friday, Spalletti discussed what he called a “distracting” transfer window, since he cannot find anybody who can improve the squad he has already got who is not priced out of Inter’s reach.

“I think people are ignoring it because you know all too well what the problems are. It’s what I was saying at the start of the season: if we want to improve, we need to get players who are better than the ones we’ve already got,” he said at a news conference.

“Who do you want us to go and get, who is better than what we’ve got? Tell me? Come on, give me some names, otherwise we just go around [in circles]. It’s up to you…”

One reporter mentioned attacking midfielder Mkhitaryan. “Mkhitaryan, [Javier] Pastore and then… you see? You need €30-40 million to buy them. We don’t have it. It’s no use beating about the bush — I’ve been told that we can’t spend €40m, so there’s no point even talking about it.

“Maybe you could have an exchange of players on loan, but then you would need, for example, Manchester United to want one of our players, but you’ve both got to have the same intentions,” the coach was quoted by the source.

Turks upset over Turkmenistan not participating in UN vote on Jerusalem, bring Armenia’s example

Maghakian Mike
News.am, Armenia
Dec 23 2017
Turks upset over Turkmenistan not participating in UN vote on Jerusalem, bring Armenia’s example Turks upset over Turkmenistan not participating in UN vote on Jerusalem, bring Armenia’s example

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The UN General Assembly resolution that slams the US President’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital city of Israeli and the voting on this resolution is discussed in Turkish social media.

In particular, numerous Turkish users of Twitter recalled that even Armenia voted for this resolution, whereas many of Turkey’s friendship and nationally-related countries either abstained or did not take part in the voting. 

In this connection, a Twitter user named Sadık Sofuoğlu wrote as follows: “Shame on you, our friend Bosnia and Herzegovina, which voted in abstention on the Jerusalem vote, and our kin, coreligionist Turkmenistan, which didn’t even participate in the voting. You couldn’t be even an Armenia.” 

As reported earlier, the UN General Assembly voted 128-9 with 35 abstentions on Thursday in favor of a nonbinding resolution declaring US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “null and void.” Armenia also voted for the resolution.

On December 6, US President Donald Trump stated, that he recognizes Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel, and said the US Department of State has been ordered to start transferring the US embassy in Israel, from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

But this decision has brought about worldwide reaction.

“Gazprom-media holding” emphasizes the strengthening of centuries-old Armenian-Russian friendship

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President Serzh Sargsyan received Rafael Minasbekyan, the general director of the film and television group of Gazprom-media holding. The chairman of the board of the Armenian Public Television and Radio Company Ruben Jaghinyan was also present at the meeting.


Rafael Minasbekyan presented to President Serzh Sargsyan about the intentions of cooperation with the Public Television and Radio Company of “Gazprom-media holding”, including in the field of joint film production, which will be aimed at strengthening the centuries-old Armenian-Russian friendship by presenting the joint achievements, the path and common values ​​of the two peoples.


The President of the Republic welcomed and valued such initiatives aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and expressed his willingness to support their implementation as much as possible.

“Witness” of 88s to be rebuilt (video)

Maghakian Mike
  • 16:00 | December 7,2017 | Regions
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“Shirak” hotel, the “witness” of 88s, will be rebuilt. By the decision of the government, the building was provided to “Basen Govq” LLC. An investment of 1 billion drams will be made. Hotel complex, shopping center and food service facility will be built.

Sports: Armenian swimmers win gold, silver at Iran’s International Tournament

Maghakian Mike
Pan Armenian, Armenia
Nov 30 2017
Armenian swimmers win gold, silver at Iran’s International Tournament

The Junior International Swimming Tournament has started in the Iranian capital city of Tehran, with 10 young athletes representing Armenia, president of the swimming federation Hovsep Mesropyan said.

On the first day of the tournament, Edvard Asatryan won a silver medal in the 50-meter breaststroke competitive swimming event.

Grigor Grigoryan, Mushegh Kaganyan, Vahe Khachatryan and Stepan Abrahamyan became champions in the 4 х 50 meters freestyle relay event. The four swimmers remained unequalled in the 4 x 100 meters event too, the National Olympic Committee said.

Portantino Hosts Workshop for Armenian Parents

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Workshop Focuses on Communicating with Teens Outstanding Speakers and Personal Parental Observations Shared with Parents
GLENDALE—State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) was joined by more than 40 Armenian parents at the Glendale Youth Center on November 17 for his “Communicating With Your Teen as an Armenian Parent” workshop.

State Senator Anthony Portantino leads the workshop

Presenters Dr. Ilin Magran, Assistant Director of Student Support Services at Glendale Unified School District, and Lieutenant Lola Abrahamian from the Glendale Police Department discussed effective tools of communication, social media usage, bullying and drug use among teens. Parents engaged in conversation, sharing their own experiences and offered advice to one another. The Senator also shared some of his own observations as a father.

“As the father of a teenage daughter, I always feel there is more to learn about communicating with our kids. I was very happy to host an event for parents of teens with such amazing speakers. The discussion was very robust, honest and heart-wrenching. I’m looking forward to our next one,” commented Portantino.

Portantino, a strong advocate for education and our students, chairs the Budget Subcommittee on Education. Senator Portantino plans to hold similar workshops in the future to continue the conversation on helping parents and students better communicate with one another and keeping our youth out of harm’s way to ensure they have the necessary tools to succeed.

Sen. Portantino represents nearly 930,000 people in the 25th Senate District, which includes Altadena, Atwater Village, Bradbury, Burbank, Claremont, Duarte, Glendale, Glendora, La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Lake View Terrace, La Verne, Los Feliz, Monrovia, Montrose, Pasadena, San Dimas, San Marino, Shadow Hills, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena, Sunland-Tujunga, and Upland.

Sports: Armenian boxers prepare for professional fights in Valencia

Maghakian Mike
MediaMax, Armenia
Nov 17 2017
Armenian boxers prepare for professional fights in Valencia

Aram Avagyan, Narek Abgaryan and Gor Yeritsyan are now training in Olympavan under Davit Torosyan’s management, preparing for the event.

Avagyan will face Dato Nanava (Georgia), Yeritsyan’s opponent is Hamza Misaui (Spain), and Abgaryan will compete with Jefferson Vargas (Ecuador).

Narek Abgaryan told Mediamax Sport this will be his 7th professional fight.

“We had several training camps, now we’re making final preparations. I’ve had four 8-round fights so far, I studied my opponent’s style and I will do everything to get another win,” said the boxer.

He also remarked that the following fight after the Valencia clash will take place in early 2018 and will probably contain 10 rounds.

Armenian diplomacy in Brussels made serious counter strike to Azerbaijan

Maghakian Mike
News.am, Armenia
Nov 16 2017
Armenian diplomacy in Brussels made serious counter strike to Azerbaijan Armenian diplomacy in Brussels made serious counter strike to Azerbaijan

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A large-scale attempt of falsification undertaken by Azerbaijan, aimed at neutralizing the efforts of the international community towards the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as damaging the developing relations between Armenia and EU on the eve of the Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels was thwarted at the European Parliament.

The destructive steps of Azerbaijani side were managed to be identified thanks to the permanent representation of Armenia is Brussels, as well as the targeted work of the Armenian lobbying organizations in Brussels.

At the plenary session of the European Parliament a resolution was adopted with an overwhelming majority of votes. In the resolution, for already the second time, the right of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to self-determination is practically recognized by repeating the precedent taken in connection with the 72nd session of General Assembly of UN, when due to persistent efforts of the Armenian side in Brussels, the European Parliament recognized the right of Artsakh people to self-determination.

This resolution is of a significant importance, because it determines the expectations of the partnership at the eve of the Eastern Partnership. It also points on the logic of the further development of the Eastern Partnership, that’s why there is no wonder that Azerbaijani side put efforts to change the main idea and the logic of the resolution.

Particularly, the Azerbaijani side, acting in it style of “Laundromat”, could manage to make the authors add twenty annexes that are against the peaceful regulation of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and are against Armenia. The additions represented Nagorno-Karabakh as a part of Azerbaijan and contained other pro-Azeri wordings and demanded the return the refugees.

Nonetheless, due to the principal attitude of the European side and the persistent work of the Armenian side, all the destructive annexes of the Azerbaijani side were rejected. Moreover, the right of Nagorno-Karabakh people to self-determination was again ascertained.

After the rejection of the annexes where Armenia was depicted in negative light, Armenia was announced to be a positive example and a relating link in the two integration areas of the EU and the Eurasian Union.

Thus, another Azerbaijani provocation faced a serious opposition in Brussels, thanks to the Armenian diplomacy in favor of the peaceful regulation of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the development of Armenia-EU relationship.

Music: Armenian contestant of Junior Eurovision 2017 dreaming of peace in Artsakh

Maghakian Mike
Panorama, Armenia
Nov 15 2017
Culture 19:15 15/11/2017Armenia

9-year old Misha (Michael Grigoryan) representing Armenia at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 is dreaming of peace in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), he told a news conference on Wednesday.

Misha will perform alone on stage, with his song’s message “peace to my country” raising hopes he might be the first participant to win the contest for Armenia.

In the singer’s words, the title of his Eurovision entry, “Boomerang”, is not accidental, since he intends to send peace to the audience through it. Misha considers contestants of Belarus, Poland and Russia as his competitors.

The music of “Boomerang” was composed by Vahram Petrosyan, with the lyrics written by Avet Barseghyan, David Tserunyan and Arthur Aghekyan. 

The 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest held under the slogan of “Shine Bright” this year will take place in the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia on 26 November, at 16:00 CET.